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The UN Humanitarian coordinator for Somalia warned on Tuesday of a “catastrophic emergency” in the country due to the ongoing drought. Speaking on Tuesday at a joint meeting between the UN and the League of Arab States, the coordinator said Somalia was suffering from its fifth consecutive failed rainy season. “The end to the emergency is nowhere in sight. As… Read More

The second day of work in Luanda, as part of the summit of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACP), which will bring together heads of state next Friday and Saturday in the Angolan capital. The day was marked by the Youth Forum where road safety and the role of youths in this matter were discussed. Every year… Read More

Thirty-six years after the deaths of two young men in France, both victims of police brutality against people of North African origin, a film entitled “Nos Frangins”, (“Our Brothers” in English), opens to the public.  The film, directed by Rachid Bouchareb, focusses on the wave of police brutality in France against people of North African origin during the 1980‘s. “Malik… Read More

After the shock of exile, comes the plight of displacement for residents of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s war-torn east. Bahati Bashubage was driven out of his home by the violent clashes between the Congolese forces and the M23 rebels.  The 62-year-old man managed to salvage his sewing machine in the hope to use it to make a living where… Read More

A court in Mozambiquehas sentenced two former intelligence chiefs and the son of a former Mozambican president to 12 years in prison in a massive corruption scandal known as the “hidden debt”. The former head of intelligence and state security, Gregório Leão, and the former head of economic intelligence, António do Rosário, along with Armando Ndambi Guebuza, son of former… Read More

The secretary of the Bar Association in Chad announced lawyers would appeal the prosecution of the October 20th demonstrators. Last Monday a court sentenced 262 people out of 401 arrested following deadly protests in October. “They were deported, now they have been convicted and some have been released, so they say? But that does not mean that the procedure was… Read More

Clashes between M23 rebels and the Congolese army have displaced tens of thousands of people in the east of the DRC. Living near the road leading to Goma, the displaced are facing starvation and often have to “fight” for the meagre rations distributed by NGOs and the Congolese government. Thousands of tiny makeshift shelters hug the road leading north out… Read More

The Ghana Armed forces has arrested a man posing as a senior military officer at the forces base in Burma Camp located in the capital city, Accra. The suspect identified as Rufai Abubakar was arrested after trying to access a military installation using forged credentials. “The suspect who entered Burma Camp in a commercial vehicle was closely monitored as he… Read More

DRC’s Justice minister Rose Mutombo took part Tuesday (Dec. 6) in the 21st session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). During the meeting in the Hague, Netherlands, Mutombo called on the prosecutor of the ICC to investigate alleged massacres in Kishishe last week. “While we are in this room, part… Read More

South African government has announced that the killer of anti-apartheid activist Chris Hani has been released from prison after being stabbed in prison in the wake of a controversial parole announcement. “Janusz Walus was released on parole on Wednesday 7 December,” the prison service said in a statement. At the end of November, the highest court in the country granted… Read More