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The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has rehabilitated thousands of kilometers of roads in the country (file photo). — courtesy UNMISS/Emmanuel Kele

UN condemns killing of aid worker in South Sudan

JUBA — The top UN humanitarian official in South Sudan has called for law enforcement along roads following the first killing of an aid worker in the country this year during an ambush in Budi, East Equatoria, on Wednesday.The aid worker was killed when assailants fired at a clearly marked humanitarian vehicle that was part of a team of international non-governmental organizations and South Sudanese health workers traveling to a health facility.The team was driving from Chukudum to Kapoeta in Budi County in an area that has seen several roadside ambushes this year. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan, Alain Noudéhou, has condemned the killing.“I am shocked by this violent act and send my condolences to the family and colleagues of the deceased. The roads are a vital...

May 14, 2021

UN condemns killing of aid worker in South Sudan

A woman in Guinea turns her sewing skills into mask-making during the COVID-19 crisis in this courtesy file photo.

Vaccine inequity posing ‘significant risk’ to global economic recovery: UN report

NEW YORK — Although the outlook for global growth has improved, the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as inadequate progress on vaccination in poorer countries, are putting the recovery at risk, according to the latest UN economic forecast, published on Tuesday. The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) mid-year report warned widening inequality is threatening global growth, projected at 5.4 percent this year.Vaccine access critical “Vaccine inequity between countries and regions is posing a significant risk to an already uneven and fragile global recovery”, said UN Chief Economist Elliott Harris. “Timely and universal access to COVID-19 vaccinations will mean the difference between ending the pandemic promptly and placing the world economy on the...

May 12, 2021

Vaccine inequity posing ‘significant risk’ to global economic recovery: UN report

A helicopter takes off from a MONUSCO base in Beni, North Kivu, for a reconnaissance mission in this courtesy file photo.

UN Security Council denounces attack on peacekeepers in D.R. Congo

NEW YORK — The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned Monday’s attack on the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in which one Malawian blue helmet was killed. The attack, which took place near the town of Beni in the restive North Kivu province, was reportedly carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) armed group.In a press statement issued on Monday, Security Council members “condemned in the strongest terms” all attacks and provocations against the UN peacekeeping in the DRC (known by its French acronym, MONUSCO). They underlined that deliberate attacks targeting peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law, and called the Congolese authorities to swiftly investigate this attack and bring the perpetrators...

May 11, 2021

UN Security Council denounces attack on peacekeepers in D.R. Congo

Migrants who survived the capsizing of a smugglers boat in the Gulf of Aden were brought ashore in Obock in Djibouti. — courtesy IOM/Olivia Headon

‘I am alive, but I feel like I am dead’: A migrant grieves the drowning of 3 children

GENEVA — Misrah, an undocumented migrant worker, and her family, left their home in Ethiopia hoping for a better life. Instead, her three children are now dead, drowned during a perilous sea crossing across the Gulf of Aden, when the overloaded boat smuggling them into the country capsized.“I have lost everything,” said Misrah, as she struggles to recount the most traumatic of events, witnessing the deaths of her three children. The 27-year-old Ethiopian woman, her husband and children — Aziza, five; Rachar, three; and Ikram, two — and at least 55 other migrants and refugees were aboard a boat controlled by smugglers crossing the Gulf of Aden from Yemen to the Horn of Africa via Djibouti, on April 12.‘They were too young; the sea was too rough’Overcrowded and traveling in the...

May 09, 2021

‘I am alive, but I feel like I am dead’: A migrant grieves the drowning of 3 children

Ugandan Dominic Ongwen, a former LRA child soldier, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. — Courtesy photo

ICC hands Ugandan LRA commander Ongwen 25-year jail term

THE HAGUE — A former leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, who himself had been abducted by the rebel group as a child, was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday. Dominic Ongwen, 45, was found guilty of 61 charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including rape, murder and sexual enslavement, committed in Northern Uganda between July 2002 and Dec. 31, 2002. The UN-backed ICC, based in the Hague, is the world’s first permanent international court to prosecute some of the most heinous of crimes, including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. In summarizing the decision to sentence Ongowen, Presiding Judge Bertram Schmitt highlighted the unique nature of the case. Victim and perpetrator...

May 08, 2021

ICC hands Ugandan LRA commander Ongwen 25-year jail term

A mother prepares food for her children with cereal she received from a World Food Programme (WFP) distribution site in Maiduguri, Nigeria. — Courtesy photo

155 million faced acute food insecurity in 2020, conflict the key driver: Report

NEW YORK — At least 155 million people faced crisis levels of food insecurity in 2020 because of conflict, extreme weather events and economic shocks linked in part to COVID-19, a UN-partnered flagship report said on Wednesday. It’s been five years since hunger levels were this bad across 55 countries under review, according to the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC), which noted that 20 million more people went hungry last year than in 2019.Countries in Africa remained “disproportionally affected”, it said, adding that conflict pushed almost 100 million people into acute food insecurity, followed by economic shocks (40 million) and weather extremes (16 million). “Conflict and hunger are mutually reinforcing. We need to tackle hunger and conflict together to solve...

May 06, 2021

155 million faced acute food insecurity in 2020, conflict the key driver: Report

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French journalist kidnapped in Mali pleads for help in video

PARIS — A French journalist who disappeared in Mali last month said in a video that emerged on social media on Wednesday that he had been kidnapped by a militant group and pleaded for help from French authorities.In the 21-second clip, Olivier Dubois identifies himself before saying he was kidnapped in Gao, a town in central Mali, on April 8 by a local militant group affiliated Al-Qaeda that is known as JNIM, an acronym for the Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims. "I'm speaking to my family, my friends, and the French authorities for them to do everything in their power to free me," he said, sitting barefoot in what appears to be a tent. Both the French foreign ministry and the French government spokesman confirmed Dubois had "disappeared in Mali," and...

May 06, 2021

French journalist kidnapped in Mali pleads for help in video

Students return to school in Juba, South Sudan, after more than fourteen months of COVID-19 restrictions. — courtesy UNICEF/Bullen Chol

Joy in South Sudan as schools reopen after 14-month COVID lockdown

GENEVA — The countrywide reopening of schools in South Sudan is a welcome step on the road to “normalcy” for youngsters, two in three of whom need humanitarian assistance, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.Describing the “joy” felt by children and aid workers as classrooms reopened on Monday after more than 14 months of COVID-19 restrictions, Mads Oyen, UNICEF’s chief of field operations, explained that going back to school was about more than just learning.“Especially in a country like South Sudan, where we’re also faced with humanitarian emergencies in many parts of the country,” he explained. “Schools are places for children to be safe and to be protected and also to access basic services, school feeding and so on.”Despite the welcome development,...

May 05, 2021

Joy in South Sudan as schools reopen after 14-month COVID lockdown

Sudan informed Congo President Felix Tshisekedi of its rejection on the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

Sudan rejects Ethiopia's innovation on second Renaissance Dam filling

KHARTOUM — Sudan informed Congo President Felix Tshisekedi of its rejection on the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.According to a statement by the Sudanese Foreign Ministry on Monday, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam Al-Sadiq held a meeting in Kinshasa with Congo President, who also currently chairs the African Union, where she conveyed Sudan's refusal of the second Renaissance Dam filling.Al-Sadiq described it as a national security issue that would affect the lives of millions of Sudanese on the banks of the Blue Nile and Nile River.She also warned of the consequences if Addis Ababa took this step without an agreement with Khartoum and Cairo.Al-Sadiq arrived in the Congo at the end of an African tour that began Thursday, which included Kenya, Rwanda, and...

May 04, 2021

Sudan rejects Ethiopia's innovation on second Renaissance Dam filling

File photo shows a plastic sheet separating a mother from her son at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. — courtesy UNICEF/Thomas Nybo

Latest deadly Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo declared over

GENEVA — The 12th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was declared officially over on Monday, just three months after the first case was reported in North Kivu, but it marks the end of the country’s fourth outbreak of the deadly disease in less than three years, said the World Health Organization (WHO).The virus — an often-fatal illness spread through contact with bodily fluids, which kills, on average, around half of those infected — re-emerged in February, nine months after another outbreak in the same province was declared over.In a press release, WHO congratulated the health authorities in DRC, and the health workers “on the ground for their swift response which built on the country’s previous experience in tackling Ebola outbreaks.”Eleven...

May 03, 2021

Latest deadly Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo declared over

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