·Says President not aware of promises made to Nigerians by support groups in 2015 The Presidency said yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has subdued insurgency in the country. It also said the government should not be blamed for not bringing back all the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents in April 2014. Recall […]
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Nairobi — The government through the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs on Wednesday night facilitated the evacuation of at least 342 evacuees who were trapped in the Sudan conflict to Nairobi. Those evacuated included nationals and personnel of United Nations, Agencies, the Diplomatic Corps and International and Regional Organisations accredited to Nairobi. The government […]
The building does not have toilets or electricity. But the refugees say it is better than Lindela Repatriation Centre A group of refugees who were evicted from outside the Pretoria offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) last Friday, have moved into an old school building in Bronkhorstpruit. The families had camped […]
IT was tears of joy for relatives, parents and guardians as Air Tanzania’s Boeing 787- 8 Dreamliner, carrying 206 Tanzanians who were studying and living in Sudan, landed at Julius Nyerere on Thursday morning. The plane was issued by the Government to evacuate Tanzanians who were stranded in war-torn Sudan. Minister for Foreign Affairs and […]
Geneva / Khartoum — The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), in concert with a range of Sudanese and non-Sudanese civil society and humanitarian organisations, called for a comprehensive cessation to the unfolding crisis in Sudan yesterday, requesting that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights organise an independent investigation. ACJPS’s mandate […]
Argeen — As the political and military situation in Sudan continues to deteriorate, thousands of refugees are attempting to flee to neighbouring countries. One of the primary routes is through the Argeen land crossing into Egypt. However, the process has proven to be extremely difficult, with reports of long waits and no access to basic […]
Bamako — MINUSMA strongly condemns the April 22 attacks on the Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) camp in Sévaré and the nearby car bombings that killed and injured civilians, including internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in the Serema site. Shots were also fired toward the MINUSMA camp. “These attacks are unacceptable. This is all the more […]
Khartoum — The 72-hour truce established on April 21 between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitaries to mark the end of Ramadan should expire tonight, April 27. However, the fighting has never stopped in several areas of the country. According to the Ministry of Health, the deaths recorded in […]
Beijing said it deployed its navy to rescue Chinese citizens, and Paris said it was evacuating more foreign nationals. Meanwhile, the UK warned such missions could be halted after a fragile truce ends. DW has the latest. France’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that more people were evacuated from conflict-hit Sudan as a patchy cease-fire […]
It was hugs and cheers on Thursday night as Ugandans, who had been stranded in Sudan after outbreak of clashes between rival military factions, finally returned home. At 2:30am, the group of 211 working and living in Sudan and in the company of the External Security Organisation Director General, Amb Joseph Ocwet arrived at Entebbe […]
Nairobi — The government is mulling the issuance of firearms to chiefs in certain regions of the country to help in the war against banditry. Speaking on the floor of Senate while answering questions, CS Kindiki stated that this will help govt in the initiative and also enable the chiefs to protect themselves. “We are […]
Army officials said Sudan’s former dictator was transferred to a military hospital just before fighting broke out. He remains in police custody alongside other former officials. Sudan’s jailed former strongman Omar al-Bashir is being held in a high-security military hospital, the country’s army said on Wednesday after speculation on his whereabouts. Questions arose over al-Bashir’s […]
This was revealed in a tweet by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) where it shared a video showing buses parked in line. The Nigerian government, on Wednesday, commenced the evacuation of Nigerians in Sudan. This was revealed in a tweet by the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) where it shared a video showing buses […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on countries bordering the Gulf of Guinea to ensure enhanced cooperation in addressing the growing insecurity in the region’s maritime space. He said criminality in the maritime domain of the Gulf of Guinea was a threat to the security and economic development of the region, as such countries […]
Ethiopia’s Cooperation with UN Probe into Wartime Abuses Key to Accountability Six months after the warring parties to the armed conflict in northern Ethiopia signed a cessation of hostilities, European Union foreign ministers adopted formal conclusions that set out the EU’s future engagement with Ethiopia. The EU ministers noted the importance of accountability and transitional […]
AS the country approaches the 2023 harmonised elections, Parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda has urged Zimbabweans to shun violence. Addressing the army at the National Defence University recently on “Parliament’s oversight role and contribution to national security” Mudenda said the use of violence was not consistent with constitutionalism and the rule of law. “The use of […]
Authorities in Burkina Faso must conduct a full and independent investigation into the recent killing of scores of civilians in a village near the border with Mali, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday. The incident occurred on Thursday when armed men in uniform encircled Karma village, located in northern Yatenga province, and […]
Nigeria plans to start evacuating nearly 3,000 of its nationals, mostly students, from Sudan by a convoy of buses to Egypt this week, a top official said on Monday. Foreign countries are rushing to get their nationals out of Sudan as fighting between forces loyal to two rival generals rages into a second week. Western […]