In Serbian village, women fight to escape encroaching mine

Krivelj, Serbia Reuters Before dawn, 78-year-old Vukosava Radivojevic prepared breakfast for her husband then walked into her village in eastern Serbia to guard a barricade stopping trucks entering an open-pit copper mine that residents say is contaminating local land and water. Radivojevic is one of two dozen women who since January took shifts day and […]
Polish truckers start round-the-clock blockade of fourth Ukrainian border crossing

Warsaw, Poland Reuters Polish truckers and farmers on Monday started a round-the-clock blockade of access to one of the busiest border crossings with Ukraine, extending a protest that has left over a thousand lorries stranded for days in queues that stretch for miles. The truckers, now blocking the Medyka crossing as well as three other […]
Gazans say nowhere to go as they prepare for Israeli assault after Hamas raid

Gaza Reuters Palestinians in Gaza are preparing for an Israeli offensive of unprecedented scale after Saturday’s deadly Hamas raid, with more than 130,000 fleeing their homes and stockpiling supplies as air strikes pound the crowded enclave with 560 already dead. Amid an intensified Israeli siege cutting off water, food and power, and a sudden new […]
Nagorno-Karabakh residents say “disastrous” blockade choking supplies

Tbilisi, Georgia Reuters Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh say it is getting harder to access food, medicines and other essential supplies as an Azerbaijani blockade of the breakaway region drags into its ninth month. The UN Security Council discussed the blockade on Wednesday, after a former International Criminal Court prosecutor this month said the blockade may amount […]
US to support Haiti police and deliver aid to counter gangs

Washington DC, US Reuters The United States on Wednesday said it will boost support for the Haitian police as they battle armed gangs and will speed up delivery of aid to a country suffering from crippling shortages of basic goods due to a gang blockade of a key fuel terminal. Haitian gangs have for a […]
Haiti to seek a foreign armed force to combat gangs, decree says

Reuters Haiti’s government has authorised Prime Minister Ariel Henry to ask the international community for a “specialised armed force” to address a crisis caused by a blockade of the country’s main fuel port that has led to crippling shortages, according to a decree circulating on Friday. Haiti has ground to a halt since a coalition […]
Haiti’s PM Henry calls for foreign help amid gang blockade

Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Wednesday called on the international community to help the Caribbean nation, as a gang blockade of a key fuel terminal has created widespread shortages of goods including drinking water. Gangs have since last month been blocking the entrance to the Varreux fuel terminal, creating dire shortages […]
Millions of Yemenis suffer ‘nightmare’ of war as closed borders halt aid
Thomson Reuters Foundation Hardship is intensifying for millions in Yemen, reeling from war, starvation and a major cholera epidemic, after its borders were closed, blocking vital food and medical deliveries, an aid worker said on Wednesday. The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Houthi movement in Yemen said on Monday that it was closing all air, land […]