JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN — A United Nations rights commission in South Sudan says the government is harassing activists, journalists and their families, limiting their activities, and targeting their work and finances.In a statement of “concern” issued this w…
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Colin Powell Shaped Lasting US Policies Toward Africa
WASHINGTON — Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, who died Monday, is being remembered in Africa for peacemaking, supporting the fight against AIDS and sounding the alarm against war abuses.Cameron Hudson, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atl…
Read MoreSingapore’s New Powerful ‘Foreign Interference’ Law Stirs Fears of Abuse
BANGKOK — Singapore’s Parliament earlier this month passed legislation giving the government sweeping new powers to fend off foreign meddling in domestic affairs but which many fear the long-ruling People’s Action Party will abuse to smother dissent at…
Read MorePolice Shoot, Kill Pro-Democracy Protester in Eswatini
Police shot a protester to death Wednesday in Eswatini, the latest casualty in months of demonstrations that have left more than a dozen people dead.Agence France-Presse reported Wednesday that the man was killed during a clash between police and a gro…
Read MoreCourt Awards Somalia Bulk of Indian Ocean Territory Also Claimed by Kenya
NAIROBI — The International Court of Justice has drawn a maritime boundary between Kenya and Somalia after the countries failed for years to reach agreement on the issue.The court’s ruling Tuesday, seen as favorable to Somalia, is almost certain to …
Read MoreUN Migration Agency Condemns Killing Of Illegal Immigrants In Libyan Detention Centre
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM), yesterday condemned the killing of illegal immigrants, in a detention centre in the Libyan capital Tripoli.“IOM condemns Friday’s senseless killing and the use of live rounds, against migrants protest…
Read MoreRwandan Genocide Suspect Faces 30 Years in Prison
KIGALI, RWANDA — An alleged participant in the 1994 Rwandan genocide faces a possible 30 years in prison after U.S. officials deported him to Kigali, where he was taken into custody after his arrival Thursday.Oswald Rurangwa, 59, escorted by U.S. secur…
Read MoreAfter Raids, 6 Migrants Killed in Shooting at Libya Detention Center
TRIPOLI, LIBYA — At least six migrants were shot dead at a Tripoli detention center on Friday, the head of the U.N. migration agency’s Libya mission said, as many reportedly escaped from the facility and others gathered in nearby streets.Overcrowding t…
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