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ECOWAS leaders mourn victims of Sierra Leone explosion

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There have been disturbing images from footage broadcast on local media outlets with charred bodies seen in the streets at the scene of the explosion. Vice-President Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh who visited the scene of the disaster called it a “national disaster”. The head of Sierra Leone’s National Disaster Management Agency, Brima Bureh Sesay said “It’s a terrible, terrible accident,” he told… Read More
Pacific 

Vaccinating refugees in Indonesia, for the benefit of all

Village Reporter
One recent Thursday, Ali Madad Ibrahimi accompanied an elderly man from Afghanistan to a registration desk under a big red and white tent in Jakarta’s central district. He translated instructions into the Afghan Dari language, and the pair entered a spacious hall where blue-uniformed officers sat behind rows of desks. He stayed by the man’s side until a COVID-19 vaccine… Read More
Pacific 

Myanmar: Systematic attack on civilians, rights mechanism reveals 

Village Reporter
Nicholas Koumjian of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar was updating journalists on its work to collect, preserve and analyze evidence of the most serious international crimes and violations committed in the country.  The mechanism was created two years ago and prepares files that can facilitate criminal prosecutions in national, regional and international tribunals.    New challenges  While its mandate covers the period from 2011, “our work has faced new challenges and opportunities… Read More
Africa North Africa Sudan World 

Sudan’s army forms new government after coup

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– – Sudan’s army that carried out a coup last month has announced the formation of a new government. The coup leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane rejected calls for him to re-instate the toppled civilian prime minister by the international community. He quickly dissolved the government on October 25 after he led the coup, arresting civilian leaders that were part… Read More
Pacific 

Ordinary Afghans ‘broke and broken’, warns UN migration agency chief

Village Reporter
“We are indeed in a race against time, as emphasized by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, to help these people prepare for winter,” said the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director-General. People are “broke and broken”, he insisted, after returning from a two-day visit to the country. “More than half the population is struggling to eat, malnutrition is reaching dramatic levels, especially… Read More
Pacific 

Yemen: Four children killed or maimed a day, as war grinds on

Village Reporter
According to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), more than 10,000 children have been killed or maimed since the escalation of the conflict in March 2015, between a pro-Government Saudi-led coalition, and Houthi rebels; the equivalent of four children every day.  These are just the incidents that the United Nations has been able to verify, so the true figure is “likely far higher”, said the agency in a statement released… Read More
Africa Business South Africa World 

New Crypto Regulations in SA – What Does it Mean for Local Traders?

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– – Amid the increasing popularity of the crypto trading market and faster crypto adoption, there are many countries around the world that are working on plans to regulate the Forex trading market. While some have decided to take a friendly approach towards the crypto industry, this is not the case for every country. Recently, South Africa’s National Treasury published… Read More
Africa East Africa World 

Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict triggers concerns over possible war crimes

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– – The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission have said in a report that serious human rights violations and violence have been committed in the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. A joint investigation by the two groups found reasonable grounds to believe that all parties to the conflict in… Read More
Pacific 

Afghanistan: Deadly hospital attack; UN ramps up aid delivery

Village Reporter
Farhan Haq was briefing journalists in New York, after two explosions detonated near the entrance of the Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan hospital in Kabul, leaving at least 19 dead and dozens more injured, according to news reports. There was no claim of responsibility, but Taliban officials reportedly laid blame on an affiliate group of the ISIL terrorist network. “We express condolences to… Read More
Africa Ghana West Africa World 

Ghana: Alleged teen lesbian defiled by two men as punishment

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– – A 15-year-old suspected lesbian has been defiled by two men in the Eastern part of Ghana. The suspects committed the crime in the town of Yilo Krobo after accusing the victim and her friend of practicing lesbianism. A state prosecutor Owusu Ababio told a circuit court in Koforidua that, the accused persons live in the same house with the… Read More
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