NEW YORK — United Nations humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said Friday that three months into Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip, the territory has become uninhabitable and aid workers are left with the “impossible mission” of supporting more than 2 million people. “This war should never have started. But it’s long past time for it to…
In 2017, a terror group known as Ansar al-Sunna or Al-Shabaab had taken a foothold in the oil-rich northern region of Mozambique, having met no resistance from the country’s forces. However, following the intervention of Rwandan forces, JOEL MUKISA writes that normalcy has been restored, albeit with some civilian casualties. For years, African countries have…
There was drama during a session of the United Nations (UN) Committee against Torture (CAT) in Geneva, Switzerland after angry Ugandan women stormed the meeting and protested a speech by the country’s Attorney General, Kiryowa Kiwanuka. The UN Committee against Torture’s session, the seventy-fifth session of its kind, began on October 31, 2022 and will…
The killing of at least 31 people in less than a week in the eastern North Kivu and Ituri provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is raising deep concern, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday. During attacks on villages in the Irumu territory of Ituri province during July 7-12, at least 11 civilians…
The European Union has joined a growing number of international voices calling for a probe into Ugandan election abuses and violence that left more than 40 people dead in the lead up to the polls. Opposition candidates were harassed by security forces, the media was suppressed by the government, and observers’ offices were raided, said…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday warned against “vaccine nationalism,” appealing for greater finance to secure inoculations for Africa. “It’s true we are seeing vaccination nationalism moving at full speed,” Guterres said during a virtual meeting with the African Union. The UN chief made this warning as wealthier nations are lining up to buy…
The United Nations Secretary General Aantonio Guterres has called for restraint in Uganda in the run up to the elections. This follows reports of more than 45 killed in riots that came after the arrest of presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi. Below is a full statement.. Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on…
Christopher Onyanga Aparr, the permanent representative of Uganda to the United Nations in Geneva, has died. Onyanga died Wednesday morning in Geneva, according to a source in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The cause of his death is yet to be revealed.After his appointment in 2013, Onyanga assumed the role of Coordinator of LDC countries…
Islamist rebels hacked to death at least 22 civilians including 13 women in an overnight raid in the DR Congo’s troubled Beni region bordering Uganda, local officials said Sunday. Members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an Islamist-rooted militia that originated in Uganda, were armed with machetes, Beni region administrator Donat Kibwana told AFP. “Teams…
