Khartoum / Omdurman / Kahrtoum Bahri / El Obeid — Large parts of Khartoum witnessed a cautious calm on Tuesday, following a seven-day humanitarian ceasefire, signed by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Shooting reportedly continued in parts of Omdurman, Khartoum, and in […]
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The war waged by the Ethiopian Federal Government and Eritrea against the Tigray regional government, which lasted from November 2020 to November 2022, caused massive devastation. Multiple war crimes were reported and there were claims of genocidal intent. A starvation campaign led to the death of at least 300,000 civilian victims. One of the places […]
Bellinzona — In a landmark verdict delivered by the Appeals Chamber of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court, former warlord Alieu Kosiah has been sentenced to twenty years in prison for crimes against humanity following a four-week trial hearing his appeal of his 2021 conviction. Sitting in the front row, wearing a black suit and blue […]
Connecting displaced people with clean, affordable energy is an urgent humanitarian challenge. In refugee camps, the share of residents without electricity and safe cooking methods can be as high as 90%. Powering up communities supports displaced people to stay safe and healthy, earn a living, learn, and stay in touch with loved ones. But there […]
Gedaref, Sudan — ‘Sudan’s war is barely two months old, yet international fatigue and neglect are already brewing.’ Earlier this week, a high-level pledging conference for the humanitarian response in Sudan and the region, saw countries step forward and collectively commit nearly $1.5 billion. Those pledges are generous, yet they total only half of what […]
The Nigerian Navy says it has reshuffled the appointments of some top senior officers comprising 56 Rear Admirals and a Commodore, to reinvigorate the service towards efficiency. The Nigerian Navy says it has reshuffled the appointments of some top senior officers comprising 56 Rear Admirals and a Commodore, to reinvigorate the service towards efficiency. The […]
Bama, Nigeria — ‘The military wanted to make us leave our villages. They’ve attacked us four times, burning houses and crops.’ In Nigeria’s long-running jihadist conflict in the northeast, villagers and farmers in the sprawling savannah-like countryside say their lives have been upended by both the insurgents and soldiers. Since the war began in earnest […]
The peace mission was an important opportunity to elevate African countries’ collective role in world affairs. Food, fertiliser and fuel are among the reasons Africa needs the Russia-Ukraine war to end quickly. With Africa becoming an arena for geopolitical competition, the June mission of seven African countries to Ukraine and Russia was important, and represented […]
Addis Abeba — A new report by a coalition of regional and international civil society organizations has revealed that the peace deal that was signed eight months ago between the Ethiopian government and Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) to end the two years long war in Northern Ethiopia is “marred by significant gaps impacting the […]
Nouakchott, Mauritania — Deep in the heart of Southeastern Mauritania lies the district and town of Bassikounou, nestled on the border with neighboring Mali, over 1,200 kilometers from the capital city of Nouakchott. The border between the two countries is barely visible, but the communities on either side remain tightly knit through their shared family […]
Reverend Father Solomon Mfa, a Catholic priest, leaves no one in doubt about his penchant for bettering the lives of the less privileged, especially those of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Benue State. Mfa has become a household name for humanitarian services as he evidently makes life easy for the have-nots of the society. The […]
The United States this month holds the rotating presidency of the United Nations (UN) Security Council. As she occupies the chair, the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thoman Greenfield, has named food security and human rights as central issues she wants to promote. Late last week, AllAfrica’s Tami Hultman talked to her about those […]
Maroua — Aminatou Ibrahim scoops water from the floor of her seven square metre hut at the Dana camp site for internally displaced people in Maroua, in Cameroon’s Far North Region. It’s become a familiar routine for her. “Each time it rains our houses are flooded,” she says. Like more than 500 others living at […]