JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN / NEW YORK – More than 70 people were killed and dozens injured in clashes involving soldiers and civilians in South Sudan’s Warrap state over the weekend, according to local and U.N. officials. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday that the U.N. Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) received the casualty reports from…
Media Monitoring Defense and security from August 3rd to 10th 2020-CC
Zimbabwe shut down its stock market. Now it’s hoping to entice investors to a new exchange with a plan to package equity purchases with political-risk cover. The government is said to be getting behind the plans for the new exchange, which has been in the making for almost a year, according to CEO Justin Bgoni. The…
Protests in South Africa, like the economic fallout of the COVID-19 lockdown, are here to stay. The pandemic has exposed socio-economic weaknesses resulting from poor policy implementation and a fundamental failure of political leadership. The country is currently caught in myriad corruption scandals linked to politically connected people stealing funds meant to help tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Media Monitoring Defense and security from July 20th to 27th 2020-CC
Egypt fears the $4bn project could lead to water shortages upstream, while Sudan is concerned about dam’s safety. Egypt has decided to withdraw from the latest round of tripartite negotiations over Ethiopia’s multibillion-dollar dam on the Blue Nile for internal consultations after Addis Ababa proposed a new draft of filling guidelines. The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance…
Five soldiers killed and five others wounded in twin attacks on military convoy and on a camp. Twin attacks have left at least five soldiers dead in Mali, a Sahel country mired in a political crisis that has sparked international concern. Five soldiers were killed and five others wounded in an ambush on a…
West African leaders ended a day-long summit in Mali on Thursday without a deal to soothe the country’s escalating political crisis. Five of the region’s leaders met Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and leaders of a protest movement clamouring for his resignation, as a long-running jihadist insurgency threatens to throw the country into chaos. But…
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday lauded the “historic” early filling of a massive dam on the Blue Nile River that has stoked tensions with downstream neighbours Egypt and Sudan. “The completion of the first round of filling is a historic moment that showcases Ethiopians’ commitment to the renaissance of our country,” Abiy, the…
Presidents of Ghana, Ivory Coast, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal arrive in Bamako in a bid to defuse political crisis. West African leaders have arrived in Bamako on a high-stakes mission aimed at defusing Mali’s weeks-long political crisis that has raised concerns of further instability in a country grappling with multiple crises, including an escalating conflict.…