Comment & analysis

Civil society situation analysis on the socio-political turmoil in South Sudan

INTRODUCTION

The deadly Ebola virus is currently spreading across West Africa, with cases registered in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Nigeria, Senegal and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The virus is transmitted through direct contact with the blood, body fluids or tissue of infected animals or people.

INTRODUCTION

I wish I could get on a plane today and fly to Kenya. Ever since I heard of the alleged sexual assault on Shailja Patel, I have wanted to get on a plane and fly to Kenya. But I can’t.

Optimism for peace and recovery in Somalia has become a transient feeling quickly dashed by the occurrence of violent incidents and discovery of gross wrongdoings.

“Music Played at weddings always reminds me of the music played for soldiers before they go into battle”
… Heinrich Heine – (1797-1856)

The staggering accumulation of crises in recent months seems to have overshadowed the ongoing sectarian bloodbath between the Muslim and Christian communities in the Central African Republic.

A special session at the 69th United Nations General Assembly discussed the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in several West African states. Numerous world leaders including the African Union (AU) Commission Chair Dr.

Last week Rwandan President Paul Kagame appeared in Atlanta for “Rwanda Day”. What Kagame said from the podium wasn't especially important.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame had hoped that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the genocide committed by the Israeli army against Palestinian people, the “Boko Haram” crimes against humanity, the killing of Black people in Ferguson in the United States