Sudan’s humanitarian crisis: The facts and figures People hold pots as volunteers distribute food in Omdurman, Sudan, September 3, 2023. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig/File Photo April 15 (Reuters) – A year of war between rival military factions in Sudan has pushed parts of the country to the brink of famine, and left 25 million people –…
Sudan’s uprooted millions pay price for year-long war Summary Sudan has become world’s biggest displacement crisis UNHCR chief: Conflict has been almost ignored More than 2 million have fled to neighbouring states Millions driven to extreme hunger inside Sudan CAIRO/PORT SUDAN, April 14 (Reuters) – After fleeing from the war in Sudan to Egypt, Mohamed…
Kwoyelo, the only LRA commander to be tried for his crimes in Uganda, has been in detention since 2009. Gulu, Uganda – At a market in Gulu, northern Uganda, women spread tropical fruit on plastic sheets, calling out to passing customers. The sun is blinding, and the air is thick with the chatter of bargaining shoppers….
Many accuse Zimbabwe’s ruling party of infiltrating the opposition, but say Nelson Chamisa’s cult of personality politics made it possible. Harare, Zimbabwe – On January 25, exactly two years and three days after Zimbabwe’s main opposition party the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) was launched, its leader Nelson Chamisa quit, leaving the party in turmoil. In…
India’s U-19 team will be eager to avenge their senior team’s loss to Australia in the World Cup final. India’s Under-19 team step onto the field to play the ICC World Cup final with a desire for redemption, hoping to avenge their senior counterparts’ home defeat to Australia in international cricket’s showpiece event. Three months…
Harare, Zimbabwe – In December 2021, Setfree Mafukidze, his wife and four children moved to Somerset in the United Kingdom, joining a long list of health workers who have fled Zimbabwe to escape economic and political turmoil. For four years, he had worked as the head nurse at the only clinic in Chivu, a town about…
The status of Senegal as the sole democracy in West Africa devoid of coups is in jeopardy. Just a few weeks before the scheduled date of February 25, Senegal’s President Macky Sall unilaterally postponed presidential elections by many months, setting up protests throughout a nation already unsettled by months of political unrest. The National Assembly…
The International Criminal Court has been urged to look into claims of war crimes committed by Israel in Gaza by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The ruling party in South Africa has said that it would back a parliamentary vote demanding the closure of the Israeli embassy there. The African National Congress (ANC) applauded President Cyril Ramaphosa’s…
