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Amid Sudan war, scores of families risk lives to keep each other alive
On March 24, 2024 Since the war began last April between the army of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, tens of thousands have died and millions more have been forced to flee their homes Sameh Makki’s soup kitchen is barely 100 metres from…
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What caused the civil war in Sudan and how has it become one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises?
Fighting broke out nearly a year ago in the capital Khartoum, in an escalating power struggle that has led to more than 8 million people being displaced On March 22, 2024 How did the current conflict begin? Fighting broke out in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, on 15 April 2023 as an escalating power struggle between the two…
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Frankly Speaking: How Saudis view the war in Gaza
On March 24, 2024 DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is using its leverage to help bring an end to the conflict in Gaza but stands by its original position that normalization with Israel will not occur without the establishment of a Palestinian state, according to former Saudi intelligence chief Prince Turki Al-Faisal. Appearing on “Frankly Speaking,” the weekly…
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Why shared water resources could become a source of conflict between nations of the Arab region
By Jumana Khamis On On March 21, 2024 DUBAI: Water scarcity and mismanagement are pressing global issues, made worse by a warming climate which is depleting the world’s freshwater sources at an alarming rate. Despite this, international cooperation on water security has been left wanting. More than three billion people depend on water that originates…
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Over 130 abducted schoolchildren in Nigeria’s northwest rescued after weeks in captivity
By Rédaction Africanews with AP On March 25, 2024 More than 130 children abducted more than two weeks ago from their school in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Kaduna were rescued Sunday and are getting psychological support before being returned to their families, the West African nation’s military and government officials said. School authorities had told…
Read MoreDR Congo’s conflict-driven hunger crisis worsens as violence in east surges
By Africa News with AP On March 22, 2024 Video: Residents flee fighting between M23 rebels and Congolese forces north of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, October 29, 2022 The Democratic Republic of Congo’s conflict-driven hunger crisis is worsening as violence in the eastern province’s surges, forcing families to flee once again. More and more…
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The War the World Forgot — Displacing Millions
By Hugh Kinsella Cunningham On March 17, 2024 Thirty years on from the Rwandan genocide, the Democratic Republic of Congo still bears the conflict’s brutal scars ‘We are so tired of running. If they want to come, they can slaughter us on the spot.’ It is a Wednesday in early February, and the M23 rebel…
Read MoreAttack on Nigerien forces kills 23 soldiers and underscores continued conflict with militants
The defense ministry says a militant attack on Nigerien forces in a border region near Mali and Burkina Faso has killed 23 soldiers By Datalou Mamane On March 22, 2024 NIAMEY, Niger — A militant attack on Nigerien forces in a border region near Mali and Burkina Faso killed 23 soldiers, the defense ministry said Friday.…
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Five-Fold Increase in Children Uprooted by Violence in West Africa’s Central Sahel
By Kunle Olawoyin and Aisha Majid On March 21, 2024 BAMAKO/ NIAMEY/ OUAGADOUGOU, 21 March 2024 — Escalating violence has led to a five-fold surge in the number of children forced from their homes over the past five years in three west African countries, according to new Save the Children analysis. The child rights agency analysed…
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