Sudan

Africa: Armed conflicts and state repression fuel cocktail of human rights violations

0 Visits: 1697 | Wednesday April 08, 2020 - 11:53:37
Protesters across sub-Saharan Africa have braved bullets and beatings to defend their rights in the face of continuing conflict and state repression, Amnesty International said today as it published its annual review of human rights in the region.

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AfDB approves $1.5 million emergency grant to curb desert locusts ravaging East and Horn of Africa

0 Visits: 1809 | Thursday April 02, 2020 - 16:01:30
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, April 2, 2020/ -- The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank on Wednesday approved a $1.5 million emergency relief grant to assist nine countries in the East and Horn of Africa on the control of swarms of desert locusts that are threatening livelihoods and food security.


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Somalia: UK supercomputer to combat Africa's worst locust outbreak in decades

0 Visits: 1592 | Monday March 02, 2020 - 23:39:46
A supercomputer funded by UK aid is helping countries in East Africa to tackle devastating locust outbreaks by tracking the insects' movements around the continent.

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Amid trade union crack down, Sudan Journalists Union declines to handover assets and the Union HQ

0 Visits: 1039 | Monday December 30, 2019 - 16:47:46
KHARTOUM, Sudan – Sudan's government has asked Sudan Journalists Union (SJU) to hand over its assets and the headquarters, a move declined by the union officials, the latest move in a string of attacks against the trade unions and civil society organizations.

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