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500,000 Ethiopian female domestic workers recruited to work in Saudi Arabia

500,000 Ethiopian female domestic workers recruited to work in Saudi Arabia

Human rights activists and organizations criticize Ethiopia’s recruitment of 500,000 female domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. Due to lack of jobs and life difficulties, Ethiopians have been flocking to Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Kuwait in search of work since the…
At least 56 civilians killed in Sudan amid military escalation

At least 56 civilians killed in Sudan amid military escalation

Local medical groups reported that at least 56 civilians killed on as conflict intensifies between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Sudanese paramilitary forces. The Sudanese Doctors Union said that at least 595 individuals have been injured…
Nonviolence Organization calls on international Community to urgently intervene to stop conflict in Sudan

Nonviolence Organization calls on international Community to urgently intervene to stop conflict in Sudan

The International Nonviolence Organization (Free Muslim) called on the Arab countries to intervene quickly to stop the on-going fighting in Sudan, expressing its strong condemnation over the acts of violence taking place in the country. The world organization said, in…
Unidentified assailants kill dozens of defense force troops in Burkina Faso

Unidentified assailants kill dozens of defense force troops in Burkina Faso

A group of unidentified attackers killed 40 people and injured 33 others in an assault on the army and volunteer defense forces in northern Burkina Faso on Saturday, according to a statement by the government. The region is close to…
Climate Change poses threat to increasing severe and rapid drought, new study warns

Climate Change poses threat to increasing severe and rapid drought, new study warns

A new study published on the world’s leading interdisciplinary science journal the “Nature” warned of an increase in the frequency of sudden, rapid droughts, due to climate change caused by human activities. The researchers analyzed data spanning more than 60…
Thousands of Somali refugees relocated to new settlement in Ethiopia

Thousands of Somali refugees relocated to new settlement in Ethiopia

Over 1,000 of the most vulnerable refugees who fled clashes in Somalia’s Lascanood city are being transported to a camp site in Bokh district, Ethiopia. The relocation is organized by Ethiopia’s Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS) with UNHCR, the UN…
New research reveals Chinese authorities’ cross-border persecution against Uyghurs

New research reveals Chinese authorities’ cross-border persecution against Uyghurs

The University of Sheffield conducted research which surveyed more than 120 Uyghur respondents in Turkey and dozens in the UK, and obtained notes from Chinese police detailing their tactics. Many of the Uighurs surveyed said they had been threatened by…
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights concerned about critical situation in Sudan

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights concerned about critical situation in Sudan

On Saturday, UN human rights chief expressed concern over the situation in Sudan, urging the government and the civilian opposition to work towards reinstating a civilian-led government. The statement came after pro-democracy activists in Sudan staged protests against the army…
Dozens killed during gunmen attacks in Nigeria’s Benue state, 80 women abducted in North-West

Dozens killed during gunmen attacks in Nigeria’s Benue state, 80 women abducted in North-West

Local officials in Nigeria report that at least 74 people were killed in two separate attacks by gunmen on a rural village in the central northern state of Benue as violence increases in the region. The area has experienced frequent…
Burkina Faso: armed terrorists kill 44 amid worsening political, economic decline

Burkina Faso: armed terrorists kill 44 amid worsening political, economic decline

A regional governor in northeastern Burkina Faso confirmed that 44 civilians were killed and others wounded in two villages near the Niger border. The attack occurred overnight Thursday and was carried out by “armed terrorist groups,” according to the lieutenant-governor…
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