Wadh Kassim

  • UN Urges Release of 10,000 Arbitrarily Detained in Eritrea

    UN Urges Release of 10,000 Arbitrarily Detained in Eritrea

    It said during their detention in Mai Serwa prison, near the capital Asmara, some had been confined to metal containers where temperatures fluctuated between extreme heat and bitter cold.

  • Trapped, Starving and Afraid in Besieged Sudan City

    Trapped, Starving and Afraid in Besieged Sudan City

    Two and a half years of war between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have ravaged the South Kordofan state capital, with strikes intensifying in recent weeks.

  • Zelensky holds new talks with US envoys on ending Ukraine war

    Zelensky holds new talks with US envoys on ending Ukraine war

    Ukraine hopes to convince the US that a ceasefire must be agreed without prior territorial concessions to Russia, while the country’s European allies stress that any deal must bring a “just peace” and ensure Russia…

  • Kenya Celebrates Jamhuri Day: 61 Years Of Freedom

    Kenya Celebrates Jamhuri Day: 61 Years Of Freedom

    Jamhuri Day, observed every December 12, commemorates Kenya’s independence from Britain in 1963 and the country’s transition into a republic exactly one year later, on December 12, 1964

  • M23 Consolidates Control of DR Congo City, Bodies in Streets

    M23 Consolidates Control of DR Congo City, Bodies in Streets

    Around 10 bodies were collected from the streets between Wednesday and Thursday, according to local sources and witnesses.

  • Tanzania Opposition Says 2,000 Killed in Election Violence

    Tanzania Opposition Says 2,000 Killed in Election Violence

    Opposition party Chadema’s deputy chairperson John Heche told reporters that Tanzania witnessed “mass killings of more than 2,000 people and over 5,000 injured in the space of just one week”.

  • Africa Cup of Nations: 34 title-winning coaches

    Africa Cup of Nations: 34 title-winning coaches

    2010: Egypt        Hassan Shehata 2012: Zambia       Herve Renard/FRA 2013: Nigeria      Stephen Keshi 2015: Ivory Coast  Herve Renard/FRA 2017: Cameroon     Hugo Broos/BEL 2019: Algeria      Djamel Belmadi 2022: Senegal      Aliou Cisse 2024: Ivory Coast  Emerse Fae

  • What We Know About M23’s New Advance in DR Congo

    What We Know About M23’s New Advance in DR Congo

    A Rwanda-backed militia late Wednesday seized control of most of the city of Uvira, the last government stronghold in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province.

  • South Sudan announces deal with Sudan warring sides to secure key oil field

    South Sudan announces deal with Sudan warring sides to secure key oil field

    The RSF, which has been locked in conflict with the regular army since April 2023, said on Monday it had taken control of the strategic area “after the Sudanese army fled”. South Sudan later said…

  • Eritrean NGO Welcomes Release of 13 Prisoners After 18 years

    Eritrean NGO Welcomes Release of 13 Prisoners After 18 years

    Human Rights Concern-Eritrea (HRCE) welcomed the release last week of 13 people, including an ex-Olympian and former police officers, who had been imprisoned for nearly 18 years without charge, trial, or access to a lawyer.