Peace Monitor Denounces Upsurge of Violence in South Sudan
The oversight body monitoring South Sudan’s peace agreement on Wednesday strongly condemned recent increase in fighting across the East African nation that has displaced over 50,000 people since January. Festus Mogae, Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission (JMEC) told a meeting of stakeholders in the capital Juba that recent flareup in armed clashes, […]
Etienne Tshisekedi’s Death Highlights Obstacles and Opportunities for Peace
The death in Brussels of Etienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba, the iconic figure of democracy in the Democratic Republic of Congo, combined with a stalemate in the implementation of the agreement on governing until elections later this year, could plunge the country again into a constitutional abyss. This could destabilise the eastern Congo even further, potentially […]
Nile Basin Initiative Should Be Mandated to Conflict Resolution
Nile Basin Initiative (NBI), an international partnership of ten Nile Basin countries, should be mandated to resolve conflicts in order to enhance cooperation to member states in the region. NBI member states are Tanzania, Egypt, South Sudan, The Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Eritrea participates as an […]
President Yoweri Museveni Pushes for Joint Regional Operation to Flush Out Joseph Kony
President Yoweri Museveni has urged a regional leaders meeting on the sidelines of the ongoing 28th African Union summit to agree to joint military operations to flush out remnants of the Lords Resistance Army in the Central African Republic. The regional leaders are frustrated that despite a strong regional effort to deal with Joseph Kony […]
President Adama Barrow Requests Ecowas Force to Remain for 6 Months
The ECOWAS Commission has said its coalition force in The Gambia would remain for the next six months, as requested by President Adama Barrow. Marcel de Souza said this while briefing members of the diplomatic corps and partner organisations on the political situation in The Gambia on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr. De Souza, however, said […]
South Sudan: Why the World Needs to Act Urgently
The international community is focused on defeating ISIS, dealing with the Syrian conflict and the refugee crisis on their doorsteps as well as home grown terrorism. But, now more than ever, it needs to be actively engaged in South Sudan or the situation could rapidly deteriorate. The country is dealing with a deadly cocktail of […]
South Sudan Govt Rejects 4,000 Additional United Nations Peacekeepers
South Sudan has announced it would no longer accept the deployment of a United Nations regional protection force. The UN deployment force, made up of 4,000 military personnel, were rejected in a statement made by South Sudan’s Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Mawein Makol Ariik on Wednesday. “The government of South Sudan has the ability to provide […]
U.S. Supports Ugandan Forces in Somalia
The United States has again given non-lethal military aid to the Ugandan contingent of the African Union Peace-keeping Mission (Amisom) worth billions of shillings. The construction equipment, according to a statement issued on December 31 last year by Maj Robert Kamara, the Uganda contingent public information officer, includes two bulldozers, four motor graders, four compact […]
Gambia’s Jammeh to Become a Rebel on January 19th if he Fails to Peacefully Transfer Power to President-elect Adama Barrow
Gambia’s opposition coalition says the outgoing president Yahya Jammeh automatically becomes a rebel on the 19th of January if he fails to peacefully transfer power to President-elect Adama Barrow. Spokesperson of the coalition, Halifa Sallah, told Radio France International on Wednesday that they still respected the fact that Jammeh was still the president and that […]
Polisario Denounces Morocco’s Hindrances to UN-Sponsored Talks Process
The Polisario Front condemned Morocco’s hindrances to UN-sponsored negotiation process between the two conflicting parties, to find a permanent solution allowing Saharawi people to exert their right to self-determination, Saharawi news agency SPS said Sunday. In a statement issued following a meeting chaired by the president of the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) and secretary-general […]
