WFP reaches millions of desperate people, but ongoing conflict risks making the world’s biggest displacement crisis also its biggest hunger crisis In what was once a classroom, 13-year-old Ahmed sits in front of a blank chalkboard. He has not attended school for months. But since he escaped Sudan’s war-torn capital, Khartoum, three weeks ago, home […]
Tag: Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution
Germany’s former chancellor Angela Merkel has received a prestigious UN award for opening her country to refugees during her time in office. Merkel was hailed for welcoming more than 1.2 million refugees and asylum seekers to Germany in 2015 and 2016 as she was awarded the Félix Houphouët-Boigny UNESCO Peace Prize in Côte d’Ivoire’s capital […]
Harare — The South Sudanese government needs to act quickly to stop illegal media censorship, unacceptable restrictions on civic and political activities, and attacks on journalists and human rights defenders as it prepares for possible national elections in December 2024. This is according to Entrenched Repression: the Systemic Curtailment of Democratic and Civic Space in […]
Amsterdam — The aspirations of the Sudanese people are not just for the absence of war, but for the restoration of the revolution and the return to a constitutional transition that the people fought so hard for just five years ago, says Tom Perriello, US Special Envoy for Sudan. He accuses both warring parties of […]
Johannesburg — South Sudan, as the world’s youngest country, faces many challenges and uncertainty in achieving peace. Shortly after gaining independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011, a civil war broke out in December 2013, and again in July 2016. Citizens are still feeling the effects of these events while South Sudanese women, activists, and […]
Torture, Incommunicado Detention, Flawed Due Process Egyptian authorities have arbitrarily detained women and girls related to suspected members of the Islamic State (ISIS) affiliate in North Sinai, some for months or years. Some were themselves victims of abuses by the ISIS-linked group, including rape and forced marriage, and were detained after they escaped and sought […]
Kismayo — As the African Union Transition in Somalia force, known as ATMIS, reduces troop numbers, a Somali official is warning the plan is ill-conceived and raises the risk of al-Shabab militants retaking areas they lost. The deputy president of Jubaland, a region where Kenyan and Ethiopian troops operate, told VOA Somali that it will […]
The challenge is balancing and integrating peace and justice for a gradual transition out of conflict. After persistent calls to heal deep societal divides and ensure accountability for human rights violations, the Ethiopian government has declared its commitment to both national dialogue and transitional justice. In February 2022, a National Dialogue Commission was established, and […]
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