In East Africa, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) has announced that more than 50 million people are expected to face an acute food insecurity crisis this year. It was because of this crisis that United States Agency for International Development (USAID) representative Samantha Power met with villagers in Turkana, Kenya to talk about the […]
This Sunday several hundred people took to the streets to once again chant their opposition to the coup d’etat by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, who has ruled Sudan since October. The United Nations and the African Union plead for a political dialogue. In Sudan, after a week without a rally because of the Muslim holiday […]
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and its adverse socio-economic impacts throughout Africa, the crisis in Ukraine threatens to place an excessive burden on African households, most of which were previously struggling to make a living (The world Economic Forum, 2022). Although Africa is still thriving to recover from the socio-economic consequences of the […]
A new United Nations report on the Sustainable Development Goals reveals that the convergence of escalating fighting, the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the long-term climate crisis could tip 75 to 95 million additional people in extreme poverty this year. The UN’s 2022 Report highlights three intersecting global crises that threaten all 17 global Sustainable Development […]
Inequalities in the processing of information Ukraine war proved that the world does not pay the same attention to the lives of different peoples. The Human Rights Agency denounces injustices and inequalities in the treatment of different ethnic groups facing conflicts. It is regrettable that despite the scientific and technological advances of the world in […]
Two attacks that targeted civilians in the north and north-west of Burkina Faso, killed at least 27 people. According to a provisional assessment indicated by a security source, during the night of Sunday to Monday, armed individuals attacked the civilian populations of Bourasso, killing around fifteen men, women and children. Bourasso is a locality located […]
The Human Rights Agency (ADH) is deeply concerned about the human rights situation in Eritrea. We are concerned about the weak rule of law and the independence of the judiciary, as well as the lack of independent civil society organization in Eritrea. It seems that the conditions of hundreds of victims of arbitrary detention or […]
The COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine war have heightened the need for frequent and up-to-date data on the situation of migrants around the world. Of the 2,000 migrants who had tried to access the Spanish enclave of Melilla, at least 18 people from sub-Saharan Africa were killed, according to a statement released recently by the […]
According to a new report by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), entitled “Places and Spaces: Environments and children’s well-being”, the majority of rich countries create deleterious and dangerous living conditions for children around the world. The report published by the UNICEF Innocenti Research Center analyzes the extent to which 39 countries of the Organization […]
The low number of deaths expected this year is a great achievement for Africa, which is already a victim of the emergence of new variants, according to Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Africa Director. However, the main problems remain unchanged on the continent: lack of sequencing capacity to trace variants and certainly lack of vaccines in […]