Aid workers accused of sexual abuse in DR Congo
More than 50 women have accused Ebola aid workers from the World Health Organization and leading NGOs of sexual exploitation and abuse in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a new investigation reveals.
Will Libya partitioned into East and West Libya in 2020?
The main players in the Libyan crisis are now Russia, the UAE, France and Egypt on one side and Turkey and Italy on the other. The biggest threat is the fact that these countries are not concerned with the territorial integrity of Libya. Economic and strategic interests are what brought them to Libya.
Climate Change in Nigeria: Should we address poverty and malnutrition, too?
by Oluwadara O. Alegbeleye
In recent times, there has been an unhealthy, exaggerated, hypocritical emphasis on ‘climate change’ issues in Nigeria. The federal ministry of health...
The Mediterranean Migrant Crisis: The Option Between The Devil And The Deep Blue...
By Oboshi Agyeno
As EU is pushing hard to rectify the loopholes that caused the tragic and avoidable deaths of thousands of migrants in its territorial waters in 2015 alone, attention should also be focused on domestic conditions in Africa that encourage and sustain such perilous journey.
Press Freedom in Burundi: A Shrinking Space
by James Belgrave
Burundi, a country praised in recent years for its free and dynamic press and active civil society, is witnessing a worrying deterioration...
Refugees in Uganda: A Burden or An Asset to the Host?
By Irungu Peter
A report published by a research team at the University of Oxford shows that refugees can have a positive economic impact on host countries. The report was based on a research by the Humanitarian Innovation Project at the University of Oxford.
East African Countries Unlikely to Achieve MDG on Education, But Progress is Steady
By PETER IRUNGU
A recently published UNSCO report shows that all 5 countries of the East African Community (EAC)- Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda,Tanzania and Uganda, failed to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on access to Universal Primary Education and Education for All targets.
Severe food crisis hits Yemen: children malnourished, on the brink of starvation
War, rising food prices, a health system overwhelmed by COVID-19, and funding challenges are deeply impacting access to food for children all across Yemen, pushing up the number of children who are on the brink of hunger or even starvation, Save the Children has warned.
Organisations Seek Intervention on Forced Sterilisation in Namibia
By Winston Mwale
The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) and four other human rights organisations, concerned with the coerced and forced sterilisation of women living with HIV/AIDS in Namibia, have requested the UN Human Rights Committee to raise this with the government of Namibia.
Pandemic profits for companies soar by billions as poorest struggle to get by
Thirty-two of the world’s largest companies stand to see their profits jump by $109 billion more in 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic lays bare an economic model that delivers profits for the wealthiest on the back of the poorest, according to a new Oxfam report released this week.
