New York, Aug. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Open Society Foundations announced today the creation of a $10 million Afghanistan emergency fund to support Afghans in grave danger—including champions of human rights, women’s rights, and journalists—by expanding immediate protection opportunities. The Afghanistan Emergency Humanitarian Fund will help support sponsorship for humanitarian parole programs in […]
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Second Nigerian ‘Chibok Girl’ Freed in a Week, Seven Years After Abduction
MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA, – A second young woman abducted seven years ago from the town of Chibok by Boko Haram militants was freed this week, Borno state’s governor said Saturday.The abduction of about 270 teenagers in the northeastern town in 2014 sparked …
Read MoreBotswana Tightens COVID-19 Restrictions Amid Rising Death Toll
GABORONE, BOTSWANA – Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi, whose country has one of the world’s highest COVID-19 infection rates per capita, has announced new COVID-19 restrictions, including extension of a nighttime curfew and postponement of the reop…
Read MoreAnalysts: China Expanding Influence in Africa Via Telecom Network Deals
Telecommunications networks funded and built by China are taking over Africa’s cyberspace, a dependence that analysts suggest puts Beijing in a position to exert political influence in some of the continent’s countries.Bulelani Jili, a doctoral candida…
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