Senegalese President and AU Chair Macky Fall in South Sudan to give impetus to wobbly peace process
The Senegalese President Macky Sall arrived in South Sudan capital, Juba, on Monday to support the country’s peace process. President Sall, the current chairperson of the African Union (AU), was received by his South Sudan counterpart, Salva Kiir at the Juba International Airport. “I have come to support the peace...
Waves of near-daily inter-ethnic killings in South Sudan threaten 2018 truce and planned elections
An explosion of violence in South Sudan is raising fears that the country’s fragile peace agreement will unravel before elections the international community hopes can be held next year. The wave of near-daily killings across this East African country is often blamed on marauding militias whose attacks threaten the 2018...
Kenyan sexist bullies running short of ammo as number of women seeking elective seats soar
Wavinya Ndeti has defied bullying, attempts to discredit her academic achievements and xenophobic slurs over her marriage to emerge as a front-runner for the powerful post of governor of a key county in Kenya’s forthcoming general election. The 54-year old mother of four says she has had to “toughen up”...
In some parts of Myanmar teachers and students regularly hide in the forest for days to attend school
The Myanmar military has since last May retaliated against rising armed resistance in Karenni state with airstrikes and artillery fire, repeatedly targeting civilians and their homes and at times bombing displacement camps. More than 170,000 people, or half of the state’s population, are now internally displaced, according to civil society...
Kenya’s online warriors: Why protesters are mobilising on social media, trigger-happy police are helpless
When 1,700 Kenyans took to the streets of Nairobi, Kisumu and Mombasa last week, they had one main demand of the government: to bring down the skyrocketing cost of living. Commemorating Saba Saba Day (Seven-Seven in Swahili, when protesters on July 7, 1990 called for democracy under President Daniel arap...
US Senate to amend Electoral Count Act to clarify vice president’s role in confirming presidential poll winner
A bipartisan group of senators has agreed on a series of provisions to reform the Electoral Count Act, a move aimed at clarifying the role of the vice president and Congress in confirming the winner of a presidential election in the wake of January 6 chaos at Capitol Hill. The...
