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Dec
06
2023
By BASSAM MASOUD
Gaza families flee again to shrinking, overcrowded pocket of land

Gaza families flee again to shrinking, overcrowded pocket of land

WORLD
FEARFUL of being killed in an Israeli bombardment, families in Gaza were packing up and fleeing, heading for a pocket of land further south already crammed with displaced people without enough food, water or toilets. Some were fleeing for the third or fourth time in less than two months. Most of the Gaza Strip's 2.3 million people have been made homeless by the war between Israel and Hamas, and the new phase of displacement since a week-long truce ended on December 1 is worsening an already catastrophic humanitarian situation. In Khan Younis in southern Gaza, where Israel was launching a…
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Jun
24
2023
By KHALID ABDELAZIZ
Sudanese families fleeing to Egypt separated by new visa rules

Sudanese families fleeing to Egypt separated by new visa rules

NEWS
ELSAFI Mahdi was separated from his wife and three younger children on June 1 near Sudan's border with Egypt. He does not know when he'll see them again. Like many families fleeing the war in the capital Khartoum, Mahdi, a prominent music teacher and conductor, left home without a visa required for entry to Egypt. His elder sons aged 19 and 17 needed their passports renewed, a task that became impossible as the conflict paralysed central government offices. Mahdi and the two elder boys turned back to Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast, while the rest of the family…
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Apr
24
2023
By The African Mirror
South Sudan receives about 10,000 refugees fleeing Sudan fighting

South Sudan receives about 10,000 refugees fleeing Sudan fighting

NEWS
AROUND 10,000 refugees have entered South Sudan from Sudan in recent days fleeing fighting between the army and paramilitary forces, officials in South Sudan's Renk County said. About 6,500 crossed the border on Saturday and another 3,000 on Sunday, and more were arriving on Monday, county commissioner Kak Padiet told Reuters. The army commander in Renk, Dau Aturjong, said three-quarters of the arrivals are South Sudanese while the rest are Sudanese, Eritrean, Kenyan, Ugandan and Somali. Sudan hosts 800,000 South Sudanese refugees who have fled long-running conflicts there. South Sudan gained its independence from its northern neighbour in 2011. "It…
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Jan
21
2023
By The African Mirror
How woman survived jihadist abductors

How woman survived jihadist abductors

NEWS
THIAM NDIAGA PIERCING thorns and stones underfoot did not stop the young woman as she charged through thickets, baby strapped to her back, fleeing armed militants who had kidnapped her with dozens of others in northern Burkina Faso last week. Now back home in the town of Arbinda along with a few who also managed to escape, the 20-year-old, who asked to remain anonymous for fear over her safety, recounted the ordeal that started when unknown men fired gunshots and then closed in on her as she was scouring the bush for food. Burkina Faso authorities said about 50 women were…
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