Day: July 1, 2022

The U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo has arrested U.N. peacekeeping troops suspected of having opened fire on a Ugandan border post, killing at least two people and injuring 15 others. It’s the latest violent incident invol…

A South African court on Monday began proceedings against more than 80 people arrested after the brazen gang rape of eight women. The women were filming a music video last week when they were attacked by masked, armed men.Women’s rights activists prote…

Mali’s military government has lashed out at French President Emmanuel Macron, accusing him of having a “neo-colonial” attitude and stirring up ethnic hatred.The official statement was read by government spokesperson Colonel Abdoulaye Maiga on Mali’s s…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYIn January 2022, the World Food Programme (WFP) released a six-month Drought Response Plan for the Horn of Africa.This Plan outlined the critical humanitarian needs and WFP’s accompanying relief requirements necessary to respond to the…

Following the announcement that the World Food Programme has had to stop food distribution in South Sudan, there are now reports that three people in Warrap state have died of starvation.Jane Backhurst, senior adviser at Christian Aid, said: “Christian…

(Kampala) – President Yoweri Museveni should accelerate steps toward fulfilling his commitments to end abuses by security forces and restrictions on civil society and journalists in Uganda, Human Rights Watch said following its meeting with him on June…