Afghanistan Is Running Out Of Medical Supplies, Fuel – United Nations

Barely one month after the Taliban takeover, the United Nations relief, chief Martin Griffiths, says medical supplies and fuel are running out in Afghanistan.

“Medicines, medical supplies and fuel are running out in Afghanistan,” Mr Griffiths said in a statement on Wednesday.

He disclosed that the UN will be releasing $45 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund “to help prevent Afghanistan’s health-care system from collapse.”

Mr Griffiths warned that “allowing Afghanistan’s health-care delivery system to fall apart would be disastrous,” adding that “People across the country would be denied access to primary health care such as emergency caesarian sections and trauma care.”

Lamenting the non-payment of health workers in the country, he said the funds will be released to the World Health Organisation and UNICEF for NGOs to keep health facilities, including hospitals treating COVID-19 patients, operating until the end of the year.

The UN in September accused the Taliban of killing employees of the previous government, violating the group’s promise to respect the human rights of every Afghan citizen.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said her office received credible allegations that members of the previous government and their family members were arbitrarily detained and in some cases found dead after being released.

Also in September, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warned that a major humanitarian crisis was looming in Afghanistan.

His warning came amidst uncertainty about the situation for vulnerable Afghans seeking shelter across the country’s borders.

After taking over power, the Taliban, while declaring amnesty across the country in August, promised to respect the human rights of every Afghan citizen.

Man Beats Pregnant Wife To Death In Enugu For Not Providing Dinner

 

A resident of Uburu-Ekwe Street in Ugwuagor, Abakpa Nike, Enugu State, Eke Nweofia, has been arrested by the police for beating his eight-month-old pregnant wife to death during an altercation over dinner

The suspect said to be a dealer in scrap metal at Nkpor Street in Abakpa, was supposedly under the influence of alcohol when he committed the crime.

According to Sun, an eyewitness, Chibuike Ozor, said that the victim, mother of four “Mama Goodluck”, was beaten to stupor by her husband and was later rushed to a nearby hospital where she was confirmed dead in the early hours of Thursday.

Ozor narrated that Nweofia who came home from work Wednesday night demanded food from his wife but was told that the only food in the house was for the children.

The wife supposedly explained to him that she had to beg for a bowl of garri from one of her neighbours for the children to feed since the suspect did not provide money for food before he left for work.

“This response obviously got the husband angry and he pounced on her and beat her mercilessly. Before we could come to her rescue, she had collapsed. So we helped in rushing her to the hospital where she was later confirmed dead in the early hours of Thursday,” Ozor stated.

The eyewitness said that Eke was in the habit of beating his wife at any slightest provocation. “When this pregnancy was about 2-months-old, the husband battered her and it took our intervention to save the woman that day.”

The suspect has since been arrested by men of the Ugwuagor Vigilante group and handed over to the police.

When contacted, the Chief Security Officer of the area, Ikechukwu Ukwuani, who confirmed the incident, noted that it was a shocking development.

“The sad story is true. I just came back from Abakpa Police Station where we handed him over to the police,” he added.

Police Arrest Woman For Forcefully Feeding Step Daughter Food Mixed With Her Menstrual Blood

Police in Mukono, Uganda have arrested a woman accused of forcefully feeding her teenage step daughter food mixed with her menstrual blood.

Annet Namata’s husband, Unusu Lungu in an interview with Observer, said that he learnt about the shocking incident from his neighbours who intervened to save the teenager’s life when they saw her vomiting on the veranda after the suspect had left to go and trap grasshoppers.