President Mohamud’s second coming: Security and universal suffrage top new Somali leader’s agenda
Newly elected Somalia President Sheikh Hassan Mohamud plans to move with speed to entrench democracy and mend fences with neighbours Kenya and Ethiopia after nearly three years of a diplomatic standoff occasioned by territorial, trade and security disputes, his allies say. And he was on cue at his second inauguration....
Volunteers step in to shield LGBTQI+ and other marginalised people from rights abuses in Ukraine
SAFEBOW, a grassroots organisation set up by Rain Dove and other activists, has helped more than 4,000 refugees from marginalised groups – including LGBTQI+, disabled, and elderly people, as well as Indian, African and other international students who were studying in Ukraine – leave Ukraine since Russia’s invasion began. The...
Ukraine war: Barriers trans-women, trans-men and non-binary people face when trying to escape Russian invasion
In just over three months since Russia began its full-scale invasion, nearly seven million people have fled Ukraine as refugees. The vast majority are Ukrainian women and children who have been received in neighbouring countries, mainly with open arms. However, an untold number of LGBTQI+ Ukrainians, especially trans-women, trans-men and...
how video analysis provided evidence of how Russia trucks and ships ferry stolen Ukrainian wheat for export
In late April, video surfaced of columns of covered trucks driving what Ukrainian officials said was captured grain. In an analysis of the video, it has been confirmed it was taken in the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol, showing the convoy headed southwest on a main road toward Crimea. It was...
Ethiopia conflict: Experts want AU, regional bodies and Kenya to capitalise on ‘humanitarian truce’ to strike peace deal
After almost two years of conflict between the federal government and Tigrayan forces, Ethiopia seems to have decided to resolve its most devastating militarised conflict peacefully. On March 24, the government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali declared a humanitarian truce “to facilitate a free flow of emergency humanitarian aid...
America accuses Russia of planning to vend contraband Ukrainian wheat to 14 African countries
American diplomats have alerted 14 countries, most in Africa, that Russian ships filled with stolen Ukrainian grain could be headed their way, posing a dilemma to countries facing dire food shortages. Russia has bombed, blockaded and plundered the grain production capacity of Ukraine, which accounts for one-tenth of global wheat...
