Refugees from South Sudan continue to arrive in the remote Ethiopian Gambella region at a rate of up to 1,000 people per day, according to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The agency says many of the refugees are from the Upper Nile where fighting broke out in December last year between forces loya...

13 July 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the twin suicide bombings that targeted the city of Fotokol in the north of Cameroon on 12 July. “[The Secretary-General] extends his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and to the Government and p...

Six coal-fired power plants are under construction and will generate over 5,000 Megawatts of electricity according to regional ministers on March 28. Local residents protested against two coal-fired power plants in Kawthoung and Myeik townships and continue to push to scrap coal-fuelled power ...