Category: Africa

Following Sunday’s coup in Burkina Faso carried out by sections of the armed forces, the United Nations’ Secretary-General is following the developments in the landlocked West African nation with deep concern.

Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has outlasted six United States presidents and maintained a stable relationship, attracting investments from US firms and development aid.

The wreckage of a car hit by an attack led by Boko Haram members. AFP via Getty Images Tarela Juliet Ike, Teesside University In Nigeria, the advent of Boko Haram terrorism and its wanton destruction of lives and properties has led to untold hardship, especially in the country’s north-eastern region.

Gambella, Ethiopia//-“My only joy is my child, I don’t have anything else in life,” said Nyabel Jock, a 19-year-old refugee from South Sudan, during her regular pregnancy check-up at the Jewi Health Centre in the Jewi Refugee Camp in Gambella.

With 4 million people—one third of its population—unable to return to their homes, South Sudan continues to face one of the largest displacement and humanitarian crises on earth, according to the newly released Do Not Forget: Aiding and Protecting Civilians in South Sudan report.

Cairo, Egypt/ — The World Health Organization (WHO) is following with great concern the escalating crisis in Sudan, including 15 reported attacks on health care workers and health facilities since November 2021 in Khartoum and other cities, 11 of which have been confirmed.

The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold an Extraordinary Summit on the Political Situation in the Republic of Mali, today, January 09, 2022, in Accra.

New York, United States of America/ — “Refugees are not and should never be a target”, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Thursday, following reports of a deadly airstrike on the Mai Aini refugee camp in Tigray, northern Ethiopia.

Beirut, Lebanon//- Ethiopian authorities have arbitrarily detained, mistreated, and forcibly disappeared thousands of ethnic Tigrayans recently deported from Saudi Arabia, Human Rights Watch has disclosed.

New York, United States of America/ — The Secretary-General has strongly condemned the continued looting and attacks against United Nations (UN) facilities, equipment and supplies gifted to the Sudanese authorities for civilian use in El Fasher, Darfur.