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  • South Sudan - Inter-communal violence

    Escalating inter-communal clashes in Central Equatoria, Jonglei, Lakes, Warrap and other parts of South Between January and May 2020, the UN Mission in South Sudan recorded 415 violent incidents between communities

  • The forgotten children of the Central African Republic

    This is a summary of what was said by UNICEF Representative in the Central African Republic Meritxell LeMoyne A child rests on a bed in the nutrition clinic at L’hôpital de Bossangoa in Bossangoa, Central African GENEVA, 2 July 2024 — “Today, the three million girls and boys of the Central Africa Republic face the "The Central African Republic (CAR) now holds the tragic distinction of being ranked first among 191

  • Jihadists intensify attacks in West African Sahel

    troops which are deployed to confront four separate insurgencies: Boko Haram; Islamic State of West Africa Recent Surge in Jihadist Attacks Across West Africa Jihadist attacks have left a trail of devastation across West Africa, particularly in Mali, Benin, Chad, and Nigeria. Map of African Sahel. Wikimedia commons.   US Urged to Act on Sahel Crisis The deteriorating situation in the Sahel region of Africa has prompted

  • The Long Arm of Ethiopia Reaches for Those Who Fled

    When I spoke to him in Kenya, he said he planned to travel overland to South Africa. authorities without a legal process, including a British citizen detained in Yemen, a Norwegian citizen in South

  • Genocide Emergency: The Banyamulenge of the DRC

    The Banyamulenge are related to the Tutsi of Rwanda and Burundi and have lived in South Kivu, DRC since

  • DR Congo & UN Plan to fight violence in east

    Female peacekeepers from South Africa on patrol in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. east The security and humanitarian situations in the eastern Congolese provinces of Ituri, North and South explosions were also recorded in the town of Beni, and intercommunal tensions are flaring in Ituri and South Mission’s drawdown, laid out in 2020, is progressively consolidating the UN’s footprint in North Kivu, South

  • Zimbabwe election violence: No closure for families two years on

    The commission, which was chaired by former South African interim President Kgalema Motlanthe, also recommended

  • Genocide Warning: Mozambique

    attacks and local militants are now reportedly operating under the banner of the Islamic State Central Africa National security forces, alongside foreign mercenaries from South Africa, Russia, and the United States

  • EU imposes additional sanctions on Wagner Group in Africa

    additional sanctions against Russia's Wagner mercenary organisation for "human rights abuses" in the Central African Wagner in Africa In Mali, the EU sanctioned the head of Wagner's forces there. Others listed by the EU in the Central African Republic were high-profile Wagner members, including " Wagner has been involved in the Central African Republic at Touadera's invitation to quell a rebellion Gold and diamond companies linked to Wagner in the Central African Republic and in Sudan were hit by

  • 'Finding them is not rocket science': the hunt for the Rwandan genocide fugitives

    had developed “credible evidence” of the whereabouts of key fugitives and said he deeply regretted South Africa’s longstanding failure to execute an arrest warrant on one important individual, reported by submitted numerous urgent requests for assistance – particularly to countries in east and southern Africa Brammertz told the Guardian that the issue with South Africa was still pending.

  • UN mission boosts presence in Central African Republic

    The UN peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has expanded its presence in the country conflict and systemic issues. © MINUSCA/Herve Serefio | MINUSCA peacekeepers on patrol in rural Central African Bordering South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the region – which is larger than Switzerland Farmer-herder conflict Recurrent political and security crises in the Central African Republic have made

  • People With Disabilities at Risk in Central African Republic

    the grounds of the Catholic Church where she and hundreds of others found refuge in Carnot, Central African Human Rights Watch says people with disabilities in Central African Republic are at high risk during Simplice Lenguy told his wife to leave him behind as people fled when fighting broke out in Central African For years Central African Republic has seen widespread violence that has displaced more than 500,000 With half of Central Africa Republic's population in need of humanitarian assistance, Mudge said people

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