South Sudan tops the rank of failed states worldwide
We analyse why South Sudan, despite its vast oil wealth, is still suffering economically four years after independence. South Sudan is only four years old, but the world’s youngest nation tops the rank of failed states worldwide. After decades of conflict with its neighbour Sudan, long-sought autonomy in 2011 was meant to be a dream […]
Sudanese Officials Did Not Present Al-Bashir Passport
Sudanese officials failed to present President Omar al-Bashir’s passport to the immigration officer at Waterkloof Air Force base, meaning Al-Bashir’s departure from South Africa broke protocol. According to government’s explanatory affidavit submitted to the High Court in Pretoria on Thursday, Home Affairs department director general Mkuseli Apleni said the immigration officer on duty checked all […]
By Hosting Al-Bashir South Africa Broke its Own Laws
South Africa says it will review its membership of the ICC. This follows a dispute between the government and the High Court over Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. The opposition says the government acted wrongly. As the discussion on South Africa’s failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir while attending an African Union summit in the […]
Cholera Outbreak Kills 18 in South Sudan
South Sudan’s government has declared cholera outbreak in the capital city, where at least 18 people died and 171 cases were confirmed. “After subjecting those [suspected] cases to analysis … we confirm beyond doubt that there is an outbreak of cholera in Juba,” Health Minister Dr Riek Gai Kok told journalists in Juba on Tuesday. […]
South Sudan Killed, Castrated And Raped 129 Children
United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF), on Friday June 19, said horrific details have emerged that 129 children were killed in the the three weeks of violence in South Sudan. UNICEF Chief, Anthony Lake, said this during the fund’s update on the situation in South Sudan in New York. He said children in Northern Unity State […]
The Girls of the Lord’s Resistance Army
“Pain at sunrise, regrets at sunset – dawn or dusk, life isn’t fair anymore.” These are lines from a poem written by Betty Ejang, a former child soldier with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Thanks to the infamous KONY 2012 campaign you probably now know that the LRA abducted more than 30,000 children from their […]
Amid ‘Intensifying’ Crisis, UN and EU Mobilize $275 Million in Aid
To tackle the humanitarian impact of the “relentlessly deteriorating” crisis in South Sudan, the European Union and the United Nations today announced that more than $275 million has been pledged in support of the victims in the country and the wider region. The pledges were made during a high-level conference in Geneva organised by the […]
South Sudan Leaders Urge Kikwete to Call Another Meeting
LEADERS of conflicting groups in South Sudan have called on President Jakaya Kikwete to convene special meetings to finalise the draft of Sudanese People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) constitution as part of the Arusha Agreement brokered by Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM). Former South Sudan Vice-President Riek Machar told the ‘Daily News’ that they want to renew […]
African Union Not ICC Headquarters: Mugabe
THE African Union is not the International Criminal Court headquarters and there is no way it would have allowed the arrest of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir during its 25th General Assembly in South Africa, President Mugabe has said. Addressing a Press conference at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg at midnight on Monday, the AU […]
Peacekeepers Sexually Abuse Children Face Ban
Countries should be barred from contributing troops to UN missions if their peacekeepers sexually abuse children, says a UN review of peacekeeping. It recommends the home countries of abusers are identified annually. The review was handed over to the UN secretary general following a French abuse scandal. The leaked UN report claimed 16 French soldiers […]
