Headlines- Early on Thursday, 73 students were injured and at least 16 students killed at a girls' boarding school in central Kenya.
- The vital Strait of Hormuz, according to US President Donald Trump, "must be open to everyone" and "no one can control it."
- A major portions of southern Lebanon has been declared a "combat zone" by the Israeli military.
- Iran's foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that American bombings in the country's southern Hormozgan region broke the ceasefire.
- The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health claims that Israeli attacks in Lebanon on Tuesday left at least 31 persons dead and 40 injured.
- Due to the Ebola outbreak, Ugandan authorities announced on Wednesday that the country's border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been closed.
Month: May 2023
21st Session of High-Level Committee on...
A wide view of the high-level Committee on South-South Cooperation’s 21st session
Refugees’ ‘Nothing Left’ Description of City...
According to reports, fighting and intercommunal violence between the Sudanese army forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the state of West Darfur have intensified recently. Witnesses who escaped the city of Geneina say that their hometown is being destroyed.
Indonesian Leader Orders Crackdown on Human...
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo ordered a crackdown on human trafficking syndicates Tuesday after officials revealed that nearly 2,000 of the country’s overseas migrant workers had died since 2020 because of abuse, accidents or illness.
Intense Clashes in Myanmar’s Chin,Shan States...
Intense fighting between the military and anti-junta forces in Myanmar’s Chin and Shan states since the weekend left 19 dead, including four civilians, RFA Burmese has learned.
UN Security Council Meets to Discuss...
The Director of Operations and Advocacy of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Edem Wosornu, briefs United Nations Security Council meeting about the situation in the Middle East (Syria)
More women Ready to Help in...
As the U.N. urges greater participation of women in international peace and security efforts, West African women are playing a more significant role in the region’s military campaign to combat extremism. In order win hearts and minds in terrorist hot spots, order to win over people in terrorist hotspots, U.S.-led training is helping in putting more women on the front lines.
Mogadishu Book Fair Promotes Literary Revival
After a break of three years due COVID pandemic,the Mogadishu Book Fair, an annual literary event that launched in 2015, was held last week. The fair, which brought together literary artists and young people meant to promote reading and Somali culture and history. It was held in the National Theatre of Somalia.
Over 80 of Nigeria’s “Chibok Girls”...
Three more schoolgirls abducted by the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northern Borno state more than nine years ago were rescued by the Nigerian military this month. In that 2014 incident, Boko Haram raided a public secondary school in the Chibok town and seized nearly three hundred students. Negotiations resulted in the release of many of the girls, but many more are being held captive.
Thailand:Pro-Democracy Activists urge Senate to Respect...
Thai voters elect the progressive Move Forward Party to lead their country’s next government.But over a week later, powerful political rivals are blocking the party’s progress and forcing an early climbdown over the controversial royal defamation bill.
Childhood Friend of North Korea’s Kim...
A childhood friend that has visited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un several times over the years told Radio Free Asia that he has never met Kim’s son, casting doubt on previous intelligence reports about the leader’s family life.