Tanzanian Health Authorities On High Alert...

Tanzania is said to be one of the countries in Africa most at high risk of importing the coronavirus because of its high trade volume with China. At Tanzania’s biggest market, traders are feeling the crunch as the availability of Chinese-made goods is shrinking. Meanwhile, authorities are preparing to prevent further transmission with intensified surveillance at the country’s ports of entry

Idlib’s Volatile Security Situation Displaced Nearly...

Escalating levels of conflict have displaced nearly one million people across north-western Syria since early December, in what is now the largest wave of displacement in nearly nine years of conflict

Guinea Bissau: One Country, Two Presidents:...

After the end of the 2019 elections, which saw Domingos Pereira and Embalò contend for the presidency, the country entered a condition of total impasse. Embalò, a former officer likely supported by neighboring Senegal, in fact, had emerged victorious, obtaining 53.55% of the votes against Pereira’s 46.45%

Iran: At Least 23 Children Killed...

The 23 children are recorded as having been killed in 13 cities in six provinces across the country (Esfahan, Fars, Kermanshah, Khuzestan, Kurdistan and Tehran), reflecting the widespread nature of the bloody crackdown

Triathlete Julie Moss

Triathlete Julie Moss is a portrait of the power of human spirit and true dedication, even in the face of pain and exhaustion. Angelina Bagdasaryan met with the sportswoman and learned about the many stories behind the Ironman World Championship legend

The Nomadic Nenets Of Russia

The Nenets call themselves “the children of the reindeer.” They number fewer than 50,000. In Russia’s hostile tundra conditions, their lives are much as they were hundreds of years ago

Uyghur Mother, Daughter Handed Lengthy Sentences...

The mother and daughter of a wealthy Uyghur family in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms related to their overseas connections, according to family members who live abroad and local officials. Earlier this year, a Uyghur exile in Turkey named Zohre Abduhemit posted video testimony as part …

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COVID South Korea Religious Group

Over the past two weeks, there have been more than 5,000 cases of coronavirus in South Korea. More than half of those infections have been linked to a single fringe religious group — one of many offshoots of Christianity in the country. Its members say their group was only unlucky. But many South Koreans disagree, saying the sect is secretive and hasn’t fully cooperated with authorities

UN Security Council Meets on Situation...

Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI), briefs the Security Council meeting on the situation concerning Iraq

Taliban Rejects Taking Part in Afghan...

The United States has said that after more than 18 years of war, it hopes negotiations toward a permanent political settlement and ceasefire can start in coming days, but Western diplomats and analysts see stark challenges ahead