“We have not bought arms for the last of two-three years” – Government Spokesman BY AFP South Sudan’s government is spending its oil revenue on weapons as the country descends into a famine largely caused by Juba’s military operations, according to a confidential UN report. The report seen by AFP on Friday calls for an […]
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By Sophia Tesfamariam, Ever read a news report and get the feeling that something simply does not add up? Seems to be a lot of “stories” in cyberspace nowadays that simply don’t make sense-and some are being reported by what the public considered “credible” and “reliable” outfits. One such story that is trying to gain […]
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By The Local, A MASSIVE increase in refugees from Eritrea earlier this year led Denmark to put a halt to asylum for Eritreans until the Danish Immigration Service (Udlændingestyrelsen) could evaluate the reason for the sharp uptick. The results of the Immigration Service’s investigation have now been delivered to the Justice Ministry and Eritreans will […]
Continue ReadingA UN public report on the gross violations of human rights in South Sudan suggests that there are gross violations of human rights in massive scale by both parties of the conflict as the violence quickly escalate into a cycles of revenge. By BBC News, BOTH sides in South Sudan’s conflict have committed crimes against […]
Continue ReadingA new deal has recognised Jubaland, a strip of land in southern Somalia and bordering on Kenya and Ethiopia, as yet another quasi-independent entity in the region. By Martin Plaut, After nine days of late night meetings and plenty of arm-twisting, the fragile government of Somalia was finally forced to accept that a further slice […]
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