First Independent Mena Newspaper
South Sudan’s fragile peace process faces a severe setback as escalating violence between government forces and armed groups threatens the 2018 power-sharing agreement between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar. The recent clashes, particularly in the Upper Nile state, have prompted the United Nations to warn of an “alarming regression” that could unravel […]
In a move that intensifies Sudan’s ongoing civil war, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied rebel groups Tuesday (4 February) signed a transitional constitution in Nairobi. The new constitution formalizes the RSF’s control over eight territories and outlines plans for a joint army with the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM). This action comes […]
The ongoing civil war in Sudan, now entering its second year, has led to what the African Union (AU) has called the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world.” The conflict between Sudan’s military government and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has displaced millions and left hundreds of thousands of children malnourished, with dire shortages […]
The United States has imposed sanctions on January 16 on General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of Sudan’s army and de facto President, accusing him of destabilizing the country, his decision to choose “war over good-faith negotiation and de-escalation,” and of undermining transition to democracy, the US Treasury Department said in a statement. Burhan’s army […]
A French criminal court has handed former Liberian rebel commander Kunti Kamara a 30-year prison sentence for violence against civilians and complicity in crimes against humanity between 1993 and 1994 during Liberia’s first civil war. The 49-year-old had been sentenced to life in prison during a first trial in Paris in 2022. In the appeals […]
The disruption of oil exports from South Sudan after one of its key oil pipelines to international markets was damaged in February could further escalate already acute level of violence and in security in the country, experts have warned. South Sudan depends on its northern neighbor Sudan to export its oil, but Khartoum has recently […]
Unidentified assailants have reportedly shot dead 15 individuals in South Sudan’s Pibor region, including its commissioner, just as a new UN report found that the number of people affected by violence in the country surged by 35% in the last three months of 2023 due to ongoing inter-communal conflict. “The commissioner and his team visited […]
Cairo will stand shoulder to shoulder with Somalia and will not allow any threat to the Horn of Africa country, Egypt’s president has said, referring specifically to Ethiopia’s recent agreement with the breakaway Somaliland that would give it access to the sea and allow it to establish a marine force base. “Egypt will not allow […]
Liberia’s incumbent President George Weah, who is seeking a second six-year term, faces off against 19 other candidates in Tuesday’s (10 October) election, whose result will be determined by debates around the economy, corruption, drug use and the civil war. Over 2.4 million voters in Liberia will head to the polls on 10 October to […]
Somaliland, a breakaway region that declared autonomy from Somalia in 1991, has said it has no plans to discuss reunification with Somalia despite the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s announcement he was willing to act as a “unification mediator” between the two governments. “Any dialogue that transpires between Somaliland and Somalia will not discuss unification, but […]