The most beautiful and important beings on earth are celebrated every year on MARCH 8th. Mothers, wives, girlfriends, sisters, colleagues, teachers or mothers-in-law, for all the wonderful ladies in our lives, on this special day, we have a beautiful thought to convey. A mother as wonderful as you deserves every […]
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The deadly job of protecting DR Congo’s Virunga National Park
Park rangers also take care of orphaned mountain gorillas at Virunga Protecting the forests of Virunga National Park in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo – home to endangered mountain gorillas – could be described as one of the toughest jobs on the planet. In the past 12 months, more 20 […]
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Latin America turns to China and Russia for COVID-19 vaccines
Several countries in the Americas have received their first vaccine shipments over the past few weeks — not from the regional superpower or from Western pharmaceutical giants, but from China, Russia, and in some cases India. Why it matters: North and South America have been battered by the pandemic and […]
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Cape Town: Pictures of how Muslim worship helps quell South African ganglands
A man calling Muslims to prayer in Manenberg, Cape Town – South Africa A team of Islamic scholars in South Africa has been on a mission for the past three years to bring peace to Manenberg and other areas of Cape Town with gang and drug problems. Photographer Shiraaz Mohamed […]
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WRAPUP 1-More protests against coup planned in Myanmar after hundreds arrested
Feb 28 (Reuters) – Opponents of military rule in Myanmar planned protests on Sunday a day after the security forces launched their biggest crackdown, arresting hundreds of people and shooting and wounding at least one. State television announced that Myanmar’s U.N. envoy had been fired for betraying the country, after […]
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WRAPUP 1-Myanmar envoy appeals to UN to stop coup; more protests planned
Feb 27 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s U.N. envoy urged the United Nations to use “any means necessary” to stop a military coup there, making a surprise appeal on behalf of the ousted government as police cracked down on anti-junta protesters. The Southeast Asian country has been in crisis since the army […]
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UN sanctions top Houthi police official in Yemen’s capital
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions Thursday on a top police security official in Yemen’s capital, which is controlled by Houthi rebels, citing his prominent role in intimidations, systematic arrests, detentions, torture, sexual violence “and rape against politically active women.” A resolution adopted by a vote […]
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Viewpoint: Self-defence not the answer to Nigeria’s kidnap crisis
Supporters of the “Coalition of Northern Groups” (CNG) rally to urge authorities to rescue hundreds of abducted schoolboys, in northwestern state of Katsina, Nigeria on December 17, 2020 In our series of letters from African writers Nigerian journalist and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani reflects on a recent call for Nigerians […]
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Iranian officials should be charged over shooting down of Ukrainian plane, UN expert says
Many high level Iranian officials should be charged for the shooting down of a Ukrainian commercial airliner in January 2020, a UN human rights expert has said, describing the killing of the 176 people aboard as a “profound and serious indictment” of the country’s civil and military authorities. Agnès Callamard, […]
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Thousands dead but no prosecutions – why Liberia has not acted
An estimated 250,000 people died in the fighting between 1989 and 2003 Tales of atrocities dominate accounts of Liberia’s years of civil war but not a single person has been tried for war crimes in the country’s courts. This is despite the estimated 250,000 dead – amounting to around 8% […]