Tag: UN Africa News

Speaking via video-link, Mr. Ramaphosa noted that, with resources redirected to fighting the virus, efforts to provide housing, health care, water and sanitation, and education have been hampered, and called for interest payments on African countries’ debt to be suspended. Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals “Until we eradicate global poverty, we will always fall short of realizing the vision of… Read More

“We are deeply concerned about the unfolding humanitarian situation in Cabo Delgado where conflict and violence have left people without access to food and livelihoods,” Antonella D’Aprile, WFP Representative for Mozambique, said in news release, on Tuesday.  ? News release ?WFP is extremely concerned about the escalating conflict & deteriorating food security situation in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique. Over 300,000 people… Read More

In a new report requested by the Human Rights Council, the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi said that there had been “little” in the way of “positive changes” since President Evariste Ndayishimiye “assumed office” in June. Election violence Commission of Inquiry member Francoise Hampson described evidence of serious human rights violations during this year’s elections, including summary executions, torture and… Read More

David Shearer, head of the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), updated ambassadors on the country’s ongoing political and security situations, which are unfolding amid the COVID-19 pandemic and an upturn in inter-communal violence in Jonglei and other states.  “COVID-19 has slowed implementation of the peace agreement, including meeting key benchmarks, but the pandemic is not entirely to blame”, he… Read More

Among them, some 156,500 children are “severely” malnourished, leaving them nine times more likely to die than well-nourished children, according to UNICEF.  A survey carried out in 11 communes shows that over 535,500 children under 5 suffer from global acute malnutrition, 156,500 of whom are severely malnourished. UNICEF accelerates the response and delivered 737 tons of therapeutic food to treat… Read More

In an article posted online on Tuesday, the Algérie Presse Service (APS) listed the reasons why “the Geneva Office of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal” had turned away the complaint in just 24 hours.  Phantom room  The story – which quoted an interview on Radio Monte Carlo two days earlier with someone described as the tribunal’s secretary – was illustrated… Read More

Stephanie Williams said that the simultaneous yet separate appeals – made by Fayez al-Sarraj, who heads the Presidency Council and is Prime Minister of the Government of National Accord (GNA) and Aguila Saleh Issa, President of the House of Representatives in eastern Libya –  featured “many points of convergence” that create a chance to move forward on intra-Libyan dialogue. Their… Read More

The flooding was triggered by heavy seasonal rains, mainly in neighbouring Ethiopia, which caused the Nile River to rise to nearly 17.5 metres (roughly 57 feet) this past weekend: the highest level in 100 years, according to the authorities.  Heavy seasonal rains and flash floods in Sudan have affected thousands of internally displaced people, refugees and host communities. https://t.co/owxffn10PB — UNHCR,… Read More

Sudan’s transitional Government initialled the deal alongside the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) and Sudan Liberation Movement–Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM), at a ceremony held in neighbouring South Sudan.  Determination, courage and commitment  “I would like to congratulate Sudanese people on this significant step and commend in particular the signatory parties for their determination, courage and commitment to lasting peace in Sudan”, said… Read More

According to Paul Dillon, an IOM spokesperson, while the region has been a target of repeated attacks by insurgents since 2015, the situation has worsened dramatically in 2020.  “Recurrent security attacks and incursions by non-State armed groups since the beginning of the year prompted the Chadian Government in March to declare the departments of Fouli and Kaya, two of Lake… Read More