Report: G7 Financial Action Task Force idea promotes intolerance in weak democracies
Maja Stojanovic, director of Serbian non-profit Civic Initiatives, which was named in the letter, told Reuters she believes the government is using the data for smear campaigns to undermine NGOs’ work. A report on Financial Action Task Force (FATF), established by the G7 group of advanced economies to protect the...
Director of Africa CDC tells of how Covid ‘mistreated’ him despite vaccination
Head of the African Union’s health watchdog John Nkengasong revealed Thursday that while he is leading the war against coronavirus on the continent, he had survived the worst thanks to his jabs, as he urged the continent to fight vaccine hesitancy. Experts worry that reluctance to take the vaccine, stemming...
Covid nationalism: Regions where cases soar are the places where next variant will emerge
As I write, mass fatalities from Covid-19 have begun in Africa. Overall, only 1.1 per cent of people in low-income countries have received at least one vaccine dose. In my own Liberia, the proportion of people who have had both doses is just 0.18 per cent. Recorded cases in the...
Decolonising journalism: Is objectivity really possible or it is only to people who don’t have to fight to be seen fully?
Dear readers, Since last year, institutions the world over have been exploring how to improve diversity, equity and inclusion in their work. The New Humanitarian is no exception. We have, of course, been a leading voice in examining this issue within the humanitarian sector – namely through our Rethinking Humanitarianism...
Pro-democracy violence deepens economic crisis in Africa’s absolute monarchy
The pro-democracy demonstrations and deadly violence that erupted in Eswatini last month and continued into July have deepened the southern African nation’s economic and humanitarian crisis, but without forcing any reform of the royal establishment. The people of Eswatini have never lived under a democratic system of government. King Mswati...
Asylum seekers: Ignored by international community, we’re left with the only option – to cross the sea
The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) says people released from Zintan refugee detention centre in Libya were given emergency cash assistance and other support from UN partners, including cash cards that can be used at over 4,000 shops in Tripoli, but did not specify when the support was provided....
Donors question UN aid in Tigray, which ‘appears to put rocket fuel into the agency engines’
A series of donor letters that question how international support in conflict-weary Tigray, Ethiopia, is managed lay the blame more squarely on UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), which they accuse of having failed to ensure the presence of experienced, senior staff members in the camps and transit sites. The...
Q&A: Humanitarian crises have triggered increased South-South migration
South-South migration basically means migration movement between and among developing countries. If you take West Africa, migration movement within West Africa or even between West Africa and Asia, or between West Africa and Latin America would constitute South-South migration. It has not really been discussed in the mainstream literature for...
Jailed former South Africa President Zuma’s daughter under fire for incitement
One of former South African President Jacob Zuma’s daughters has come under scrutiny for allegedly inciting violent protests that have claimed at least 72 lives and seen rampant looting and business closures. As many as 12 people are on the authorities’ radar for stoking the riots, Police Minister Bheki Cele...
Zuma has proved South Africa is just another African country like Kenya with its tribalism or Nigeria with its corruption
Post-apartheid South-Africa always begs the question: Is South Africa just another African country; what can we do about it? “In the midst of the political confusion that has gripped our country, many people are wondering if we have come to the end of South Africa. The answer is simple: The...
