Sudan using protests ‘to silence dissenters’ Rights group report urges Sudan to end the violent crackdown on anti-government protesters and journalists. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2012/06/201262791331768878.html
Rising anger at measures designed to tackle Sudan’s economic crisis as demonstrations gather pace in capital. Sudanese security forces have broke up demonstrations across Khartoum as days of protests against government spending cuts expanded beyond the base of student activists who have dominated them so far, witnesses said. At least seven protests were reported across … Continue reading
Within the next nine days, drinking water at refugee camps in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state will run dry, warned the aid agency Doctors Without Borders on Tuesday. Meanwhile, refugees continue to stream into the state, as the few camps set up to house to entrants are stretched even further beyond capacity. According to the most … Continue reading
Refugees dig for water in a dried up watering hole in Jamam camp, in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state. Credit: Jared Ferrie/IPS http://www.ipsnews.net/2012/06/sudanese-refugees-dying-of-thirst/ JUBA, Jun 14 2012 (IPS) – Sudanese refugees have started dying as a camp in South Sudan ran out of water four days ago after a massive influx of people fled … Continue reading
It’s Saturday night in south Tel Aviv. Amine Zegata, a 36-year-old refugee from Eritrea is reopening the small bar he owns in the HaTikva neighbourhood. The pub was closed after Jewish Israelis smashed his windows and the bottles within during the race riots two weeks back. But Zegata has been assaulted twice since then. Violence … Continue reading
