Monthly Archives: April 2022

For many migrants, the view of Rwanda is often far from rosy

Article link: https://apnews.com/article/immigration-africa-rwanda-migration-eritrea-8e155d8921e3d13e746f6a4fba69a215 Britain’s latest choice to send some migrants to Rwanda is wondered with the aid of numerous peopleresettled in this tiny East African country who say it is now not a appropriate refuge. An Eritrean refugee used to live in Isreal but got deported in 2015 said he found the country “too difficult”which lead him to move his… Read more »

Rwanda’s Kagame in Uganda on rare visit as ties warm

Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/24/rwandas-kagame-in-uganda-on-rare-visit-as-ties-warm  Paul Kagame, Rwanda’s president arrived in Uganda for the first time in four years as the relationship between the two countries is starting to improve following longtime tensions. Kagame arrived in Kampala Uganda in order to meet with the president of Uganda Yoweri Museveni as well as attending Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Museveni’s son’s 48th birthday party. Kainerugaba… Read more »

CAR war crimes trial postponed for second time

Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/26/car-war-crimes-trial-postponed-for-second-time  The first trial of a court established to prosecute war crimes in the Central African Republic’s conflict has been postponed for the second time. Paul Yakola, a lawyer for one of the defendants said “The lawyers for the defense and those for the civil parties have asked the court for a postponement because they feel that… Read more »

Nigeria outlaws ransom payments, kidnap now punishable by death

Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/27/nigeria-outlaws-ransom-payments-abduction-punishable-by-death  The Nigerian Senate recently passed a bill amending the countries terrorism law that makes paying ransom in the case of a kidnapping illegal, and making Kidnapping that results in someone being killed punishable by death. chairman of the Senate’s human rights and legal committee, Opeyemi Bamidele, told the senate that this move would help “discourage the… Read more »

Little Room to Maneuver for Africa As Food & Fuel Cost Rise – IMF

Link To Article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00081989.html In this article the economic outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa is discussed as both the Covid- 19 pandemic and the recent War between Russia and Ukraine have had devastating impacts on the region. Even now, the continent is still recovering from ongoing effects of the pandemic and now the war between Ukraine and Russia adds on to… Read more »

Tanzania: Empowering Woman Economically Through Environmental Activities

Article link:https://allafrica.com/stories/202204260116.html Women play an essential position in managing herbal sources and are predominantly accountable for the conservation of sources for their households and neighborhood stages They spend extensive quantities of time gathering and storing water, securing sources of fuel, meals and fodder and managing land be it wooded area or agricultural terrain. Statistics exhibit that female produce between 60… Read more »

Official: Death toll in latest Darfur violence now over 200

Link to article:https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-africa-sudan-1c99e719726092998a971c4444726dfe  Violence has broken out in Sudan’s Darfur region, with the deaths surpassing 200 people. The attacks have overruned the security force in Darfur. This tribal conflict of non-Arabs and Arabs is another of many conflicts which have caused mass suffering and alleged crimes against humanity. This conflict is the biggest of recent years, Arab militants known as… Read more »

Uganda and Congolese army review joint operation against ADF

Article link:https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/uganda-and-congolese-army-review-joint-operation-against-adf-3791624 The Ugandan and Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are enforcing an increase of troops in the joint military operation in eastern DR Congo against Islamic States-affiliated group, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), to cover a bigger area. In the first part of the year, “organizations in DRC that monitor and publicize atrocities by militia groups have verified at… Read more »

Hunger grips Burkina Faso due to increasing jihadi violence

Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-islamic-state-group-ouagadougou-burkina-faso-business-b40b1270fbd8f90afa6c9aaada4fde82  Recently in Burkina Faso hunger rates skyrocketed due to violence linked to jihadists. A woman retells her horrible story of being driven out of her village and not being able to feed her baby. This rise in starvation is linked to violence connected to al-Qaeda and Islamic State group known terrorist groups. On record there are… Read more »

Outrage as British Govt Plans to Send Migrants to Rwanda

Link to Article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00081904.html Currently the British Government is facing judgement for sending asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing. The British Government says in defense these actions are necessary to deter migrants from crossing the extremely dangerous English channel routes on small boats. There have been many cases of those who attempted crossing the english channel dying and drowning, so… Read more »