Worrying article on the rise in female genital mutilation (FGM) in Africa, particularly in conflict zones where the rights of women and girls are being eroded.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday that ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity are occurring in El Geneina, Sudan. The events are labeled as “among the worst atrocities against civilians so far in the current conflict in Sudan.”...
Attacks by the Rapid Support Forces #RSF and allied militias in El Geneina, capital of Sudan’s West Darfur state, killed at least thousands of people and left hundreds of thousands as #refugees
(Eigener Bericht) – Auch nach dem Abschluss eines Deals mit der EU zur Flüchtlingsabwehr lässt Tunesiens Regierung Hunderte Flüchtlinge in die Wüste deportieren. Wie tunesische #Menschenrechtler berichten, sind am vergangenen Freitag mindestens 300 Flüchtlinge aus #Tunis in die #Wüste an der tunesisch-algerischen Grenze abgeschoben worden – ohne #Wasser und #Nahrung. Als EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der #Leyen am 16. Juli 2023 den #Flüchtlingsabwehrdeal mit dem tunesischen Präsidenten unterzeichnete, waren gerade 1.200 Flüchtlinge in die Wüste an der tunesisch-libyschen Grenze deportiert worden; mindestens 27 von ihnen verdursteten. Die EU belohnt #Tunesien für die #Flüchtlingsabwehr mit dreistelligen Millionensummen. Scharfe Kritik wird nun auch an dem neuen Flüchtlingsabwehrdeal laut, den die EU in der vergangenen Woche mit dem #Libanon geschlossen hat. Er sieht wie die Flüchtlingsabwehrdeals mit Tunesien und mit #Ägypten die Zahlung hoher Summen an die libanesische Regierung vor. Im Gegenzug soll #Beirut die Reise syrischer Flüchtlinge nach #Zypern unterbinden. Ägypten schiebt Flüchtlinge nach Abschluss eines Deals mit der EU sogar ins #sudanesische #Kriegsgebiet ab.
Time is running out to prevent starvation in Darfur, in western Sudan, a UN agency has warned, as escalating violence devastates the African nation. People have been forced to consume “grass and peanut shells,” the regional director for Eastern Africa of the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. “If assistance...
#Sudan - After Russian intervention, the Saudi government releases a ship loaded with weapons from Russia to the Sudanese army that it had detained for several months after it stopped in the port of Jeddah.
The purpose of the detention was to deprive the Sudanese army of weapons in its war with Hemedti’s militia, which indicates that Saudi Arabia agrees with the UAE in supporting Hemedti despite their differences. (Mujtahidd) @sudan
Crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing occurring against the Massalit in West Darfur: Human Rights Watch (www.jurist.org)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday that ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity are occurring in El Geneina, Sudan. The events are labeled as “among the worst atrocities against civilians so far in the current conflict in Sudan.”...
People eating ‘grass and peanut shells’ in Darfur, UN says, as hunger crisis engulfs war-ravaged Sudan (edition.cnn.com)
Time is running out to prevent starvation in Darfur, in western Sudan, a UN agency has warned, as escalating violence devastates the African nation. People have been forced to consume “grass and peanut shells,” the regional director for Eastern Africa of the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday. “If assistance...