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Niger coup supporters protest West African military force

Thousands of Niger coup supporters took to the streets on Friday to protest against plans by West African nations to deploy a military force to the country, as a key regional meeting on a possible intervention was scrapped.

Radio France Internationale

Cyprus is sending Syrian migrants back to Lebanon. The UN is concerned but Cypriots say it’s lawful

The United Nations refugee agency says it’s “extremely concerned” over the return of more than 100 Syrian nationals from Cyprus to Lebanon without screening to determine whether they need legal protection and who may be deported back to their war-wracked homeland

The Independent UK

Israeli forces kill Palestinian, wound eight, in occupied West Bank raid

Mahmoud Jarad, 23, was shot dead as Israeli soldiers raided the Tulkarem refugee camp, according to Wafa news agency.

Al Jazeera

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Zelensky fires heads of military enlistment in all Ukrainian regions

President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Friday that the heads of all Ukraine's regional military recruitment centres were being dismissed from their jobs amid concerns about corruption. The mass sacking came as Ukraine urged civilians near the northeastern front line to evacuate on Thursday as Russia ramped up an assault to…

France 24

Russia-Ukraine war: Russian troops launch five missile strikes, killing one person – as it happened

One missile strike was destroyed but probability of airstrikes remains high, says general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces

The Guardian - AU

Bodies pile up without burials in Sudan's capital, marooned by a relentless conflict

Nearly four months of violent street battles between the Sudanese Army and a powerful paramilitary group have made funerals a near impossibility, particularly in Sudan's capital of Khartoum

The Independent UK

UAE's al-Jaber urges more financing to help Caribbean and other regions fight climate change

The head of this year’s U.N. global climate summit is urging more availability of funds to help the Caribbean and other regions fight climate change

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West African leaders activate standby force to put pressure on junta in Niger

Ecowas says force is a last resort and would prefer diplomatic means of reinstating President Bazoum after army coup

The Guardian - UK

Return of El Niño raises risk of hunger, drought and malaria, scientists warn

Hot natural weather pattern will exacerbate heat-related dangers brought about by climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

Sunak government will go down in history as failing UK on climate, Greenpeace says

Exclusive: Greenpeace chiefs accuse ministers of pursuing culture wars as extreme weather becomes the norm

The Guardian - UK

‘You have adopted a bunker mentality’: Greenpeace letter to Rishi Sunak – in full

Open letter criticises government for stonewalling environmental group after protest at prime minister’s house

The Guardian - UK

UN Security Council to hold first open meeting on North Korea human rights situation since 2017

The U.N. Security Council will hold its first open meeting on North Korea’s dire human rights situation since 2017 next week

The Independent UK

Aid organization says US nurse and daughter freed after abduction in Haiti are healthy and unharmed

An aid organization says a U.S. nurse and her young daughter who were kidnapped in Haiti in late July and released this week were not harmed and are healthy

The Independent UK

ECOWAS leaders say all options open in Niger, including ‘use of force’

West African bloc activates standby force for possible intervention, says it wants a peaceful restoration of democracy.

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Tunisia, Libya to share responsibility for migrants stranded on border

Tunisia and Libya announced Thursday they had agreed to share responsibility for providing shelter for hundreds of migrants stranded at their border, many of them for over a month.

Evening Standard

Taliban repression of women and girls a crime against humanity, says Gordon Brown

Call for ICC prosecution comes as militia mark two years since seizing back power

Dynamite News

India extends support amounting to USD 246,852.71 to enhance flood resilience in Suriname

India has extended support amounting to USD 246,852.71 for project aimed at bolstering early flood warning services to communities in Suriname. Read further on Dynamite News :

The Independent UK

West African leaders meet on Niger but options are few as the military junta defies mediation

West African heads of state are planning to meet after Niger’s military junta defied their deadline to reinstate the deposed president who’s said to be running low on food in deteriorating conditions under house arrest

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West African leaders hold emergency talks on Niger coup

West African leaders came together Thursday for an emergency summit on the coup in Niger, whose new military rulers have defied an ultimatum – backed by the threat of force – to restore the elected president and pressed ahead with appointing a new government.

The Guardian - UK

Thursday briefing: Inside South America’s summit to save the Amazon

In today’s newsletter: After years of rampant exploitation under a far-right government, Brazil has brought together leaders to help secure the future of the world’s biggest rainforest – and create ‘a just ecological transition’

France 24

ECOWAS activates standby force for possible intervention in Niger

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, chair of West African regional bloc ECOWAS, said on Thursday at the close of a summit on the coup in Niger that “no option had been taken off the table”, including the use of force as a last resort. The summit took place as Niger's coup…

The Canberra Times

'Hiding behind secrecy': crossbenchers slam Labor over climate risk report

They want an unclassified version of the report.

The Independent UK

Sudan fighting is driving country to collapse and millions face a 'humanitarian calamity', UN says

UN officials say nearly four months of brutal fighting is driving Sudan to collapse with millions of people trapped in a “humanitarian calamity” and the possibility of a new ethnic conflict spilling into the region

The Hindu

Stop the fence-sitting in cluster bomb use

All United Nations member-countries should accede to the Convention on Cluster Munitions and eradicate cluster bombs from the world

The Guardian - US

Turning food into a weapon: how Russia resorted to one of the oldest forms of warfare

With Russia blockading Ukraine’s eastern ports, an alternative route to the west is possible but faces serious problems

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