South Sudan
21 April 2014 – Opposition forces in South Sudan killed “hundreds of South Sudanese and foreign civilians” after determining their ethnicity or nationality when they captured Bentiu last week, the United Nations confirmed today, calling for…
Ethiopia + 1 more
Key Events Assessment results in Boricha and Dale woredas of SNNPR suggest that the under-estimation of relief food beneficiaries and the absence/delay in Targeted Supplementary Feeding (TSF) interventions are likely parts of the reasons for the high…
Somalia
Mogadishu, 21 April 2014 – The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia (SRSG), Nicholas Kay, has condemned the murder of Isaak Mohamed Rino, a Member of the country’s Federal Parliament. Following the attack the…
South Sudan
UNMISS strongly condemns the targeted killings of civilians based on their ethnic origins and nationality in Bentiu. UNMISS also strongly condemns the use of Radio Bentiu FM by some individuals associated with the opposition to broadcast…
Burundi
BUJUMBURA, 21 avril 2014 (IRIN) - Si le haut degré de mobilisation des partis non dirigeants est un indicateur du risque d'instabilité politique, le Burundi est un pays à surveiller de près à l'approche des élections…
Rwanda
On April 7, Rwanda began 100 days of memorials to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the start of the genocide which claimed more than 800,000 lives. As in past years, volunteers from the Rwanda Red Cross Society…
Sudan
No Justice for Protest Killings Release Detainees and Punish Abusive Forces (Nairobi) – Sudanese authorities have failed to provide justice for scores of civilians killed in anti-government protests in September 2013, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities should…
Eswatini
MBABANE, 21 April 2014 (IRIN) - A traditional two-year mourning period for widows during which women are expected to be confined and not work, is meeting growing resistance in Swaziland. The custom is ill-suited to today’s smaller…
Malawi
Maize, rice, and cassava are the most important food commodities. Markets selected represent the entire geographic length of the country: two markets in each of the north, center, and south. In the north, Karonga is one…
Kenya
In Summary The National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) has admitted scarcity of DAP and NPK in some of its depots Maize production in Rift Valley, the country’s food basket dropped by five million bags to 16 million…
