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February 1 - 2021 DABANGA SUDAN
The Juba Peace Agreement is signed while the country is drowning - cartoon by Omar Dafallah (RD)
The signing of the Juba Peace Agreement in October was a glimmer of hope for a peaceful future in Sudan, however, there has been little immediate relief to the general public from ongoing economic woes, and chronic shortages of basic commodities such as bread and fuel. This was exacerbated by the second wave of COVID-19 infections.
Protests against the shortages, the March of the Millions expressing dissatisfaction with the slow pace of implementing the aims of the revolution, and frustration and concerns about security issues were widespread. The terms of the Juba agreement were also not welcomed everywhere, and the Eastern Sudan protocol of the agreement triggered clashes.
Welcome back United States
The fragility of democracy was a recurring theme on a day that heralded a fresh chapter of optimism, reports Lorna Hutchinson.
Photo credit: Alamy
25 Jan 2021
On a frosty January day in Washington DC, United States President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Dr Jill Biden emerged onto the podium outside the Capitol building as flakes of snow suddenly appeared from the sky. A building which had witnessed scenes of carnage, devastation, chaos and death just two weeks earlier had managed to transform itself into an arena for hope and solidarity.
It was a presidential inauguration like no other, which, despite the traditional pomp and circumstance of the occasion, did not skirt around the two enormous elephants in the room: a global pandemic and an outgoing administration that had left the nation deeply divided. All guests - which included several former US presidents and outgoing Vice-President Mike Pence - were wearing masks and the lectern was disinfected be
EU and US call for probe into Uganda election violence as Bobi Wine remains under house arrest
The European Union has joined a growing number of international voices calling for a probe into Ugandan election abuses and violence that left more than 40 people dead in the lead up to the polls.
Opposition candidates were harassed by security forces, the media was suppressed by the government, and observers’ offices were raided, said the EU Council of Ministers in a statement on Wednesday.
It called on all parties to refrain from violence and for “election challenges and complaints to be addressed in an independent and transparent manner.”