Day: October 16, 2022
Rights groups slam Somalia for detaining journalist under new policy forbidding reporting on al-Shabaab propaganda statements, call for his release
MOGADISHU— The Somali government has come under scrutiny after a senior journalist was detained in the wake of a new policy forbidding reporting on al-Shabaab propaganda statements. Abdalle Ahmed Mumin, the Secretary-General of the Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS), was arrested in Mogadishu on Tuesday as he prepared to board a flight to Nairobi on a business trip. Amnesty International says
UN warns over cholera outbreak in Southern Ethiopia; 190 cases reported with 4 deaths
ADDIS ABABA— The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) warned over the spread of the cholera outbreak in the southeastern part of Ethiopia amid growing cases. The UNOCHA said as of Oct 10, some 191 cholera cases were reported in three districts of the Bale zone, including Harana Buluk, Berbere, and Delo Mena. Four associated deaths
UN: Migrants in Libya Compelled to Go Home Under Threat of Abuse
A new U.N. report finds migrants in Libya are subject to systematic human rights violations and abuse to compel them to accept so-called assisted returns to their countries of origin. Authors of the report say migrants in Libya are trapped in an untenable situation. They say the migrants are forced to choose between returning to the countries they fled because