UN sanctions 4 commanders in Sudan's paramilitary force accused of atrocities in Darfur
Read full article: UN sanctions 4 commanders in Sudan's paramilitary force accused of atrocities in DarfurThe U_N_ Security Council has imposed sanctions on four commanders of Sudan’s warring paramilitary force suspected of atrocities against civilians that U_N_ experts said showed “hallmarks of genocide.”.
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With Ethiopia on brink of escalation, diplomacy in doubt
Read full article: With Ethiopia on brink of escalation, diplomacy in doubtTigray women who fled a conflict in the Ethiopia's Tigray region, wait to receive aid at Village 8, the transit centre near the Lugdi border crossing, eastern Sudan, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020. Meanwhile, hundreds if not thousands of people have been killed, some 40,000 people have fled into Sudan and the U.N. says 2 million people in the sealed-off Tigray region urgently need help. I mean, our goal is a quick end to the conflict," Nagy told reporters late last week. In a rare intervention on an African issue, Trump told the State Department to suspend millions of dollars of aid to Ethiopia and asserted that Egypt would “blow up” the dam. But where Ethiopia will be by the time Biden takes office two months from now is unknown.