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Stability at risk as Somalia and Kenya spat over sea border A dispute between Kenya and Somalia over an oil- and gas-rich area in the Indian Ocean is unlikely to spark an armed conflict. But it may have ramifications for fishing communities, as well as the wider region. Fishermen go about their day on the Kenyan port of Lamu Island, which lies near the disputed area The ongoing standoff between Kenya and Somalia over a sizable area of the Indian Ocean has sparked concern among hundreds of th...

<p>March 8, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Atul Khare, Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support (DOS), was in the Abyei area on Sunday before to concluded his visit to Sudan, said the UN spokesman on Monday.</p>

March 8, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - Atul Khare, Under-Secretary-General for Operational Support (DOS), was in the Abyei area on Sunday before to concluded (...)

February 2021 Criminal groups abducted hundreds in north west, while ethnic and regional tensions ran high in south amid farmer-herder conflict; meanwhile, tensions rose in south east between govt and Biafra secessionists. Criminal groups in Feb reportedly killed at least 112 and kidnapped over 450 people, mostly in Katsina, Kaduna, Sokoto and Zamfara states (north west), but also in Niger state (Middle Belt). Notably, armed group 17 Feb abducted 42 students and school personnel in Niger state,...

The unintended consequence of Ethiopia’s civil war might be a border war with Sudan Uprooted from their homes, women and children are hit hard by the conflict in Metekel Zone, Benishangul Gumuz region. (Flickr/UNICEF/Mulugeta Ayene) Ethiopia is at war with itself—and the international community is struggling to respond. In nearly four months of fighting across Ethiopia’s Tigray region, more than sixty thousand Tigrayan refugees have fled into neighboring Sudan and 80 percent of the region...

E. Equatoria, Upper Nile States governments formed President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Tuesday evening decreed the appointment of Eastern Equatoria and Upper Nile states governments, completing the formation of the countrys ten states. The decrees read on government-owned SSBC yesterday appointed state advisors, ministers, county commissioners, and members of state independent commissions for the two states. Recently, the President reconstituted the Lakes, Warrap, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Western ...

Misseriya and Ngok Dinka delegates (Radio Tamazuj 26.2.2021). Delegates from the Ngok Dinka and Misseriya communities concluded a five-day peace conference in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State’s Aweil town last Friday without an agreement. According to the participants, a disagreement over the name of the peace agreement led to the impasse. The Ngok Dinka proposed the name Ngok Dinka and Misseriya-Ajaira Peace Agreement while the Misseriya objected and proposed the name, Misseriya and Ngok Dinka...

February 28, 2021 (KHARTOUM) - The head of Sudan's Sovereign Council and the UN Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, on Sunday, discussed the (...)

Attractive Female Portraits By Natalia Ivanova That Show How Diverse And Beautiful Humans Are Natalia Ivanova is a Paris-based Russian photographer and documentary filmmaker who started the Les origines de la beauté (The Ethnic Origins of Beauty) project back in 2012 (previously). In it, she photographs women from various ethnic groups around the globe, highlighting their uniqueness and beauty, and proving what a beautifully diverse world we live in. Natalia writes that the aim of the project ...

February 22, 2021 (JUBA/ADDIS ABABA) - 15 Ethiopian peacekeepers who accomplished their duty with the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (...)