Mogadishu/Nairobi-The African Federation of Environmental Journalists (AFEJ) and its 42 national affiliations around Africa concerns and have stemmed the illicit detention over the humanitarian journalist Abdi-aziz Abdinur Ibrahim better known as “Koronto” who is still in jail with political motivated concentration by the Gen. Sharif Shekhuna Maye, the police commissioner and Gen. Abdullahi Hassan Barisse [...]
AU Summit: Rights Key for Addressing Crises Protecting Civilians in Mali, Eastern DRC Among Priorities (Addis Ababa, January 21, 2013) – The African Union (AU) should make human rights central to its discussions about crises situations in Africa at its summit meeting this week in Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said today in an open letter [...]
The Secretary General of the African Federation of Environmental Journalists (AFEJ) calls international concern over Kenya and Somalia leaders talks now going on in Nairobi to protect the Somalia’n refugees who are currently under a climate of hopeless as the government of Kenya have ordered the Somali refugees to enter its territory and similarly the [...]
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Halt Violent Crackdown on Protesters (Nairobi, December 11, 2012) – Sudanese authorities should immediately investigate the deaths of four student protesters and the disappearance of two others at the beginning of December 2012, in Madani, Jazeera state, and hold those responsible to account, Human Rights Watch said today. “The murky circumstances of these deaths are [...]
A “make or break” point for the country’s new leaders By Jocelyne Sambira When a Turkish Airlines flight touched down at Aden Adde International Airport near the Somali capital of Mogadishu on 16 March, it seemed like a sign of good things to come. It was the first time in more than 20 years that [...]
JS/XM/DOC/ 549/12 Date:27 /10/2012 Press release: (Statement on the Charcoal Export at Kismayu Port Mogadishu — October 27, 2012, The Somali government reiterates the ban on charcoal exports In line with the UN Security Council resolution where all member states were asked to take the necessary measures to prevent the export and import of charcoal [...]
Unstable Addis, Nairobi governments to derail Somalia’s peace process By Drs Fatuma Lamungu Nur – New York, USA (WaGosha) It’s an open secret that Somalia’s failure is the result of miscalculated Somali foreign policies since the independence in 1960. Somali leaders in 1960ties pursued a policy of creating “Greater Somalia” by claiming regions in Ethiopia [...]
By Jocelyne Sambira History dating as far back as the 5th century is literally being chipped away with pick axes and shovels at the hands of an extremist rebel faction in northernMali. Holy Muslim shrines in the ancient city ofTimbuktuhave become targets of the Ansar Dine. For the Islamist faction, the Sufi shrines are a [...]
By Kaci Racelma Rabat As African cities implode, leaders on the continent are intensifying efforts to address the challenges of urbanization. A forum bringing together Africa’s housing ministers was recently held in Nairobi, Kenyaon 20 March 2012 under the auspices of the African Ministers Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD). The 4th annual meeting [...]
By Yemisi Akinbobola One would think that being a citizen of a country with the second-largest oil reserves inAfricacame with some perks. Not so inNigeriawhere scores of people are up in arms after being stripped of a petrol subsidy in effect since 1973. The price of gas at the pumps more than doubled, sparking massive [...]
