The people of subsaharan Africa are going through a tremendous tragedy that is essentially inevitable without simply; rain. The people have been without true clean water in two years. (since 2016) their government and other donations have made only an effect that helps 42% of the population affected by the lack of water. The FEWSNET or Famine Early Warning Service… 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
The people in Cameroon who speak french and english are at war with one another because of the demand to pick one “dominant” language. There are protests about this situation because of the debate of which should be the official language in schools and courtrooms. The problem originated from the Anglophone’s want to become an independent state. These people are… Read more »
The agitation has deepened from a demand to return to a long-abandoned federal system, to increasing calls for secession. In the confrontation last week, protesters hoisted the blue-and-white flag of the self-styled Republic of Ambazonia. The crisis began last year, with protests by lawyers and teachers over the influence of French in courtrooms and schools. The root of the grievances… Read more »
Tensions between English-speaking Cameroonians and the West-central African nation’s French-speaking government stretches back to end of colonial rule nearly 60 years ago. At the heart of the tension is Anglophones’ desire to form their own independent state, Ambazonia. In recent weeks there have been violent clashes and several protesters have been killed, reportedly by government security forces. The Conversation Africa asked Verkijika G. Fanso… Read more »
“Here is an introductory statement of Communication Minister, Issa Tchiroma Bakary during October 24, 2017 press conference in Yaounde. Distinguished Journalists, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am highly delighted and honored to wish you a warm welcome to this meeting to which I have invited you for us to dwell on the latest report of the “International Crisis Group”, on the… Read more »
The secessionist crisis in Cameroon’s western region is deepening, with the government promising to crack down hard after anglophone militants shot dead four soldiers and two policemen last week. The soldiers were killed in an ambush on a military convoy outside the town of Mamfe on 29 November in Cameroon’s anglophone South West Region. The policemen were killed the following… Read more »
Khartoum — The Chief Justice, Prof. Hayider Ahmed Dafulla, met Monday, at his office, with Hamdou Mohamed Aramees, the Federal Minister of the Republic of Djibouti, in the presence of the State Minister of the Federal Governance, Abu al-Gassim Imam. The Chief Justice has reviewed during the meeting the Sudan’s judicial system and its independence from the executive and legislative… Read more »