By Andrew Wasike South Sudanese are surviving on tree leaves as a deadly famine declared in the East African country continues to spread nationwide, a humanitarian aid group said Monday. The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) in its report said the communities it visited in South Sudan have NRC warns the situation is getting worse and calls on more funding to South Sudan to help cushion the NRC said the aid appeal for South Sudan requires $1.6 billion to support people in need.

The local South African Police Service (SAPS) were found wanting, as was the Department of Social Development South Africa lacks an established system to collect information on political killings and such research In turn, this affects the health of South Africa’s democracy. Africa and should not be in existence 23 years into democracy. For as long as the political killings happen with seeming impunity - South Africa’s democracy will continue

Isaac Billy / UNMISS / CC BY-NC-ND April26, 2018—NAIROBI, Kenya — Ten relief workers traveling in South The kidnapping underscores the risks to humanitarian aid providers in the war-afflicted African country This is the third time in six months that aid workers have been held by militants in South Sudan, the The majority of the aid workers killed since the conflict began are South Sudanese. Organization; two from Across, a Christian aid group; three from Plan International; and one from Action Africa

Amid truce negotiations, Russian forces were stirring in the south after pushing Ukraine out of Kursk

The world body received the letter from the tiny West African nation on Friday, said Farhan Haq, deputy The others were South Africa and Burundi. Many African nations have accused the ICC of unfairly targeting the continent. the ICC is a crucial victory for victims of grave crimes and the rule of law," Clément Capo-Chichi, Africa "We urge South Africa and Burundi to follow The Gambia's lead in returning to the ICC fold and putting

Food Security and Agriculture South Kordofan The harvest season began in late August in many parts of South Kordofan, bringing some relief to the worst lean season since the beginning of the war. Blue Nile Food security in Blue Nile was substantially worse than South Kordofan. The coming harvest is likely not as productive as in South Kordofan. Health and Nutrition South Kordofan Immediate and chronic malnutrition is a major challenge in South

displaced family carrying their belongings walks in search of refuge towards the village of Aburoc, South A new report by Amnesty International says South Sudanese forces burned, shelled and ransacked homes Sam Mednick/Associated Press) Pope Francis is offering 460,000 euros (more than $500,000) in aid for South Francis had hoped to visit South Sudan in October to draw attention to the plight of its people faced “Since the Holy Father was unable to go to South Sudan in person, he wanted to concretely show the church

lot," Batista says, darting his eyes toward the dirt floor as he sits in a makeshift clinic in one of South Four years into South Sudan's devastating civil war, the world's youngest nation is reeling from sexual The report is based on interviews with 168 victims of sexual violence in South Sudan and in refugee camps with sticks and mutilated with knives," says Muthoni Wanyeki, Amnesty's regional director for East Africa She says friends and family have been raped by men who are Dinka, one of South Sudan's largest ethnic

Shaken by Grisly Killings of Women, Activists in Africa Demand Change New York Times Feb. 19, 2024 By An estimated 20,000 gender-related killings of women were recorded in Africa in 2022, the highest rate nations, including South Africa , Nigeria and Uganda. Still, in Kenya and across Africa, campaigners say more investigators need to be hired, judges need to Credit ...Natalia Jidovanu for The New York Times Abdi Latif Dahir is the East Africa correspondent

itself, where Wagner forces steal and threaten, to Bria in the center of the country, to Mbaiki in the south -Africa Leaders Summit in Washington. Africa will account for a quarter of humanity by 2050. Russia does not want prying eyes on its unconventional invasions in Africa. Raised in South Africa and Britain, he is a naturalized American.

have been riven by poverty, conflicts and what he calls a "colonialist mentality" that has exploited Africa Gregorio Borgia/AP JUBA, South Sudan — Pope Francis made a final appeal for peace in South Sudan on Sunday On the last day of his African pilgrimage, Francis begged South Sudanese people to lay down their weapons "If we look at South Sudan, I would just use one word: South Sudan is a patriarchal country," said Elizabeth Women in South Sudan, she said, "are tired. They are struggling.

Cuba, Indonesia, Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, Namibia, Nicaragua, Oman, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and South Africa. Founded in January, the Hague Group seeks to bring together countries from the “Global South” — a loosely Developing nations such as South Africa and Colombia, which cohosted the conference, have been at the South Africa, for instance, filed a case in December 2023 at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)