Tensions between Algeria and Morocco have never been as tense in 45 years. November 2020 unleashed pandora’s box following the military intervention in Guerguerat and Washington’s recognition of Rabat’s sovereignty over Western Sahara.
Category: Africa
WFP, UNHCR Appeal for Funding for Over 3 Million Refugees Hit by Ration Cuts in Eastern Africa
Nairobi, Kenya//-UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and World Food Programme (WFP) appealed today for $266 million to end food ration cuts for over 3 million refugees in Eastern Africa.
Why Tunisians Are Still Out on the Streets — a Decade after the ‘Dignity Revolution’
Tunisian demonstrators gather during a protest in Tunis, Tunisia on February 06, 2021. Photo by Yassine Gaidi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Saerom Han, University of Aberdeen; Andrea Teti, University of Aberdeen, and Pamela Abbott, University of Aberdeen It has been 10 years since nation-wide protests in Tunisia led to the ousting of Tunisian President Zine […]
Photojournalist Juan Medina Captures the Human Tragedy of Migrants at Europe’s Doorstep
How can we put a human face on migration when it is so often reduced to mere statistics? And how can we remember the dead so they won’t be forgotten?
UN Agency Seeks $164 Million for Displaced Central Africans
Geneva, Switzerland//-UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has today launched a $164 million appeal to provide life-saving assistance and protection to nearly 1.5 million uprooted Central Africans.
Over 300 Girls Missing After Gunmen Raid Nigeria School
Several hundreds girls are missing after suspected armed bandits raided a school hostel in northwestern Nigeria state of Zamfara, a teacher and parent told AFP, in second mass kidnapping in the troubled region in little over a week.
UN Agency: Thousands of Ethiopians Seek Asylum in Sudan’s Blue Nile State
Geneva, Switzerland// — Several thousand people fleeing escalating violence in Ethiopia’s Benishangul Gumuz region have sought safety in Sudan’s Blue Nile State over the last month.
In the Sahel, Terrorists Are Now Sitting at the Negotiation Table
The idea of engaging in dialogue with certain jihadist groups was high on the minds of the Group of Five Sahel countries (G5 Sahel) during the N’Djamena summit in Chad on 15 and 16 February.
Rwanda: Paul Rusesabagina, the ‘Hotel Rwanda’ Hero, Goes on Trial
Arrested at the end of August 2020 in circumstances worthy of a spy movie, Paul Rusesabagina appeared before the Rwandan judiciary on 17 February, for the opening of a long-awaited trial.
African Covid Deaths Top 100,000
Africa on Thursday recorded more than 100,000 deaths from Covid-19, a grim milestone likely to understate the real toll, as the continent of 1.2 billion people battles a second wave of infections.