Political Crisis In Mali And The Rise Of Fundamentalisms
A coup d'?tat and the occupation of northern Mali have left many searching for answers to a deepening crisis. AWID spoke with Head of Cooperation at the Netherlands Embassy in Mali, To Tjoelker, and socio-anthropologist Lalla Mariam Haidara, native of Timbuktu and specialist on women's rights in Mali, to shed light on the situation.
Humanitarian crisis in North Mali : Doctors of the World (M?decins du Monde) launches vaccination campaign and nutrition programme for 12,000 children under five
In Mali, 3,5 million people are affected by the current food crisis, among which an estimated 175,000 children under five are at risk of severe acute malnutrition. To strengthen the immunity of these young children, medical humanitarian NGO Doctors of the World/M?decins du Monde has launched a massive vaccination campaign combined with a nutritional program covering the whole region of Kidal, one of the most isolated and insecure areas of the country.
South Sudan denies abuses cited by HRW in Jonglei report
The head of a South Sudan disarmament campaign dismissed a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report saying soldiers had raped, beaten, tortured and killed civilians during the campaign in Jonglei, the country's largest state