The cascade of hot reactions following the murder of Charlie Kirk provoked many confrontations and the usual debates, many of them as generic and hasty as they are simplistic, about right and wrong, freedom of expression and the freedom to express one's emotions as one sees fit, but we'll leave the usual tiresome
Ashraf Omar, the cartoonist who worked for the daily Al Manassa, remains imprisoned. He has been in pre-trial detention for more than a year on various charges. On 21 July 2024, Egyptian cartoonist and translator Ashraf Omar was violently taken from his home in Cairo by men in civilian clothes who blindfolded him,
Photo/poster: Kumbitrace Update 6 January: The cartoonist turned up. Kibet revealed that he had been abandoned in the Luanda area of Vihiga County at around 3am. Disoriented and not knowing where to go, he reportedly attended a local "disco matanga" (nightly funeral dance) before getting a bus ticket home. According to Kibet, he
In an exclusive interview with The New Arab, Omar's wife, Nada Mougheeth, spoke about his case, the unfairness and pain of his situation and the personal difficulties he faces because of his uncertain fate. She is only allowed to see him for 30 minutes a month. Ashraf Omar never imagined that his humorous
Cartooning for Peace has issued a statement warning about the situation of this Ugandan cartoonist. Jimmy Spire Ssentongo, a member of the Cartooning for Peace network, has received death threats after launching an anti-corruption campaign on X (formerly Twitter) under the slogan - #UgandaParliamentExhibition - calling Parliament to account. According to the CfP
