At a youth-focused event that marked the International Mine Awareness Day in South Sudan’s capital Juba, Jurkuch Barach Jurkuch, Chairperson of South Sudan’s National Mine Action Authority (NMAA) expressed his regrets about the use of landmines in the country during decades of conflict. Singing their hearts out, some 50 South Sudanese students from three primary schools in the capital Juba,… Read More

From one moment to the next, they can appear on the straight horizon. Long lines of silhouettes making their way through the desert, the strongest in front, the weakest behind. Every week, hundreds of migrants who have been turned back from Algeria come to Assamaka, the first village on the border with Niger. There are now more than 4,500 of… Read More

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Sudan’s capital Thursday, as talks with the country’s military rulers to bring in a civilian government hit a roadblock. Security forces met the demonstrations in Khartoum with tear gas and stun grenades, according to protester Waleed Adam. No injuries were immediately reported. Protesters have rejected any settlement involving Sudan’s military leaders following… Read More

Entirely immersed in a 3-dimensional world. In a Tripoli arcade, players banter amid the bleeping and music of video games. Isolated by decades of Khadafi tenure and of post-revolution chaos, Libyan gamers are now taking on the world. It’s late at night in the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and in the suburb of Tajoura, teenagers with headphones clamped to their ears… Read More

With a mushrooming diaspora community, remittances have become the largest source of external financing in many African countries. Research has found that these inflows are critical for households in the face of disasters and crises like the ongoing financial crunch.  Almaz Negash is the Founder and  Executive Director of, African Diaspora Network, she joins us to share insights on the… Read More