VIJIGISHU '24

Saturday, 30 December 2023

INR | AFRICA: Weekly Updates

Sudan Civilians Rush for Arms as Paramilitaries Advance.

  • The rapid advance of Sudanese paramilitaries has intensified calls on civilians to carry arms, raising the spectre of the eight-month conflict between rival generals transforming into full-blown civil war.

Read ahead: https://mg.co.za/africa/2023-12-29-sudan-civilians-rush-for-arms-as-paramilitaries-advance/

After Hundreds Die of Starvation in Ethiopia, Millions More are in Grave Danger. 


  • Death by starvation has become a stark reality for hundreds of people in different parts of Ethiopia, especially in the Amhara and Tigray regions, where food production is severed by consecutive years of drought and wars.

Museveni Offers to Help Sudan Factions End War.

  • The President reportedly promised  to work towards efforts aimed at achieving peace and stability in Sudan.

South Africa Files Genocide Case Against Israel, Argentina Ditches BRICS, & more 

  • As the Israel-Hamas war rages on relentlessly, the rising death toll in Gaza has prompted South Africa to appeal to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), seeking an order to declare Israel in violation of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convent.

Lankan Crisis: Jingoism to Jeopardy?

Go home Gota” “Go home Jokers” “You messed with the wrong generation” These are few of the  slogans on placards wielded  by young protesters...