Congolese and security experts reacted cautiously Thursday to the announcement of an impending truce in an escalating conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.A militia called the M23 has been gaining ground since mounting an offensive in N…
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Rights Groups Appeal for Global Action to Stop Iran’s Death Sentences for Protesters
International human rights groups have called for urgent global pressure on Iran to stop handing death sentences to jailed antigovernment protesters and to refrain from executing any of the detainees.Iran’s judiciary has said five people detained in th…
Read MoreRights Groups Appeal for Global Action to Stop Iran’s Death Sentences for Protesters
International human rights groups have called for urgent global pressure on Iran to stop handing death sentences to jailed antigovernment protesters and to refrain from executing any of the detainees.Iran’s judiciary has said five people detained in th…
Read MoreRights Groups Appeal for Global Action to Stop Iran’s Death Sentences for Protesters
International human rights groups have called for urgent global pressure on Iran to stop handing death sentences to jailed antigovernment protesters and to refrain from executing any of the detainees.Iran’s judiciary has said five people detained in th…
Read MoreUNICEF ECARO Humanitarian Situation Report No. 45 (Refugee and Migrant Crisis in Europe): 01 July to 30 September 2022
Between July and September, an estimated 119,039 refugees and migrants, including 10,821 children, arrived in Greece, Italy, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro through the Balkan and Mediterranean routes.To date, 19,200 children ha…
Read MoreClashes in Eastern DR Congo as Envoy Pursues ‘Dialogue’ Initiative
Troops and rebels traded heavy fire in eastern DR Congo on Monday, a military source and local inhabitants said, as an envoy from the East African bloc pursued efforts to hold a “peace dialogue” on the region’s troubles.Government forces and the M23 mi…
Read MoreBurkina junta chief sacks defence minister as jihadist violence rages
OUAGADOUGOU— Burkina Faso junta chief Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who took power in a January coup, has sacked his defence minister and assumed the role himself after a series of jihadist attacks, according to decrees published Monda…
Read MoreUkraine: civilian casualty update 29 August 2022
From 24 February 2022, when the Russian Federation’s armed attack against Ukraine started, to 28 August 2022, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recorded 13,718 civilian casualties in the country: 5,663 killed and 8,055 inj…
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