What is going on between Egypt and Sudan?
Ongoing tensions in the Red Sea region came to the fore in late December, when Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Sudan as part of his Africa tour. During the visit, Erdogan and his Sudanese counterpart, Omar al-Bashir, signed more than a dozen agreements to boost the economic partnership between the two nations. Among these […]
Global record of 65.6 million refugees as South Sudan exodus soars
The global number of people who have fled their homes reached a new record of 65.6 million last year as a major new refugee crisis emerged in South Sudan, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Monday. While the UNHCR’s annual count marked a new high, the flow slowed for the first time…
UN: South Sudan on brink of ethnic civil war
South Sudan is “on the brink of an all-out ethnic civil war which could destabilise the entire region”, the head of a team of UN human rights investigators told the UN Human Rights Council, describing a shattered country where children as young as two have been raped.
Japanese Troops, Armed With New Mandate, Arrive in South Sudan
A contingent of Japanese troops arrived in South Sudan on Monday to join U.N. peacekeepers — a mission with an expanded role that critics fear could embroil them in their country’s first overseas fighting since World War II. The newly arrived soldiers will help build infrastructure in the landlocked and impoverished country torn apart by […]
S. Sudan Humanitarian Crisis Worsening as Famine Looms
U.N. aid agencies warn the humanitarian crisis in South Sudan, already one of the biggest in the world, is getting worse as famine looms and growing numbers of refugees flee to neighboring countries. The World Food Program reports a 38-truck convoy, carrying food for about one month, arrived in the South Sudanese town of Yei […]