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Chadian president welcomes Niger's junta-appointed prime minister

Chad's President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno welcomed Niger's junta-appointed prime minister, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, for a visit on Tuesday, the Chadian government announced. A spokesperson for the West African bloc ECOWAS confirmed the group will meet in Ghana later this week to discuss a possible intervention in Niger. Follow…

France 24 · Aug 15, 2023

The UN and its partners ramp up their appeal for peace and aid at the 4-month mark of Sudan's war

Twenty U.N. and other international organizations have called for peace, access to humanitarian support and respect for human rights in Sudan at the four-month mark of its war

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2023

Taliban marks two years since return to power in Afghanistan

August 15 has been declared a national holiday to celebrate the Taliban takeover of Kabul from US-led foreign forces.

Al Jazeera · Aug 15, 2023

Sudan’s top army general accuses rival paramilitary of war crimes in televised speech

The head of Sudan’s military has accused the rival paramilitary force of committing war crimes as all-out civil war threatens to engulf the northeast African country

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023

The Guardian view on lives lost in the Channel: tragedies continue, to the accompaniment of Tory insults

Editorial: Chaos surrounding the discovery of legionella on the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge reveals a policy that is at sea

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023

Why older people are some of those worst affected by climate change

While we are all affected to some extent by extreme weather, it is older adults, especially older women and those with disabilities, who tend to be the most vulnerable. Who struggles most is partly determined by age but also pre-existing health conditions, mental wellbeing, and social and economic circumstances.

The Conversation · Aug 14, 2023

Hezbollah Terrorist Hurls Molotov Cocktail Into Israel

IDF soldiers fired warning shots at a Hezbollah terrorist who had thrown a Molotov cocktail from southern Lebanon 

Zenger · Aug 14, 2023

Melbourne 1956: The Suez Crisis, the Hungarian Uprising and Olympic boycotts

1956 was one of the most turbulent years in the post-war era. Over a period of 12 months, the world witnessed the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the Budapest uprising, the Poznan revolt, the Suez affair and the Algerian war among other events. The Melbourne…

Radio France Internationale · Aug 14, 2023

South Africa's unemployment is a 'ticking time bomb.' Anger rises with millions jobless

South Africa's official unemployment rate of 33% is the highest in the world, outstripping those of Gaza and the West Bank, Djibouti and Kosovo

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023

We know people seeking asylum die in the Channel, but callous hardline policy kills them too

When you get behind the public soundbites, you hear an ugly ideology that has scant sympathy for those who risk it all, or even die, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023