The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday extended the mandate of the Organization’s peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR), until 15 November 2018, increased the mission’s troop level by 900 military personnel. The increase in the number of the Mission’s ‘blue helmets’ comes against the backdrop of increasing fighting in the African nation and the resulting added insecurity… Read more »
Nigerian authorities have arrested leaders of a group leading a separatist movement in neighbouring Cameroon. At least seven leaders of the Movement for the independence of Southern Cameroonians were arrested by the State Security Service on Friday in Abuja, several sources told PREMIUM TIMES. The group leads a movement for an independent Ambazonia State, which seeks to break away from… Read more »
Accra — Corruption is a wicked problem that permeates every fabric of Ghanaian society, especially the public sector. Over the years, Ghana has fared dismally in its fight against corruption. In fact, the country has dropped consistently in recent years in rankings by anti-corruption and transparency bodies, including Transparency International and the Ibrahim Index of African Governance. If we do… Read more »
There has been a market glut as pastoralists have sold off surviving animals, triggering price crashes of as much as 90 percent in some areas. “Most of the communities we support as an organisation are pastoralists who solely rely on livestock for livelihoods. They lost most of their livestock,” Godfrey Wapangana, a programme officer at the aid agency World Vision,… Read more »
Since November 2016, the government has allocated $124.3 million as part of its response plan. But there are large question marks about the impact of Kenya’s political uncertainty and re-run elections on further government spending. in March 2017, the UN launched a $165.7 million flash appeal, followed by a further appeal in August to help scale up the response in… Read more »
Two consecutive years of failed rains have left 3.4 million Kenyans in need of food aid and 480,000 children requiring treatment for acute malnutrition. It’s the worst humanitarian crisis the country has faced since a major drought scorched the Horn of African region in 2011, and an emergency likely to persist well into 2018 and beyond. http://allafrica.com/stories/201801110572.html
Cyclone devastates Madagascar leaving at least 29 dead by Mohammed Vall 6 hours ago At least 29 people have been killed after a tropical cyclone battered Madagascar. Thousands have been displaced and dozens are still missing. Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reports.
DRC floods leave 45 dead, thousands homeless 2 hours ago MORE ON AFRICA Cyclone devastates Madagascar leaving at least 29 deadtoday What is going on between Egypt and Sudan?today Ethiopia’s decision on ‘political prisoners’ in contexttoday Cyclone Ava kills at least 29 in Madagascaryesterday Days of flooding rains have left parts of central Kinshasa in ruins. At least 45 people have… Read more »
The GCC crisis When the GCC crisis erupted in June 2017, Sudan was in an uncomfortable situation. For the previous few years, it had tried to stay neutral during intra-GCC disputes, maintaining a close relationship with Qatar, but also sending troops to back the UAE and Saudi war effort in Yemen. Last year, Khartoum refused to cut relations with Doha and was pushed… Read more »
Hala’ib Triangle border dispute The Hala’ib Triangle is an area of land of just under 20,500 square kilometres on the Egyptian-Sudanese border, which both countries have claim over since Sudan gained independence from Egypt in 1956. In the 1990s, Egypt deployed its military in the territory, but, in the following two decades, the dispute was somewhat frozen. In 2016, it… Read more »
