After helping Ethiopia’s federal government repel Tigray rebels, Amhara’s Fano militia now aim fire at former allies
Amhara anger with the government in Addis Ababa escalated into confrontation between Fano and regional forces. By July, major cities were under attack and the regional government requested federal help. The ENDF restored order the next month, but there were many civilian casualties in the process.
Against smouldering embers of Tigray Ethiopia struggles to put out Amhara inferno lit by Fano rebellion
Human rights groups have accused the Ethiopian authorities of extrajudicial killings, mass arrests and attacks on schools and hospitals.
Amnesty raises red flag on French weapons system in Sudan in breach of UN arms embargo
In response to the Amnesty International report, Lacroix said in an emailed statement that the company confirms it had supplied the Galix systems for the Emirati Armed Forces for the use of smoke-screening countermeasures.
Sudan army chief assures UN that lifeline for humanitarian relief through Chad to hard-hit Darfur is open
The border crossing, which was closed earlier this year, was reopened in August for three months by the Sovereign Council to address the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Darfur. Famine has been confirmed in the Zamzam displacement camp near El Fasher, North Darfur’s provincial capital.
Farmers in Zimbabwe shun staples for more profitable vegetables, consider food aid interventions a solution to climate change
Experts say rich nations like the United States, which have been the biggest contributors of planet-warming emissions historically, have a responsibility to fund humanitarian aid in the countries that are experiencing its effects first and most severely.
Climate change: World meets in Baku as Uganda grapples with scourge of environmental refugees
A time or temporal dimension of the environment does exist so that we can talk of four dimensions of the environment (the ecological-biological, the socioeconomic, the sociocultural and the temporal). However, the dimensions are not mutually exclusive but are mutually inclusive. Some causes of refugee migrations are a result of interactions of the phenomena occurring in the dimensions of the environment.
UN accuses Iran, UAE and Egypt of ‘enabling the slaughter in Sudan’ by arming warring factions
Sudan plunged into conflict in mid-April 2023, when long-simmering tensions between its military and paramilitary leaders broke out in the capital, Khartoum and spread to other regions, including western Darfur, which was wracked by bloodshed and atrocities in 2003. The UN recently warned that the country has been pushed to the brink of famine.
Experts tell Nigeria to opt for non-military strategy to fight insurgency by targeting funding sources
By registering miners and boosting security at mining sites, the government could disrupt bandits’ revenue without making things harder for the people who make their living from the mines, analysts said.
Source revealsk Trump has told Putin not to escalate in Ukraine but Kremlin denies they spoke
US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday Biden’s top message would be his commitment to ensure a peaceful transfer of power, and he will also talk to Trump about what’s happening in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Transitional presidential council in violence-wracked Haiti dismisses Prime minister Harry Conille as security crisis persists
The transition council, named in April, was tasked with choosing a prime minister and wielding certain presidential powers until conditions are considered secure enough for a new election. There has been some infighting among its councillors.
