A study published by UNDP finds death toll caused by 12 years of violence is 10 times higher than previous estimates.
A 12-year-old conflict in northeast Nigeria has caused, directly and indirectly, the deaths of some 350,000 people, the vast majority of which are children below the age of five, the United Nations found in a new report.
The report, which tracked the human rights performance of most countries, stated that Nigeria’s mismanagement of resources is largely responsible for the country’s rarely improving human rights crises.
Nigeria’s human rights record is “very poor” and is “worse than [the] average in sub-Saharan Africa,” a new report by an international organisation states.
In 2020, Uganda hosted the largest number of refugees in the region, with South Sudan accounting for 1.4 million of displaced persons.
According official data, South Sudan remains the biggest originator of displaced people in the region accounting for 2.2 million refugees out of the total 82.4 million globally.
A cursory glance at recent headlines from Zimbabwe could give one the impression that things are looking up. A recent World Bank report predicted growth of nearly 4 percent this year. The government took a small first step toward compensating farmers whose land was violently seized by the state decades ago. But closer inspection reveals a country with tremendous structural challenges and a government focused only on regime survival.
Le conflit entre l’armée nigériane et les groupes jihadistes du nord-est du Nigeria, qui dure depuis 12 ans, a causé la mort directe ou indirecte de près de 350.000 personnes dont 324.000 enfants, ont rapporté jeudi les Nations unies.
Selon l’ONU, les groupes rebelles ne représentent plus la seule menace pour les populations civiles et le bon déroulement de la mission de maintien de la paix en Centrafrique. Les forces armées et les paramilitaires russes qui les soutiennent seraient également responsables de l’instabilité qui règne dans le pays.
Alors que la première conférence de Berlin consacrée à la Libye avait débouché sur des déclarations d’intention, des avancées tangibles ont été notées lors de la deuxième édition. Explications.
La Libye a fait état le 23 juin de progrès en vue d’un départ des forces étrangères de son territoire, avec des discussions russo-turques en vue sur un retrait initial de plusieurs centaines d’hommes de part et d’autre.
The Suez Canal blockage dispute is nearing resolution, after the owners and insurers of the ship that became lodged and clogged the vital Egyptian passageway in March announced on Wednesday that they had reached an understanding with canal authorities over compensation.
In mid-December, Sudanese troops moved into al-Fashaga, an agricultural area on the frontier with Ethiopia, expelling Ethiopian farmers and building fortifications. Fighting threatens to escalate. With assistance from outside mediators, the two countries should convene talks about restoring the shared land-use agreement that prevailed beforehand.
What’s new? Ethiopia and Sudan are locked in a dangerous standoff over al-Fashaga, a swathe of fertile borderland from which Khartoum evicted thousands of Ethiopian farmers in December 2020. Clashes between the two countries’ troops have claimed dozens of combatant and civilian lives.
Trois ans après sa création, en 2018, l’afro, cryptomonnaie gérée par la fondation éponyme, n’a pas encore rempli sa vocation panafricaine.
Lors de la fondation de l’afro, en 2018, la trentaine de membres de la fondation éponyme n’ambitionnait rien de moins que de devenir la première cryptomonnaie africaine.