Nine out of 10 people in dozens of poor nations could miss out on getting vaccinated against coronavirus next year. A new report has found that as many as 90 percent of the population in dozens of poorer countries will miss out on the coronavirus vaccine next year because most of the supply has already…
Record number of people forced to flee homes in war zones this year, in what UNHCR calls a ‘bleak milestone’. Despite calls for ceasefires and compassion amid the coronavirus pandemic, violence and persecution have continued to force people from their homes, with record numbers now displaced, says the United Nations. By the end of 2019,…
An Ethiopian girl sings to her classmates, who are huddled together on a straw mat on the sandy ground of a refugee camp in neighbouring Sudan. Shielded from the hot mid-afternoon sun in a makeshift classroom built from wood and straw, the children sing back in unison. When they finish, they laugh as they break…
In a high-level meeting hosted by the United Nations Security Council on Friday, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special envoy Wang Yi, also the country’s state councillor and foreign minister, called on the UN to “actively carry out measures” to assist Africa in the Covid-19 fight. Currently, the African continent accounts for over two million infections…
Up in arms over the Egyptian President’s state visit to France, around 20 protesters gathered outside the Paris National Assembly late on Monday, shouting “down with dictatorship”. The demonstration outside the parliament painted a very different picture to earlier in the day when France welcomed President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with a cavalry parade through Paris.…
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Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s quest to bring all Ethiopians together through increased centralisation is tearing the country apart. Today, Ethiopia is once again in crisis. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s efforts to re-centralise all state powers in Addis Ababa and dismantle the multi-ethnic federation established in the 1995 constitution in the name of “national unity”, led…
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi said he planned to form a new coalition government and warned if he could not, he may dissolve parliament and hold fresh elections. Sunday’s announcement comes after the failure of a coalition with supporters of predecessor Joseph Kabila who currently wield a majority in parliament. Tshisekedi came to power in…
Refugees fleeing the Tigray conflict in Ethiopia are sheltering in crowded camps in neighbouring Sudan, where a coronavirus outbreak is feared. Tens of thousands of refugees are living in makeshift homes in the Umm Rakouba camp. But it has no facilities to test people for the deadly virus. Dr. Ali Mohammed, from Doctors without Borders…
The World Health Organization delivered aid on Thursday to refugees fleeing Ethiopia to Sudan, state news agency WAM reported. The UAE’s Emirates Sky Cargo chartered two aircrafts, “activating a humanitarian airbridge bringing aid to tens of thousands of refugees and displaced individuals,” WAM reported. A bloody civil conflict has erupted in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region…