YAOUNDE — Cameroon observed World Autism Awareness Day Saturday with rights groups advocating for autistic children to be given an education. Supporters say autistic children often can’t go to school because autism is falsely believed to be a result of…
Day: April 3, 2022
Kenya: Government warns oil marketing companies against withholding fuel
NAIROBI, The Kenyan Government has directed all Oil Marketing Companies in the country to immediately release petroleum supplies to customers in order to alleviate the current supply crisis.Amid long queues being witnessed at retail stations in most pa…
US Calls Reports of Many Killed in Mali ‘Extremely Disturbing’
WASHINGTON — The United States is following “extremely disturbing accounts” of large numbers of people killed in a village in central Mali, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Sunday.Mali’s military said on Saturday that it had killed more …
The Darien, a Gap between Hope and Despair
San Vicente, With a bag full of hopes and dreams, Iriana Ureña, a 32-year-old Venezuelan mother of two, arrived at a Migrant Reception Station (ERM) in San Vicente, at the edge of the Darien Gap. The look in her eyes showing the pain of a mother who wo…
DRC: Conviction of 13 youth activists is a shameful act to suppress dissent
The activists – who have already been held arbitrarily for five months – were sentenced to a further 12 months in prison for their participation in a peaceful demonstration in November last year.“The conviction of these 13 activists simply for having e…
UNICEF launches life-skills clubs initiative in 6 Libyan schools
TRIPOLI, The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Saturday announced an initiative to develop life-skills clubs in six schools in Libya.The life-skills clubs to be developed in six schools in the municipalities of Sebha, Zintan, and Janzour will …
Swedish govt paves way for extradition of Genocide suspect Micomyiza to Rwanda
STOCKHOLM, The government of Sweden has given the green light to the extradition of Jean-Paul Micomyiza, 49, to Rwanda where he is accused of involvement in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.This comes three months after a top Swedish Court on Dec 21…
UN pays tribute to 8 peacekeepers killed in DRC helicopter crash
GOMA (DR Congo), UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) paid a final tribute Saturday to the eight peacekeepers who died during a helicopter crash Tuesday in northeastern DRC.The memorial service took place in Goma, capit…