Category: Africa
Civil Society Statement for Peace and Justice Civil society organizations express their outrage, sorrow, and deep anger at the massive and tragic massacre perpetrated in El-Fasher, Darfur, following the capture of the town by the ...
The Palestinian struggle today embodies the same fight for justice and freedom once waged against apartheid. At the 23rd Nelson Mandela Foundation Annual Conference in Johannesburg, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, ...
The Rwandan-backed M23 controls Goma and Bukavu, while other armed groups continue to operate in Ituri, worsening the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Washington and Doha agreements remain ineffective in ...
A deep social crisis has been rocking Madagascar since September 25th, with massive demonstrations erupting in major cities. Protesters are voicing anger over precarious living conditions—water shortages, power outages, high unemployment—and a growing sense of ...
The central demand of African leaders at the UN is a fundamental reform of global governance. They denounce persistent marginalization and call for a fair and equitable place in the international order, symbolized by permanent ...
The imminent end of AGOA, a preferential trade agreement with the United States, threatens tens of thousands of jobs in Kenya and reveals Africa’s economic vulnerability to international trade mechanisms. Kenya faces an imminent economic ...
In both Africa and Gaza, children bear the devastating consequences of armed conflict—threatening their lives, safety, and right to education. Urgent and coordinated action is needed to uphold justice, protect children, and turn international commitments ...
As the 2025–2026 school year begins in Ethiopia’s Amhara region with the ambitious goal of enrolling 7.4 million students, armed conflicts, insecurity, droughts, and floods continue to deprive millions of children across Africa of their ...
While diplomatic efforts for peace in the DRC are essential, they must not serve as a cover for foreign economic objectives. Sustainable peace requires addressing the root causes of the conflict: inequality, poor governance, impunity, ...
A cholera epidemic threatens the lives of hundreds of thousands of refugees in Sudan and Chad, worsened by ongoing conflict and inadequate health infrastructure. Containing the outbreak requires urgent priority actions, alongside improved coordination between ...
