A big win for Ghana! 🇬🇭🇬🇭 A Ghanaian peacekeeper serving in the Sudan-South Sudan border region of Abyei has won the 2022 UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award for her efforts in promoting peace for women. More here:
Image caption: Operation Wuambushu began on Monday and is set to continue all week
It was set to start on 25 April, but was initially halted by a court ruling. Subsequent successful appeals mean the large-scale demolition has been allowed to proceed and will continue for the rest of the week Nicknamed Operation Wuambushu, which means “take back” in local dialect, the slum demolitions aim to address substandard housing and illegal migration.
But according to Thierry Suquet, the highest state official on the island, only half of the local residents with legal paperwork have been offered emergency relocation so far.
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