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Deep concern for thousands of Eritrean refugees ‘scattered&#8217...

March 27, 2021 no comments

NEW YORK, 26 March 2021 – PRN Africa — UN humanitarians reported on Friday that aid teams have reached two camps for Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s war-torn Tigray region for the f...

South Sudan Humanitarian Fund 2020 at a glance

March 26, 2021 no comments

JUBA, – South Sudan, – PRN Africa — HIGHLIGHTS In 2020, the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund (SSHF) allocated US$62.4 million to 63 humanitarian partners, through the standard and rese...

UK-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement enters into force

March 26, 2021 no comments

NAIROBI, Kenya – 24 March 2021 – PRN Africa — The UK-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement, having been ratified by both parties, enters into force, marking an important step towards...

East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) will disenfranchise local comm...

March 26, 2021 no comments

The EACOP project risks driving East Africa further into unsustainable debt at the mere prospect of reaping meagre earnings with the only entities bound to benefit being the foreign oil companies KAM...

Arbitrary detention and torture in Uganda: the government ignores the ...

March 25, 2021 no comments

Jamil Mujuzi, University of the Western Cape In Uganda, there have been widespread allegations of arbitrary detention and torture of members of the opposition. Moina Spooner, from The Conversation Af...

On the Passing of John Pombe Magufuli

March 24, 2021 no comments

WASHINGTON, – PRN Africa — Ned Price, Department Spokesperson – We extend our condolences to Tanzanians mourning the passing of President John Pombe Magufuli. We will continue to wo...

South Sudanese ‘one step away from famine’, as UN launches...

March 22, 2021 no comments

“South Sudan is facing its highest levels of food insecurity and malnutrition since independence 10 years ago”, said Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Hu...