Africa
Bishops of Africa: It is painful to see young people leave the continent
Paul Samasumo – Vatican City At the end of the 19th Plenary Assembly of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) held from 25 July to 1…
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Israel and Morocco, a new agreement on judicial cooperation
Israel and Morocco - In a move aimed at accelerating the pace of the normalization processes between Morocco and Israel under the "Abraham Accords", a new agreement has been signed,…
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Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia to Conduct First Visit in the Country
GENEVA/ADDIS ABABA (25 July 2022) – Members of the UN International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia are undertaking a visit to Ethiopia from 25 to 30 July 2022. This will be…
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Sudan: Daglo In the name of Allah the Merciful
Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, from Sudan, has addressed the People of Sudan in what arrives as a heartfelt appeal to everyone in the country affected by a civil war…
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President Macron in Benin should demand the release of Reckya Madougou and Joel Aivo
On the eve of President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Benin, the Brussels-based NGO "Human Rights Without Frontiers" urged the French President to demand the release of two famous opposition leaders, Reckya Madougou…
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UN summit galvanizes action for development agendas in Africa
The development of Africa was spotlighted at a key UN meeting on Wednesday, with attention focused on advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the African Union (AU) Agenda…
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Madagascar spiders “stitch” leaves together to make traps for hunting prey
When we think of spiders, we most often picture webs of cobwebs that they use to capture their prey. Now, new research published in Ecology and Evolution reveals another surprising…
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The Jeddah Summit Declaration, a new tool for Peace and Development
The final declaration of the Jeddah Security and Development Summit (Jeddah Summit) was issued last July 16th, to the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, Jordan, Egypt,…
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The plight of the Amharas in Ethiopia raised at the United Nations
On June 30, 2022, in Geneva, the United Nations Human Rights Council held an Interactive dialogue on the oral briefing of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia.…
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South Sudan: Life in a cattle camp
In South Sudan, some 8.9 million people, more than two-thirds of the population, are estimated to need significant humanitarian assistance and protection in 2022.