IGAD leaders tweet over South Sudan power sharing deal
Leaders from the Horn of Africa grouping known as IGAD are meeting next week to urge the political actors in South Sudan to join a unity government in May. Former deputy president turned rebel leader Riek Machar and other opposition figures say the process must be delayed by at least months. IGAD’s special envoy on […]
30 000 Mozambicans must be evacuated from effects of cyclone Kenneth
More than 30 000 people have be evacuated from low-lying areas of northern Mozambique hit by cyclone Kenneth. This is the second deadly storm to hit South Africa’s eastern neighbour in a month. Cyclone Kenneth carries all the deadly properties of Cyclone Idai that killed more than 900 people around Beira last month and left […]
Rights groups sue French government to stop it giving boats to Libyan coastguard
Human rights groups are suing the French government to stop it giving boats to the Libyan coastguard. They argue that making the donation violates Europe’s weapons embargo on Libya and makes France complicit in the mistreatment of migrants. The lives of would-be migrants to Europe, who were returned to Libya by the coastguard, is very […]