COMMENT | HASSAN SHIRE | On 31 May 2023, talks aimed at resolving the crisis in Sudan – now in its tenth week, broke down in Jedah, Saudi Arabia, after the government side suspended its participation, accusing its rival – the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of violating an earlier agreed-upon …
Read More »COMMENT: Disappearance and extrajudicial killing
It’s time for Kenya, South Sudan to account for the enforced disappearance of Samuel Dong and Aggrey Idri | HASSAN SHIRE | As news of the death of Samuel Dong Luak and Aggrey Ezboni Idri circulated recently, I felt extremely saddened and concerned about the region we live in. The enforced …
Read More »Civil liberties being suffocated in Uganda
By Hassan Shire Museveni has disregarded his constitutional duty to promote the welfare of all citizens President Yoweri Museveni on Feb.24 assented to a law that will institutionalise discrimination, and increase the potential for violence against one of the most vulnerable groups in Uganda. The Anti-Homosexuality Act 2014 has been …
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