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Subject: Air strike kills migrants in Libya | Africa Insiders' Newsletter #68
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	Air strike kills migrants in Libya | Africa Insiders' Newsletter #68 Africa for insiders Jul 9 Public post We hope you enjoy this week's free segment. If you want to receive the full newsletter every week, consider subscribing, from $8.33/month: Subscribe now Click here if you are a student or have otherwise limited income to request our discounted $2/month or $20/year subscription. The follow-up Military and Opposition agree to share power in Sudan Under the impression of last week's massive protest march, the military junta agreed to a power sharing deal that was first proposed about two weeks ago. Under the plan, the military and civilian opposition members will share power for about three years, leading up to elections. A "sovereign council" heading a "technocratic" government will be led for the first 21 months by a military officer, after which a civilian will take over for 18 months. The agreement also stipulates that the violence directed against protesters in recent weeks will be transparently investigated. For more on this power sharing deal: Subscribe now Discuss with @PeterDoerrie on Twitter What everyone is talking about Truck with migrants by EU_ECHO A war on migrants in Libya The essentials: A bombing outside Tripoli last week that killed at least 44 refugees and migrants in a holding facility has called attention to the inhumane conditions in which those migrants are being held and the agreements between the Libyan government and militias and the European Union that put them there in the first place. The background: The people locked in those facilities are largely migrants and refugees from sub-Saharan Africa attempting to escape across the Mediterranean. As Sally Hayden writes in The New York Times, many had been arrested by a Libyan coast guard that is supported by its European counterpart. They are then held there without charge. The United Nations estimates there are 6,000 people in the facilities, including 1,200 children. They are held in abysmal conditions, often forced to work in military stores for the government, which is currently battling an insurgency led by the militia leader Khalifa Haftar. They also face starvation, neglect and violence. Some are conscripted into the fighting against their will. And now they are collateral damage as Haftar's troops take a new approach. Their efforts to storm Tripoli have stalled, prompting a new strategy of aerial bombardments, which one of Haftar's commanders announced last week. Two days later came the attack that hit the holding facility. In addition to the dead, there were at least 130 injuries. The good: Perhaps good will emerge in the form of raised awareness and increased pressure, at least on European governments, to confront their role in this system and to improve the conditions of migrants and refugees. But that will be cold comfort to the dead and injured. The bad: Libya is littered with these facilities and there's no reason to think they might not come under future attack by Haftar and his forces. In the meantime, if the Libyan government already sees them as reserves of forced labor, there's no reason to expect they will not continue or ramp up that practice. The future: For the people already trapped in the facility, it remains bleak. There are reports that they have mounted a hunger strike and are demanding that they be removed from the facilities and transported someplace safer — outside of Libya. Recommended: They hoped to reach Europe before they were massacred (The New York Times) Migrants, stuck in Libya, demand evacuation as conflict escalates (Voice of America) EU policies contribute to abuse of migrants in Libya (Human Rights Watch) UN calls for inquiry into Libya detention center bombing (The Guardian) Discuss with @_andrew_green on Twitter What we are talking about Uganda: Free from Ebola The essentials: The World Health Organisation has confirmed that there are no more cases of the Ebola virus in Uganda. The country's health ministry says that travellers are free to move from and through the country without restrictions. The background: Uganda first recorded its index Ebola case on June 11 when a boy who'd travelled to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo tested positive for it. Three more cases were recorded in that period. More insights into the regional impact of the Ebola crisis:  Subscribe now Discuss with @Shollytupe on Twitter Continental health corner America's global gag rule backfires A policy designed to eliminate U.S. funding for organizations that provide or suggest abortions has had the consequence of actually increasing abortions in sub-Saharan Africa. The Mexico City Policy, which has been introduced under Republican administrations stretching back to Ronald Reagan, forbids U.S. foreign assistance to any organization that performs abortions or makes referrals. Also known as the global gag rule, President Trump actually expanded the policy to include nearly all bilateral health assistance, even if it includes programs that have little to do with contraception or family planning. Why this is important: Subscribe now Discuss with @_andrew_green on Twitter State of the earth Saving the Great Ruaha Tanzania's park authority has announced plans to save the Great Ruaha River from ecological damage. Ruaha, which has been called Tanzania's 'lifeblood' is at risk of drying up. The river, which used to be an important hydrological source has experienced worsening dry spells in recent years.  For more on these conservation efforts: Subscribe now Discuss with @Shollytupe on Twitter WTF of the week How to write for the New York Times about Africa "From the deserts of Sudan and the pirate seas of the Horn of Africa, down through the forests of Congo and the shores of Tanzania," the venerable New York Times is looking for a new reporter who will cover this "enormous patch of vibrant, intense and strategically important territory." Reminiscent of the late Binyavanga Wainaina's satirical text "How to Write About Africa", the colonial and stereotypical language of the NY Times' job ad got widely panned and criticized. For more on this as well as a dramatic reading of the ad: Subscribe now Discuss with @PeterDoerrie on Twitter What else? If you got the time, read this! Free trade: Economic 'game changer'? African leaders launch free-trade zone (Al Jazeera) Join us weekly for a breakdown of Africa's goings-on: Subscribe now The Africa Insiders' Newsletter is a collaboration between AfricanArguments.org and @PeterDoerrie, with contributions from @_andrew_green and @Shollytupe and assistance from Stella Nantongo. Part of the subscription revenue is funding in-depth and freely accessible reporting and analysis on African Arguments. © 2019 Peter Dörrie/African Arguments Unsubscribe Peter Dörrie, Obere Zahlbacher Str. 62 55131 Mainz, Germany Powered by

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