Exclusive: Top-secret testimonies implicate Rwanda’s president in war crimes. MAIL & GUARDIAN. 27 MAY 2020. For years, UN investigators secretly compiled evidence that implicated Rwandan President Paul Kagame and other high-level officials in mass killings before, during and after the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The explosive evidence came from Tutsi soldiers who broke with the regime and risked their lives to expose what they knew. Their sworn testimony to a UN court contradicted the dominant story about the country’s brutal descent into violence, which depicted Kagame and his RPF as the country’s saviours. Despite the testimonies, a UN war crimes tribunal — on the recommendation of the United States — never prosecuted Kagame and his commanders. Now, for the first time, a significant portion of the UN evidence is revealed, in redacted form.
Rwanda’s war nearly destroyed this park. Now it’s coming back. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. 19 MAY 2019. Akagera National Park was badly degraded by poachers and settlers, but thanks to an innovative conservation effort it is now home again to the Big Five and a growing tourism business. 19 MAY 2019.
Crossroads Djibouti: The African migrants who defy Yemen’s war. THE NEW HUMANITARIAN. 23 MARCH 2018. Braving harsh terrain, kidnapping threats and a months’ long journey
A country on the brink: Millions go hungry in South Sudan. AL JAZEERA. 15 MAY 2015. Forty percent of the population doesn’t have enough food as fighting intensifies in the world’s newest country.
In South Sudan, camps offer no refuge from division and violence. AL JAZEERA. Camp housing tens of thousands of internally displaced people reflect tensions in the country at large.
Papua New Guinea, where accusations of black magic can mean death. AL JAZEERA. Aid agencies evacuate on average 15 people per week; experts say wealth gap may fuel such claims.
Taming one of the world’s oldest diseases in fast-growing Papua New Guinea. AL JAZEERA. Poor access to adequate care leads to TB ‘hot zones’ and the rise of drug-resistant strains.
Haiti’s political impasse a distant crisis for the disaffected poor. AL JAZEERA. Poor Haitians disillusioned by years of broken government promises have learned to fend for themselves.
Harvest of Fear: Examining the Roots of the Central African Republic’s Séléka Rebel Movement. Part 1 of 3.
Fighting over the Spoils of War: Resources, Resentment at the Heart of CAR Conflict. Part 2 of 3.
An Uncertain Path to Reconciliation: With UN Mission in Early Stages, Local Aid Groups Carry Burden of Justice. Part 3 of 3.
Hanging By a Thread: FOREIGN POLICY. The UN’s new mission to the war-torn Central African Republic needs more money, manpower, and training. (CAR, September 2014)
In Photos: Haiti Opposition Groups Launch New Round of Street Protests FOREIGN POLICY. (Haiti, January 2015)
Sectarian Violence Flares in the Central African Republic, Killing at Least 12 FOREIGN POLICY. (CAR, October 2014)
Reasons why the DR Congo peace deal flopped AL JAZEERA. (Jan. 2013). Talks have broken down at African Union summit in Ethiopia on plans to solve crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Unease over UN bid to eradicate Haiti cholera AL JAZEERA. (Dec. 2012). Fears that $2.2bn programme may fall short on funding and deflect pressure on UN to apologise for introducing disease.
Arab Proposal on Syria prompts push for UN action AL JAZEERA. (January 24, 2012). Sunday’s Arab League proposal may breathe a gust of fresh air into the hallways of the UN Security Council, which has been long deadlocked on the issue of Syria.
With Egypt, where is the UN? AL JAZEERA. (Feb. 06, 2011). With the protests against Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, showing no sign of abating, many observers are petitioning the United Nations to step in and do something, anything. But UN observers are not holding their breath.
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Tanzania Takes the Edge off an old Black Panther CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR. Sept. 28, 2010. After 38 years in the bush of Tanzania, former Black Panther leader Pete O’Neal has shed his belligerent revolutionary fervor and today spends his time working with disadvantaged African children.
Arabs Losing Hope in Obama’s Ability to Broker Mideast Peace . CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR. July 29, 2009.
Darfur Rebels Plan New Assault on Sudanese Capital BLOOMBERG. July 15, 2008. Khartoum – Rebel fighters in Darfur said they’re planning a new attack on Sudan’s capital because the government isn’t committed to peace in the war-torn region.
Sudan to Take Legal Steps to Challenge Indictment BLOOMBERG. July 14, 2008. Sudan will take “legal steps” to fight President Omar al-Bashir’s probable indictment by the International Criminal Court on war crimes charges.
Second Cargo Plane Crashes in Sudan, Killing Four BLOOMBERG. June 30, 2008. Khartoum – A cargo plane crashed near Khartoum airport in Sudan today, killing four crew members, the second fatal air accident in the country in four days.
Southern Sudan Warns Nation on Brink of Civil War Over Abyei BLOOMBERG. May 26, 2008. Southern Sudan’s ruling party accused the Sudanese government of carrying out ethnic cleansing in the disputed region of Abyei and said the country is on the verge of civil war.
US-Ecuador: Luring Migrants Home an Uphill Battle IPS. October 27, 2009. New York – Ecuadorian President Raffael Correa is reaching out to struggling Ecuadorians living abroad in an attempt to lure them back to their homeland so that they, in turn, stimulate Ecuador’s economy.
SUDAN: Darfurians find way around trading challenges THE NEW HUMANITARIAN. July 11, 2008. Khartoum -Since the Darfur conflict erupted 2003, many of its market links have broken. Nyala, in South Darfur, is no longer the second-most important manufacturing centre of Sudan. Few Darfuri cattle make the trip to Omdurman market, near Khartoum. And the Darfuri gum arabic trade, which once made Sudan the world’s leading exporter of the valuable commodity, is now defunct.
SUDAN: Rights Groups Decry Khartoum Crackdown THE NEW HUMANITARIAN. May 26, 2008. Khartoum – Several human rights organisations have accused Sudan authorities of arbitrary arrests, extra-judicial executions and ill-treatment of detainees following the 10 May rebel attack on Sudan’s capital.SUDAN: Bombings in Darfur cast doubt on resolving crisis THE NEW HUMANITARIAN. May 6, 2008. The latest violence in Darfur casts doubt on the viability of the Darfur Peace Agreement, signed two years ago after the final round of negotiations between rebel factions and the Sudanese government.