Category: General

Two small Somali children are being treated at a hospital in Mogadishu after being abducted and brutally raped in a field in a town 30 kilometers west of the capital. The doctor treating the girls spoke to the media last week about their condition. “They...

NEW YORK – The U.N. secretary-general warned Sunday that the increase in social and economic pressures brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has led to a global increase in violence against women and girls.    Last week, Antonio Guterres called for a global cease-fire so that the...

GENEVA – The U.N. refugee agency warns thousands of refugees and migrants detained in sub-standard facilities in Libya are threatened by COVID-19 and the ongoing conflict in the country, and should be released. The warning comes as a military offensive launched by renegade commander Khalifa...

The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for immediate action to curb the spread of COVID-19 and save lives in Somalia, saying the country is at a critical juncture. In a statement issued in Nairobi, Kenya, ICRC expressed deep concern for “the impact...

ADDIS ABABA – Much publicized COVID-19 supplies donated by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma and his Alibaba Group never made it to Eritrea, despite Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s saying the supplies had been delivered to the entire continent. The reasons why the goods did not...