East Africa

[OHCHR] Geneva — This new draft legislation would represent a serious step backwards for the rights of victims of sexual violence in Somalia, in particular women and girls. It would also send a worrying signal to other States in the region.Read More

[UN News] The UN official working to end rape during wartime is urging authorities in Somalia to scrap a proposed law that allows for child marriage, among other “very disturbing provisions”.Read More

[UN News] Recent clashes in Sudan’s Western Darfur region has driven more than 2,500 people across the border into neighbouring Chad, the United Nations refugee agency has reported.Read More

[DW] A new law in Tanzania has placed strict controls on cooperation between local and international media outlets. The change enforces the government view that any differing opinion should be punished, says Mohammed Khelef.Read More

[The New Humanitarian] Baltimore, United States — ‘People don’t sleep well at night. They cannot live in peace.’Read More

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Nairobi/Garowe — The United Nations says the law, which would allow girls to be married as soon as they reach puberty, is “deeply flawed”Read More

[Council on Foreign Relations] Washington, DC — In most African countries, the U.S ambassador plays a crucial role in managing the U.S. bilateral relationship with the host country. Hence, the importance of the arrival in Tanzania of Dr. Donald J. Wright, MD. He presented his ambassadorial credentials to President John P. …

[Ethiopian Herald] For the last five months, Ethiopia has been on partial lockdown aimed at stemming COVID-19. Appreciably, the country has so far succeeded in enlarging national COVID-19 testing and quarantine centers.Read More

[Addis Standard] Trauma is pervasive in many societies and it has intergenerational health implications. Trauma is not a phenomenon that is solely experienced by people in war zones, torture chambers and natural disasters, or isolated to the experience of physical and sexual attack victims.Read More

[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia has resumed efforts to join the World Trade Organization (WTO) since the nation is ambitious on the economic reforms that the incumbent has been undertaking over the past two years.Read More