Maputo, Mozambique, March 27, 2019/ — The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for USD 36.4 million for the next six months, to respond to the humanitarian needs of an estimated 1.85 million people affected by Cyclone Idai in Mozambique.
Comoros, March 21, 2019//- On the eve of the controversial Presidential elections in the coup-prone Comoros this weekend, the Union of Opposition Alliance has expressed fears that its members will be suppressed.
New York, United States of America, March 21, 2019/ — As the full scale of the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai in South-West Africa continues to be assessed, the UN and humanitarian partners are ramping up the provision of emergency food, shelter, water and health care supplies to hundreds-of-thousands who have been affected across Mozambique, […]
Geneva, Switzerland, March 19, 2019/ — Teams with the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) are responding to the damage and devastating flooding caused when Cyclone Idai hit a number of countries in southern Africa—including Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe—late last week.
Abuja, Nigeria, March 16, 2019/ — Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should not oppose journalist Steeve Mwanyo Iwewe’s appeal of a year-long prison sentence for insulting a provincial governor, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said today.
Makeni City, Sierra Leone, March 16, 2019/ — Sierra Leone has been wracked by violence, civil war and Ebola in its recent history. Poverty is endemic. So is a high level of joblessness. Both feed a scourge: trafficking in forced labour.
h1>No easy end to stand-off between al-Bashir and Sudan’s protesters Sudanese protesters shout slogans during a rally against the government of President Omar al-Bashir in Sana’a. EPA-EFE/Yahya Arhab Andrew Edward Tchie, University of Essex March 2, 2019//-Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir continues to hold the country hostage. While his intelligence chief Salah Abdallah Gosh announced recently […]
February 23, 2019//Two hours into the commencement of the Presidential and National Assembly elections, former President Olusegun Obasanjo is yet to vote.
February 19, 2019//-Tanzania has sentenced Yang Fenglan, a Chinese businesswoman nicknamed the “Ivory Queen”, to 15 years in jail for smuggling hundreds of elephant tusks.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari holding a flag during a recent campaign rally. He is running for a second term in office. EPA-EFE/STR Fola Adeleke, University of the Witwatersrand February 18, 2019//-Nigeria has postponed its 2019 presidential elections. The presidential and parliamentary votes have been rescheduled for February 23rd and the gubernatorial, state assembly and federal […]
