insert_link Africa South Sudan: some spoilers want peace to fail, putting 2024 elections at risk By Edgar Githua, Strathmore University South Sudan is expected to hold its first general election in December 2024. It became an independent state in 2011. The long overdue election is one of the pillars of a peace agreement signed in 2018. It helped end the 2013-2018 civil war that killed nearly 400,000 people and displaced millions. Since then, the country has progressed in relative peace, with fewer […] todayFebruary 20, 2024 13
insert_link Africa Sudan Armed Forces are on a path to self-destruction – risking state collapse By Harry Verhoeven, Columbia University It is now 10 months since the outbreak of civil war in Sudan in April 2023, pitting the Sudan Armed Forces against the Rapid Support Forces, a powerful paramilitary group. The war, which erupted after relations between the two wings of Sudan’s security apparatus broke down, rapidly spread beyond the capital, Khartoum. More recently, the Sudan Armed Forces have suffered numerous setbacks […] todayFebruary 20, 2024 7
insert_link Africa The African Union is working on peace in Sudan: expert explains why it’s in everyone’s interests By John Mukum Mbaku, Weber State University The African Union has recently named a team to work on a peaceful end to Sudan’s civil war. The team will engage Sudan’s feuding military factions alongside civil society and international players to resolve the conflict that has been raging since 15 April 2023. The opponents in the conflict are the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. The AU’s […] todayJanuary 26, 2024 8
insert_link Africa Liberia transferred power peacefully again: 3 reasons the calm is holding, and one red flag By Charles Wratto, Babes Bolyai University Joseph Boakai was sworn in as Liberia’s 26th president on 22 January 2024. Boakai secured a six year term of office after defeating incumbent president George Weah in a keenly contested November 2023 poll with 50.9% of the votes cast. The west African country of 5 million people reached a major milestone on 17 November 2023, when Weah, of the Congress for […] todayJanuary 24, 2024 3
insert_link Oshiwambo Oshitopolwa Tigray mo Ethiopia sha taalela ondjala Aantu yeli 176 oya hulitha monooli ya Tigray mo Ethiopia,omolwa ondjala yeetithwa koshikukuta,shiikwatelela komalelo. Omweendithi gopashitopolwa Hadush Asemelash okwati mboka ya hulitha oya kwatelamo aalumentu 101 naakiitu 75. Onzonkundana yo AFP oyeendulula aanambelewa moshitopolwa kutya aantu 45 000 mo Emba Sieneti oya taalela ondjala ya shigako,ya nayipalekwa kiita yopashigwana yoomvula 2 noshikukuta. Omalelo ogati aantu oyendji otaa thigipo omagumbo gawo omolwa onkalo. Oshiwike sha piti,epangelo lyopakathimbo mo Tigray oliigidha onkalo […] todayDecember 13, 2023 2
Paying it forward: Kenyan coastal doctor Bashrahil Mohammed Mafudh has made it his life’s work to care for the most vulnerable in his community, at no cost.
