There were seven years’ worth of warning signs. So why have efforts been so slow to prevent sexual abuse at Malakal ? By Sam Mednick and Joshua Craze Malakal, South Sudan – Accounts of sexual abuse committed by aid workers at a camp run by the UN in South Sudan first surfaced in 2015, two years after the country’s…
Guinea’s military leader will attend Thursday Mali’s 62nd anniversary celebrations. Mamadi Doumbouya landed Wednesday in Bamako. He was welcomed by Mali’s military ruler upon arrival. The “goodwill and working visit” as stated by a Malian communiqué came on the eve of two major events. Bamako’s 62nd independence anniversary and a high-stakes ECOWAS extraordinary summit in…
Hundreds of people marched through Ivory Coast economic capital Abidjan Tuesday. It is the latest demonstration in solidarity with 46 soldiers who were arrested in Mali in July. To end the crisis Bamako has suggested a prisoner swap but Abidjan calls it “blackmail“. Members of the CONASU political organization and relatives of the troops insisted…
South Africans are demanding return of Great Star of Africa, which is kept with other jewels in Tower of London. JOHANNESBURG Calls have grown in South Africa following the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II for the return of a stunning gem “stolen” from the country South Africans are demanding the return of the Great…
By REUTERS Floods in Nigeria have killed at least 300 people this year and the situation could worsen due to heavy rainfall and the effects of excess water from a dam in Cameroon that will affect 14 Nigerian states, the disaster management agency said. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) held an emergency meeting on…
By Esther Nyandoro Senegal has appointed Oulimata Sarr as Minister of Economy, Planning and Cooperation. Ms Sarr, a finance expert with more than 25 years in finance and development, becomes the first woman to hold this post. Prior to her new role, she served as the UN Women Regional Director for West and Central Africa,…
PRETORIA, Sept 21 (Reuters) – Private South African defence firm Paramount Aerospace Industries has received orders for nine of its Mwari aircraft – the first military aircraft to be designed and built in the country in nearly two decades, the company said on Wednesday. The first of the propeller-driven reconnaissance, surveillance and precision strike aircraft will be…
Germany and France denounce Putin’s imperialism in Ukraine, as Qatar, Senegal and Turkey call for peace talks. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has taken centre stage at the United Nations General Assembly, with Germany and France condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “imperialism”, Qatar, Senegal and Turkey calling for immediate peace talks, and Lithuania urging the establishment…
Autocratic regimes in Africa don’t change their stripes. They do, however, try and disguise them. For many years African dictators and autocrats relied on the police and other security forces – who used brute force against opposition supporters – to suppress dissent, eliminate critics and consolidate their grip on power. From Kenya in East Africa to Liberia in West…
Fati Usman’s son lies on a hospital bed in north-eastern Nigeria, looking almost lifeless. He has difficulty breathing and looks extremely emaciated. A fly perches on his gaunt cheek. From his size, you would think he is about two years old. But his mother says he is actually five. He is just one of several…