October 23, 2023 By UNSOM MOGADISHU – Sitting in a small, windowless room in a government building in the Somali capital, Mohamed Yusuf Mohamed loops another audio tape onto the dilapidated machine and presses a few buttons. After a few clicks, the antiquated device starts to whir and its wheels spin – one tape down, and another ...
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Nigerians Remember Those Killed Or Detained In The 2020 Protests Against Police Brutality
October 21, 2023 FILE – People hold banners as they protest against police brutality at Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos, Nigeria on Oct. 15, 2020. Many Nigerians on Friday Oct. 20, 2023 remembered the victims of the historic protests against police brutality which took place three years ago, with Amnesty International reporting that at least 15 of the ...
Read More »Arab Leaders Urge Fresh Efforts For Peace In Palestine As Risks To Region Rise
October 21, 2023 . Egypt and Jordan leaders denounced ‘global silence’ on Israel’s attacks on Gaza . Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Palestinians would not be displaced or driven off their land . Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister rejected “attempts at forced displacement” of the people of Gaza by Israel Seen on a large screen the Palestinian president ...
Read More »Russian Strikes Kill Three, Wound Four In Ukraine
October 21, 2023 Russia also fired a missile at a group of dachas, a type of cottage, in Kryvyi Rig – President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown. PHOTO: REUTERS By AFP KYIV – Russia struck areas of eastern and southern Ukraine with artillery and missiles on Friday and Saturday, killing at least three people and wounding four others, ...
Read More »Somalia: Insecurity Worsens, Civilians Pay The Price
October 20, 2023 Insecurity persists in Somalia, with extremist group Al-Shabaab and fighting in the Laascaanood region taking a heavy toll on civilians, the UN envoy for the country told the Security Council on Thursday. UN Photo/Loey Felipe Catriona Laing, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia and Head of the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia, briefs the ...
Read More »China Calls On International Community To Help Somalia Tackle Challenges
October 20, 2023 In this file photo dated Oct 3, 2022, Dai Bing (front), China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, speaks during the opening of the main session of the Fifth Committee of the 77th UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York. (PHOTO / XINHUA) By Xinhua | Editor: Huaxia UNITED ...
Read More »British PM Rishi Sunak Visits Israel
October 20, 2023 Diplomatic Efforts: Sunak’s visit follows other leaders like German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden, as they try to prevent the conflict from widening British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem yesterday. Photo: EPA-EFE By Bloomberg British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak arrived ...
Read More »Two Tourists, from UK and South Africa, and Guide Killed in Attack in Uganda
October 18, 2023 Police say extremist ADF rebels carried out ‘cowardly terrorist attack’ near border with DRC Queen Elizabeth National Park, located in a remote area of south-west Uganda, is one of the country’s most popular conservation areas. Photograph: PhotoKratky/Wildlife/Nature/Alamy By Associated Press in Kampala Two tourists from the UK and South Africa and their Ugandan ...
Read More »Authorities Believe Gunman in Brussels Shooting was Inspired by ISIS
October 18, 2023 The attack took place three miles from a Belgium qualifying match for Euro 2024. Police cordon off the area where the shooting took place in Brussels. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu/Getty Images By Aicha El Hammar Castano, Jon Haworth, Ellie Kaufman, and Jolie Lash | ABC News LONDON – Authorities suspect the Tunisian man, accused ...
Read More »Fighting In Khartoum As Mediators Seek End To Sudan Conflict
May 7, 2023 Battles since mid-April have killed hundreds of people and wounded thousands of others, disrupted aid supplies and sent 100,000 refugees fleeing abroad Smoke billows in Khartoum amid ongoing fighting between the forces of two rival generals in Sudan on May 6, 2023. PHOTO: AFP By REUTERS KHARTOUM – Fighting could be heard in ...
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