AL-JABALAIN, SUDAN (AFP) – South Sudanese refugee Dawood Kour fled to Sudan to turn the page on a life of displacement, only to be forced onto the streets once more after floodwaters submerged his rickety shelter. Mr Kour crossed the border in November, fleeing years of conflict in his home city of Malakal – itself…
Amnesty International says six leading COVID jab manufacturers are ‘wheeling and dealing in favour of wealthy states’. Six top manufacturers of the COVID-19 vaccine “are fuelling an unprecedented human rights crisis through their refusal to waive intellectual property rights and share vaccine technology”, Amnesty International said in a report. In the report released on Wednesday,…
The Ethiopian government says rebels have destroyed thousands of health facilities in the northern part of the country. Over 1.9 million people in Ethiopia’s Amhara and Afar regions have no access to healthcare after rebels loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) reportedly vandalised health facilities. The rebels have not yet responded to the…
The head of Sudan’s Sovereignty Council called for unity on Tuesday after a reported failed coup attempt by a group of soldiers. General Abdel-Fattah Burhan made the plea during a visit to a military base in Khartoum. “We will not hand over Sudan to an unknown party, we will not hand over Sudan to unknown…
Ethiopia said Monday it would not hold polling in at least 26 constituencies during the next round of landmark national polls due to security issues. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Prosperity Party secured a new five-year term in the first round in June by claiming 410 out of 436 contested seats in the federal parliament. But…
France’s defence minister has warned Mali that hiring paramilitaries from Russian private-security firm Wagner would isolate the country internationally, during a visit to the Sahel state. Florence Parly told reporters on Monday that if Mali hired the firm, at a time when international partners fighting jihadism in the Sahel “had never been so numerous, such a choice…
Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film ‘Hotel Rwanda,’ has been convicted of terrorism related charges and sentenced to 25 years in prison by a court in Kigali on Monday. Rusesabagina, who inspired the film ‘Hotel Rwanda,’ has been found guilty of being part of a terror group, MRCD-FLN. Along with 20 other people, he was accused…
State TV in Sudan has said a bid to overthrow the government has failed. “There has been a failed coup attempt, the people should confront it,” state media reported, but did not identify the plotters. Reports from the capital city Khartoum and nearby Omdurman say there has been intense military activity, and bridges across the…
Tunisian President Kais Saied announced on Monday that he would appoint a new head of government, while keeping in place the emergency measures he had decreed on July 25 to assume full powers. “These exceptional measures will continue and a head of government will be appointed but on the basis of transitional provisions responding to…
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