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May
08
2023
By The African Mirror
Fighting in Khartoum as mediators seek end to Sudan conflict

Fighting in Khartoum as mediators seek end to Sudan conflict

NEWS
FIGHTING could be heard in south Khartoum as envoys from Sudan's warring parties were in Saudi Arabia for talks that international mediators hope will bring an end to a three-week-old conflict that has killed hundreds and triggered an exodus. The U.S.-Saudi initiative is the first serious attempt to end fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that has turned parts of the Sudanese capital into war zones, derailed an internationally backed plan to usher in civilian rule following years of unrest and uprisings, and created a humanitarian crisis. Saudi Arabia will allocate $100 million in humanitarian aid to…
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Apr
23
2023
By The African Mirror
Explainer: Sudan’s conflict and what worries neighbours, the U.S. and others

Explainer: Sudan’s conflict and what worries neighbours, the U.S. and others

NEWS
A conflict raging in Sudan is rattling neighbouring countries and worrying the United States and others for reasons ranging from concern about shared Nile waters and oil pipelines to the shape of a new government and a new humanitarian crisis in the making. Sudan, which relies heavily on foreign aid, is no stranger to conflict. But this time fighting is tearing apart the capital instead of a remote corner of a nation, which lies in an unstable region bordering the Red Sea, Sahel and Horn of Africa. Five of Sudan's seven neighbours - Ethiopia, Chad, Central African Republic, Libya and South Sudan - have faced political…
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Apr
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Heavy gunfire quickly shatters Sudan truce

Heavy gunfire quickly shatters Sudan truce

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ, NAFISA ELTAHIR and HUMEYRA PAMUK HEAVY gunfire shattered a 24-hour truce in Sudan shortly after it was due to take effect under U.S. pressure on warring military factions to halt fighting that has touched off a humanitarian crisis. Loud shooting reverberated in the background of live feeds by Arab television news channels in the Khartoum capital region minutes after the agreed 6 p.m. (1600 GMT) onset of the ceasefire. Warplanes were roaring in the skies above Khartoum, a Reuters reporter heard tanks firing shortly after the truce was due to take hold, and a resident told Reuters he…
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Apr
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Heavy gunfire quickly shatters Sudan truce pushed by US

Heavy gunfire quickly shatters Sudan truce pushed by US

NEWS
KHALID ABDELAZIZ, NAFISA ELTAHIR and HUMEYRA PAMUK HEAVY gunfire shattered a 24-hour truce in Sudan shortly after it was due to take effect under U.S. pressure on warring military factions to halt fighting that has touched off a humanitarian crisis. Loud shooting reverberated in the background of live feeds by Arab television news channels in the Khartoum capital region minutes after the agreed 6 p.m. (1600 GMT) onset of the ceasefire. Warplanes were roaring in the skies above Khartoum, a Reuters reporter heard tanks firing shortly after the truce was due to take hold, and a resident told Reuters he…
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Jan
06
2023
By The African Mirror
Ethiopia’s road to peace

Ethiopia’s road to peace

NEWS
TOMMY WILKES A year that began with no end in sight for one of the world's deadliest conflicts finished on a note of cautious optimism in Ethiopia's northern region of Tigray after a November ceasefire agreement. The two-year-long war has caused a dire humanitarian crisis, killing tens of thousands, leaving millions in severe need of food and threatening the stability of Africa's second-most populous country. On November 2, Ethiopia's federal government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), a guerrilla force-turned-political party that dominates the region, agreed to stop fighting following African Union-mediated talks. Civil war erupted in November 2020 after months…
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Aug
18
2022
By The African Mirror
Tigray war ignored because of racism: WHO boss

Tigray war ignored because of racism: WHO boss

HUMAN RIGHTS
THE World Health Organization's director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has suggested that racism is behind a lack of international attention being paid to the plight of civilians in Ethiopia's war-shattered Tigray region. Calling it the "worst humanitarian crisis in the world", with 6 million people unable to access basic services, Tedros questioned in an emotional appeal why the situation is not getting the same attention as the Ukraine conflict. "Maybe the reason is the colour of the skin of the people," Tedros, who is from Tigray, told a virtual media briefing on Wednesday. In April this year at a briefing, he…
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Sep
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Taliban confront Afghan economy in turmoil, humanitarian crisis

Taliban confront Afghan economy in turmoil, humanitarian crisis

WORLD
AFGHANISTAN’S new Taliban rulers struggled to keep the country functioning on Wednesday after the final withdrawal of U.S. forces, with foreign donors alarmed about an impending humanitarian crisis. Two weeks since the Taliban's sweep into the capital Kabul brought a chaotic end to 20 years of warfare, the Islamist militant group has yet to name a new government or reveal how they intend to govern. In an administrative vacuum, prices have soared and crowds have gathered at banks to withdraw cash. While heavily-armed fighters have imposed control on Kabul, Taliban officials were grappling with keeping banks, hospitals and government machinery…
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Aug
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Africa can prevent Ethiopia from going down Rwanda’s path: here’s how

Africa can prevent Ethiopia from going down Rwanda’s path: here’s how

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
WHEN Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 2019, I congratulated him in a public US and Africa dialogue forum. I thought he deserved the prize, given what he had done. In particular, he showed a calm and responsible interest in listening to all community grievances to avoid outbursts of war. EDWARD KISSI, Associate Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, University of South Florida Today, under Abiy’s watch, Ethiopia has descended into a political and humanitarian crisis that threatens the very survival of the federal state. There are reports of ethnic groups in various regions…
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Jun
21
2021
By The African Mirror
Death of Boko Haram leader doesn’t end northeast Nigeria’s humanitarian crisis

Death of Boko Haram leader doesn’t end northeast Nigeria’s humanitarian crisis

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
DULUE MBACHU ALTHOUGH a seismic event, the death of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau last month after his base was overrun by a rival jihadist group is unlikely to end an 11-year insurgency in northeastern Nigeria that has upended millions of lives, analysts and aid workers say. Shekau, who led an uncompromising and brutal jihadist campaign, was cornered in his former Sambisa Forest stronghold in Borno State by rival fighters of the breakaway Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP). Although his body is yet to be recovered, both ISWAP and Boko Haram fighters have confirmed that he died after detonating…
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Jun
04
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigeria’s humanitarian crisis

Nigeria’s humanitarian crisis

NEWS
RISING insecurity in Nigeria's northwestern state of Zamfara has spawned a humanitarian crisis, International aid group Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday. Gunmen, often riding motorcycles, have attacked towns in the northwest in recent years, forcing thousands to flee across the northern border to Niger. Attackers have attained global notoriety through mass kidnappings at schools, abducting more than 800 students since December. MSF, also known as Doctors Without Borders, said the security situation had worsened in the last few months. It referred to an increase in reports of kidnappings, killings, armed robbery and sexual violence in the region. The…
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