Palestinian detainees freed from Israeli prisons and camps tell of horrendous abuses and psychological harm
Alleged abuses and psychological harm to Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons and camps are in renewed focus amid stepped-up efforts in December by international mediators to secure a ceasefire that could see the release of thousands of inmates detained during the Gaza war and before, in return for Israeli hostages held by the Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza.
Experts: Famine redefinition unlikely to ease assistance mobilisation to Gaza
The IPC famine thresholds require specific assessments: of mortality, of the percentage of households facing an extreme lack of food and of the percentage of malnourished children.
Human suffering in Gaza is immense but hunger watchdog refrains from describing the acute food shortage as famine
Most days, Shay said he treated on average 40 new patients who were admitted to the hospital. Many had severe cases of pneumonia, and several others suffered from meningitis, an illness that can kill in hours. Newborns were often small for their age, he said.
Government critics in Kenya are now an endangered species as human rights groups worry over abductions
In October, nine European envoys raised concerns over enforced disappearances and urged Ruto to ensure justice. The envoys spoke after four Turkish nationals were abducted from Kenya and repatriated despite registering with the UN as asylum seekers, citing threats to their lives back home.
Food security: African Union working on long term plan to raise cropland, cut further imports
A statement issued at the Pre-African Union Extra-Ordinary Summit on Post-Malabo CAADP Agenda media briefing by Maj-Gen David Kasura-Kyomukama, cites statistics that show Africa spends $100 billion – mainly on cereals – while $16 billion goes to fat and oil imports.
Attack on Haiti’s largest hospital raises fresh questions over UN delay in reinforcing Kenyan-led mission
A spokesperson for the mission, led by Kenya, said after shooting began that its personnel had not been invited to the
conference and it had sent in reinforcements. The national police did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Sudan suspends participation in global hunger-monitoring system on eve of famine report
In a letter dated December 23, the government’s agriculture minister said the government is halting its participation in the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) system. The letter accused the IPC of “issuing unreliable reports that undermine Sudan’s sovereignty and dignity.”
How Ethiopia is suffocating with its own IDPs, refugees from the Sudans, Eritrea and Somalia
Levels of forced displacement in Mali continue to expand as the security situation deteriorates. Violence linked to militant Islamist groups has grown and these militant actors now control an estimated 50 per cent of the country.
Foreign appetite for Africa’s natural resources generates over 14 million refugees and internally displaced persons
With 3 per cent of its total population forcibly displaced, Africa has both a larger share and absolute number of forcibly displaced people than any other major region in the world.
Rape is ‘used in most Haitian camps as a deliberate tactic to control women’s access to humanitarian assistance’
There are currently more than 700,000 displaced people in Haiti, and 25 per cent of them live in makeshift displacement sites in Port-au-Prince like the one where Béatrice was killed. These are often schools, churches or government buildings that are overcrowded and where there is limited-to-no access to basic services, adequate food or healthcare.
