GENEVA – The United Nations is condemning the deadly attack on a village in the disputed oil-rich area of Abyei between Sudan and South Sudan Wednesday. It is calling for calm in the wake of the attack by armed gunmen, …
GENEVA – The U.N. refugee agency and partners are appealing for $658 million this year for 735,000 refugees and more than half-a-million Ethiopians hosting them.
The U.N. refugee agency praises the many rights granted by the Ethiopian government to refugees …
KAMPALA – Outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Uganda Deborah Malac has called on Uganda’s security agencies to ensure freedom of expression and association as the country gears up for a tense election period.
In order for Uganda to maintain its place …
GENEVA – The United Nations says urgent action must be taken to halt an invasion of locusts that is threatening food crops and livelihoods in the Horn of Africa.
A locust invasion is swarming across parts of Ethiopia, Somalia and …
BLANTYRE Rastafarian Feniya Mbewe was upset when the Blantyre Girls Primary School refused to enroll her daughter, Makeda Mbewe, because of her hair.
The school said the girl’s dreadlocks were against a policy requiring students to have their hair shortly …