Burundi Vice President Gaston Sindimwo said Thursday that his government plans to ask the United Nations to remove all its personnel and replace them because the UN and outsiders are “the source of all the problems Burundi is going through.” Sindimwo, speaking at a site for internally displaced Tutsis in…
As the humanitarian situation in South Sudan further deteriorates, the United Nations and partner organizations are appealing for help in dealing with the looming risk of famine and the ongoing suffering. Humanitarian groups estimate there are now 7.5 million people across South Sudan needing assistance and protection. The conflict that…
At least four people are dead after a boat carrying migrants on the Mediterranean Sea came under attack off the coast of Libya, a German humanitarian group said. The Sea Watch organization said Friday’s attack came as its staff was trying to help about 150 people aboard a rubber boat when…
“The spirit of Bratislava is the spirit of cooperation,” said German Chancellor Angela Merkel, describing Friday’s meeting of 27 European Union member states in Slovakia in lofty terms even as she warned of the critical juncture at which Europe finds itself. On the unresolved issue of migrants, some EU leaders…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
Death toll rises from Tanzania’s 5.9 earthquake The death toll from a weekend earthquake in Tanzania continues to rise, with 16 fatalities and more than 250 injured. At least 800 buildings in Bukoba are damaged, according to news reports from AFP Africa and neighboring Uganda. The United States Geological Survey,…