Europe

#WeAreCongo: The Conference to bring attention to a mega crisis unfolding in Congo (DRC)

Last week, OCHA, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the European Union hosted a Humanitarian Conference on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on 13 April 2018. OCHA published on their website the details regarding the humanitarian conference, attended by 54 countries in addition to...

Sudan: Illegal migration, Religious oppression, Removal of sanctions and the ICC

Here’s a news roundup of the recent news regarding Sudan. We selected four articles we consider worth the read, on topics we regularly evoke on the MagkaSama Project. Let’s start with this article from Sudan Tribune: Sudan vows continued cooperation with EU to combat illegal...

La France et la Belgique permettent-elles au Soudan de repartier d’Europe des opposants ?

C’est la question que l’on est en droit de se poser à la lecture de cet article publié cette semaine sur le site Le Monde. Il est écrit collectivement par des gens bien informés que nous connaissons bien, à savoir Aïcha El Basri, ancienne porte-parole de la Mission de...

Europe’s ‘Migrant Hunters’ by Jérôme Tubiana

Last month we published some extracts from Jérôme Tubiana’s article posted on IRIN website: The dangerous fiction of Darfur’s peace. Now the independent researcher on Sudan, South Sudan, and Chad has posted a new article on migrants smugglers between Niger and Libya, detailing...

Sudan: From Darfur and chemical attacks to European partnership and U.S collaboration

In September 2016, Amnesty International published an alarming report: Chemical weapons have been used by Sudan against civilians in Darfur conflict; between 200 and 250 people may have died as a result of exposure to the chemical weapons agents. Here is our post about it. A month later,...

Sudan downplays SRF’s tour in Europe

We mentioned the Sudan Revolutionary Front – SRF’s tour in Europe in our last Top Stories / Must-read, we even tweeted about it and it was discussed on Saturday during our online discussion. The delegation led by its chairperson Malik Agar, arrived in France last week to begin...

DR Congo, Ushahidi, Zimbabwe and Connie Hedegaard

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. In focus this week: Clashes in DR Congo, Ushahidi Wins MacArthur Award, assault on freedom of expression and access to information in Zimbabwe, and Connie Hedegaard on the United States combating climate change. - DR...