A.U.Peacekeepers will replace Ugandans in Somalia Bases
By OMAR FARUK November 3, 2026 MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Peacekeepers plan to replace departing Ugandan troops at four bases near Somalia’s capital to prevent al-Shabab militants from exploiting a security vacuum, according to a letter from the African Union mission to the U.N. support office in Somalia obtained by The Associated Press. Uganda says all its troops will leave Somalia by the end of 2027, ending a 20-year deployment. Those leaving now were deployed under a bilat
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Bosnian Serb Army Ex-Members Jailed for 83 Years
By Marija Tausan November 3, 2026 State court sentences six former Bosnian Serb Army members to total of 83 years for murders of 44 men and deportation of women and children from village in Sokolac in 1992. Sokolac, Bosnia. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Six former Second Romanija Brigade members have been sentenced by Bosnia’s state court to 83 years in jail in total for crimes against humanity committed near Sokolac in eastern Bosnia in 1992. Momcilo Pajic was sentenced to 20 y
Balkan Insight
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UN warns of deepening displacement ‘nightmare’ in Gaza
United Nations Palestine 02 November 2026 Photo: WFP/Ali Jadallah OHCHR said that Israel has stated that it aims to increase the area of military deployment to 70 per cent of Gaza’s territory. Israeli forces continue to push Palestinians into ever-smaller areas of the Gaza Strip while destroying civilian infrastructure and attacking displacement sites, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, warned amid concerns of ethnic cleansing. OHCHR said that Israel has stated that it aims
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US strikes Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz
By Michelle L. Price, Samy Magdy, and Elena Becatoros November 3, 2026 Credit: Amirhosein Khorgooi / ISNA via AP The United States launched strikes on Iranian targets, a U.S. official said, in what appeared to be a limited operation on the eve of Tuesday’s crucial midterm elections. Iranian state media reported explosions being heard on the islands of Qeshm and Hengam in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, and in the nearby mainland area of Bandar Abbas. Unlike earlier in the war
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Tanzania: Human Rights Defender Mwaipaya abducted
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), has received information and requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Tanzania and Kenya. 11/02/2026 By: International Federation For Human Rights (FIDH) Twaha Mwaipaya Social Media Pages. Source: FIDH Description of the situation: The Observatory has been informed about th
Genocide Denial on the Anniversary of Srebrenica
By: Sofia Gilmore and Alexander Smith Srebrenica–Potočari Memorial and Cemetery; Photo: Wikimedia July 11, 2026 marked the 31st anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide, in which Bosnian Serb forces under the command of General Ratklo Mladić overran Srebrenica, a United Nations (UN)-designated “safe area,” and committed mass killings and genocide. There have been many attempts at memorializing the genocide at Srebrenica. In 2000, then-High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch de
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