Mogadishu — ‘You need to start thinking of these informal settlements as permanent settlements – mini-cities.’ War and drought is emptying Somalia’s countryside, creating a surge in urbanisation and cementing a permanent demographic shift that will have far-reaching implications for the country’s future recovery, say aid and development experts. After three decades of conflict and […]
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General Abdourahamane Tchiani, the leader of the Niger Republic junta, on Saturday said that the army would hand over power to a civilian government within the next three years. He also said that in one month’s time, the junta would form a committee to begin to work on a new constitution of the country. Tchiani […]
The U.S. Pentagon began an official six-day visit to Djibouti, Kenya, and Angola. United States Secretary of Defence, Lloyd Austin III, aims to “discuss ongoing military cooperation, regional security challenges, and opportunities for further collaboration,” according to the U.S. Department of Defense. As the 78th UN General Assembly high-level week scheduled for 19 to 23 […]
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Rwanda’s Repression Across Borders
Questions and Answers Since the genocide, which devastated the country and claimed more than half a million lives in 1994, Rwanda has made great strides in rebuilding its infrastructure, developing its economy, and delivering public services. But civil and political rights remain severely curtailed, and freedom of expression is tightly restricted. Those who dare to […]
Thirty years after the civil war between the Hutu and Tutsi began in Burundi, nobody has forgotten the atrocities. But the country’s current conflict is more political than ethnic. In the early morning of October 21, 1993, the first brief episode of Hutu rule came to a bloody end in Burundi. Just five months earlier, […]
El Geneina — The Wali (governor) of West Darfur, Tijani Karshoum, says that a “relative calm: has returned to the state capital of El Geneina. Speaking to Radio Dabanga, he explained that life is gradually returning to the city, after great efforts made by the state government and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). He discussed […]
Despite contributing a mere 4% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Africa disproportionately bears the brunt of climate change’s devasting impacts. In fact, Just Transition Africa emphasises that Africa is especially vulnerable owing to its debt burden, high levels of poverty and absence of food, water and energy security. With Africa’s key role in the […]
Mr Dean’s brief visit to Nigeria is largely to deepen conversations around diplomatic efforts to increase stability and prevent conflict. The United States is willing to support the Nigerian military in the adaptation and implementation of Artificial Intelligence to fight terrorists in the West African country. This was stated by the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary […]
For refugees living in settlements across Africa, life got more difficult in 2023. Shortfalls in the operating budget of the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, and the World Food Program have brought increased precarity into the daily lives of millions of displaced people across the continent. Having fled violence, famine and insecurity in search of […]
Over a quarter million civilians have fled Sudan’s Al-Jazeera State, the UN reports, after four days of fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces last weekend. “First, I was displaced from Khartoum, now I am forced to move again,” says Siddiq Ahmed*, a former resident of Khartoum who relocated in May to […]
Cape Town — South Africa’s referral of Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the grounds that the country is contravening the Genocide Convention adopted by the United Nations in the wake of the Holocaust steps up diplomatic pressures to end the war in Gaza. Unlike the International Criminal Court, established only in […]
Burhan and Hemedti, the bitter foes leading Sudan’s civil war, have missed two dates to talk peace. With the world’s attention focused on wars in Israel, Gaza and Ukraine, the devastating civil war that erupted in Sudan in April 2023 has largely been neglected. That changed a little in October last year when the United […]
As much as my grandmother’s heartbreak continues to haunt me, I hope it never stops. It’s a reminder of my patriotic duty. My grandmother Roma Solomon died heartbroken. She died grieving her son, Seyoum, who had been disappeared by the regime for twenty years. She died grieving her country, Eritrea, that had been destroyed by […]
Following a three-nation, five-day visit to west Africa, U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield spoke with AllAfrica’s Tami Hultman. From her office at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations in New York, Thomas-Greenfield talked about the ongoing crisis in Sudan, UN engagement with smaller, peaceful countries like Namibia and Africa’s role on the Security Council. She cites […]
Nigeria is under siege of the terrorists. The nation’s highways are no longer safe for travellers as commuters are kidnapped, taken into the bush and ransom demanded before their release. In some cases, the victims are still killed even after ransom has been paid. Several communities have been sacked and farmers denied access to their […]
Addis Abeba — In a stunning turn of events, armed informal groups catapulted into the spotlight in August 2023 as they brazenly assumed control and imposed their own governance over a small kebele adjacent to one of Ethiopia’s major cities, maintaining their hold for an astonishing six-month span. Contrary to conventional wisdom, this gripping tale […]
There is a right time for everything, including dialogue, which is what President Macky Sall is calling for. A short time before the start of the electoral campaign, he has chosen to unilaterally put an end to the electoral process, by cancelling sine die the decree convening voters, and to push the police gendarmerie into […]
Addis Ababa — As the two-day 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) kicks of today in Addis Ababa, the Summit provides an opportunity for African leaders to make inroads into the multitude of challenges confronting the continent and decide the best way to go […]