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File - In this Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 photo taken on a government organized media tour, women and their children walk near a truck carrying government troops in Tabit village in the North Darfur region of Sudan, where allegations surfaced of rape of women by government allied troops.
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Darfur Crisis: Looming Tragedy in El Fasher
Watan-Experts from Sudan and abroad have warned of a potential massacre in the city of El Fasher in Darfur, which could result in casualties on the scale of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The city is current... (photo: AP / Abd Raouf) Watan
Young people gather to register to volunteer to fight for the country as part of a volunteer initiative, in Niamey, Niger, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023
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U.S. Loses Soft Power Edge in Africa
This article is the second in a series detailing the results from the latest Rating World Leaders report, which analyzes trends in approval ratings of the leadership of the U.S., Germany, Russia and C... (photo: AP / Sam Mednick) Gallup
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company that specializes in consumer electronics, computer software, and online services, Nov. 18, 2016. DR Congo accuses Apple of using ‘blood minerals’ from war-torn east
PARIS: The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Apple of using “illegally exploited” minerals extracted from the country’s embattled east in its products, lawyers represent... (photo: Creative Commons / Pixabay/ Pexels) Dawn
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A soldier walks near the rear if the Army Headquarters in central Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Burkina Faso’s army executed more than 200 civilians: Rights group
Burkina Faso’s military forces “summarily executed” 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, in two villages in February, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in a new report. | The mass kill... (photo: AP / Ludivine Laniepce) Al Jazeera
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Nigerien soldiers practice vehicle contact movements while participating in a special forces training exercise during Exercise Flintlock 2018 in Agadez, Niger US, Niger to discuss withdrawal of American troops: Pentagon
US officials will meet Thursday with members of Niger's government on the withdrawal of American troops from the African country, said a Pentagon spokesman. | "Per the U.... (photo: US Army / Sgt. 1st Class Mary S. Katzenberger, 3rd Special Forces Group) Anadolu Agency
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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street to go to the House of Commons for his weekly Prime Minister's Questions in London, Wednesday, May 3, 2023 Will Rwanda save Sunak – or sink him?
When the Rwanda Bill had its second reading in the House of Commons just before Christmas, there was a revolt on the right of the Tory party. A group of legal experts, wi... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung) The Spectator
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Sudanese Children suffering from malnutrition are treated at an MSF clinic in Metche Camp, Chad, near the Sudanese border, Friday, April 5, 2024. Many people here fled the fighting in Sudan's vast western region of Darfur, where attacks by the Arab-dominated Rapid Support Forces on ethnic African civilians have revived memories of genocide. The United Nations says close to 9 million people have fled their homes. Sudan had largest number of people facing extreme food shortages in 2023, UN report shows
The African country accounted for two-thirds of the additional 13.5m people needing urgent help as displacement drove food insecurity globally Sudan had the world’s lar... (photo: AP / Patricia Simon) The Guardian
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Security Council Meets on Preventing Conflict-Related Sexual Violence through Demilitarization and Gender-Responsive Arms Control UN: Guns fueling rape of children, women in war zones
UNited Nations — Actor and U.N. Goodwill Ambassador Danai Gurira told diplomats Tuesday that finding a child to sexually abuse in a conflict zone can cost less than on... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Voa News
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A security guard stands in the street by Hallmark Residences, which is one of the locations expected to house some of the asylum-seekers due to be sent from Britain to Rwanda, in the capital Kigali, Rwanda Thursday, May 19, 2022. The British government has said it plans to start putting asylum-seekers on one-way flights to Rwanda under an agreement struck with the East African country, and defended the deal that has outraged refugee groups and humanitarian organizations. ‘Forced’ move: Rwandans grapple with own fears over UK asylum seeker plan
Kigali, Rwanda – Lush hills draped in verdure belie the controversies surrounding two locations in Kigali that may soon host hundreds of people who had no plans of ever... (photo: AP) Al Jazeera
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President Michel visits Senegal Senegal's new leader calls for 'rethought' relationship with EU
Senegal's new leader Bassirou Diomaye Faye has called for a "rethought" relationship with the EU during a visit by European Council President Charles Michel. | Faye, who ... (photo: European Union) Independent online
Africa   European Union   Photos   Senegal  
File - People thought to be migrants who undertook the crossing from France in small boats and were picked up in the Channel, arrive to be disembarked from a small transfer boat which ferried them from a larger British border force vessel, in Dover, south east England, Friday, June 17, 2022 Over 18,000 who faced Rwanda removal are now having cases dealt with in UK
More than 18,000 asylum seekers threatened with being sent to Rwanda are now having their cases processed in the UK instead. | Freedom of information data obtained by the... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham, File) The Observer
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FILE - Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape, left, listens during a meeting with Pacific Islands Forum leaders during the U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Summit in the East Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, in Washington.  Prime Minister Marape accused Joe Biden of disparaging the South Pacific island nation by implying that an uncle of the U.S. president had been eaten by cannibals there during World War II. Biden implication that uncle was eaten by ‘cannibals’ sparks criticism from Papua New Guinea leader
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape criticized comments from President Biden last week, during which he implied that his uncle was eaten by cannibals in New Guin... (photo: AP / Evan Vucci, File) The Hill
Joe Biden   Papua New Guinea   Photos   WW2   Wikipedia: Presidency of Joe Biden  
Anti Apartheid Protest 02 F Unbecoming American: Did Apartheid Really End in 1991? The Vanities of Academic Politics
To receive Global Research’s Daily Newsletter (selected articles), click here. | Click the share button above to email/forward this article to your friends and colleag... (photo: Creative Commons / Paul Weinberg ) GlobalResearch
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