MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — Somalia’s National Theater in Mogadishu held a landmark event Wednesday night, screening movies for the first time in three decades. The theater was recently renovated and reopened after being destroyed twice – once in Somalia’s civil war, and then again in a 2012 suicide bombing. More than 1,500 people attended the screenings.…
South Africa is seething over Britain’s decision to keep the country on its coronavirus “red list,” a move that means travellers must pay for pricey hotel quarantine on their return to the UK. Renowned for its wildlife and breathtaking scenery, South Africa is struggling to recover from the crippling blow coronavirus dealt to a tourism…
Mali’s National Transitional Council passed a bill Thursday to create a War College. The CNT, which acts as a legislative assembly during the transition period, voted to create the school to strengthen the country’s national security arsenal, iand in particular by training future Malian army officers. The EGM, Mali War College, will “provide high-level training…
A judge in the United States has ordered Facebook to release records of now-closed accounts connected to anti-Rohingya violence in Myanmar, according to the Wall Street Journal. The judge in Washington, DC, criticised Facebook for failing to hand over information to investigators seeking to prosecute the country for international crimes against the Muslim minority Rohingya,…
Heavy rainfall and flash floods have inundated South Sudanese refugee camps in Sudan, displacing thousands again. Heavy rains and flash floods have hit 13 of Sudan’s 18 states, affecting more than 288,000 residents and refugees, according to the United Nations. In neighbouring South Sudan, the deluge affected and displaced about 426,000 people, exacerbating the swelling…
Amid a Russian-backed advance, the growing threat of landmines and improvised explosives in the Central African Republic (CAR) points to a dangerous tactical shift in a new and unfolding guerrilla war. Earlier this month, a convoy driving across CAR’s volatile north-west struck an explosive device, killing an aid worker from the Danish Refugee Council. Even…
Mali has marked its 61st anniversary of the country’s independence from France. On Wednesday in Kati, near Bamako, a military parade was held with the president of the transition Colonel Assimi Goïta in attendance. The celebration however comes at a time of political uncertainty for the sahelian nation. “Today, Mali is going through difficult times,…
How far will the crisis between Algiers and Rabat continue? The question comes as Algeria decided the “immediate” closure of its airspace to all Moroccan civilian and military aircraft and aircraft registered in Morocco. The decision came into force on Wednesday 22 September, according to a statement by the Algerian presidency. The move was taken…
World leaders at the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday sounded the alarm over vaccine shortages and how the COVID-19 pandemic has threatened economic recovery and widened inequality across the globe. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres rang the alarm in his annual state of the world speech at Tuesday’s opening of the U.N. General Assembly’s annual high-level meeting for…
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…