Security forces kidnap, kill civilians in central Mali
Bamako Reuters Malian armed forces arrested and killed around two dozen Fulani civilians who were rounded up at a livestock market in a central region of the West African country, a local activist told Reuters. Women in the town of Diafarabe, where the incident took place, led a rare public protest on Wednesday over their […]
Mali’s military rulers formally dissolve political parties
Bamako, Mali Reuters Mali’s military government announced on Tuesday that it had dissolved all political parties, approving a recommendation publicised last month that spurred unprecedented protests in the capital, Bamako. A statement read on state television said the decision had been validated by military leader Assimi Goita, who seized power in the West African country […]
Attacks on Burkina army base, villages kill dozens, sources say
Reuters An attack on a military base in northern Burkina Faso killed multiple soldiers, while a separate assault in the south left dozens of civilians dead, sources told Reuters on Monday, underscoring spiralling insecurity in the junta-led country. The army base in Djibo came under attack on Sunday morning, and a police station and market […]
Few doctors, throttled aid: How Myanmar’s junta worsened earthquake toll
WA LONE, POPPY MCPHERSON and SHOON NAING, of Reuters, report on claims attacks on healthcare facilities and medical staff meant many victims of the earthquake went without immediate medical attention or had to wait a long time to receive the care they needed…
Press freedom stifled in Greece, reforms needed, says Human Rights Watch
Athens, Greece Reuters Press freedom has been stifled in Greece since Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ conservative government came to power in 2019, with phone malware and aggressive lawsuits used against journalists, Human Rights Watch said in a report on Thursday. At least 15 journalists said they had at some point faced a lawsuit or legal […]
Junta chief to leave quake-stricken Myanmar for summit, aid groups clamour for access
Reuters Myanmar’s ostracised leader Min Aung Hlaing will leave his disaster-stricken country on Thursday for a rare trip to a regional summit, state TV said, as aid groups called for restrictions to be eased to reach survivors of a devastating earthquake. The 7.7 magnitude quake, one of the strongest to hit Myanmar in a century, […]
Years of disasters, scandals, failures fuel Greece’s rail crash protests
Athens, Greece Reuters Evi Tsapari is slowly healing from the trauma of escaping bloodied through the window of a burning passenger train after a collision that left dozens dead in central Greece in 2023. But she says she is still waiting for justice. Despite investigators blaming safety failures and decades of neglect of Greece’s railways, […]
Mozambique police fire on opposition march, leader’s location unknown
Maputo, Mozambique Reuters Mozambican police fired on supporters of opposition leader Venancio Mondlane marching in the capital Maputo on Wednesday, injuring at least 10 people, Mondlane’s team and a human rights researcher said. A police spokesperson confirmed that law enforcement had dispersed marchers but declined to elaborate. Independent candidate for the presidency of Mozambique Venancio […]
Human Rights Watch chief says Trump’s return threatens freedoms
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters US President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House next week threatens freedoms at home and abroad, the head of Human Rights Watch said on Thursday, warning that his second term could be more damaging than his first. The remarks from Tirana Hassan, the executive director of the New York-based independent rights […]
Human Rights Watch says Israel’s deprivation of water in Gaza is act of genocide
The Hague, The Netherlands Reuters Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by denying them clean water which it says legally amounts to acts of genocide and extermination. “This policy, inflicted as part of a mass killing of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, means Israeli authorities have committed […]