Israeli assault in Southern Syria forces families to flee
By Elis Gjevori and AFP June 29, 2026 Turkiye has condemned Israel’s attacks in Syria, calling them a violation of international law. A man stands near an unexploded artillery shell that fell during an overnight Israeli attack that hit the village of Abdin in Syria's southwestern Deraa province, close to the occupied Golan Heights, on June 29, 2026 [File: AFP] The Syrian government has condemned overnight Israeli attacks in southern Syria, as residents near the occupied Golan
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Ethiopia PM's party wins landslide; fears of new war
Kaleb Moges BBC Africa Abiy Ahmed says he is transforming the economy of Africa's second most-populous nation. Image by Reuters Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is the big winner following the country's general election as his party has retained its overwhelming parliamentary majority, despite the poll being overshadowed by conflict, accusations of repression and little participation by opposition parties. The Prosperity Party, which won 438 of the 501 contested seats, wi
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Ghana slavery apology: words are not enough
For many descendants of enslaved Africans, a formal apology for the transatlantic slave trade is not justice. As calls for reparations gather momentum, they say acknowledgement without meaningful action cannot undo generations of loss, displacement and exploitation.
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Russia's 'torture prisons' in Ukraine exposed by BBC”
By Tania Kharchenko and Samuel Horti “"I have never heard such terrible screams before," says Liudmyla, recalling her first days in the Izolyatsia detention centre [Credit: BBC]” This article contains accounts of torture and sexual violence Early one October morning in 2019, a group of men jumped out of a car and grabbed Liudmyla Huseinova as she left her home. The 64-year-old says they seized her bag and threw her into the back seat, beginning what she describes as a "nightm
BBC News
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How Iranians Protest: The Women, Life, Freedom Movement
Genocide Watch The Women, Life, Freedom Movement emerged in Iran in 2022, in response to government crackdown on women refusing to wear a hijab in public. This movement arose largely as a result of the death of Mahsa/Zhina Amini, a Kurdish woman who was arrested and tortured in police custody for refusing to wear a hijab in public. This injustice propelled thousands of men and women alike to protest through the streets against governmental oppression of women. At least 551 pr
Genocide Watch
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Human rights concerns over Australia-Fiji defence pact
The Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) has raised concerns over the newly announced Australia-Fiji mutual defence treaty, saying the expanded security partnership should not proceed without stronger human rights safeguards.
Anish Chand | The Fiji Times
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Nicaragua strips lawyers of the right to practice
By Megan Janetsky July 10 2026 President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, lead a rally in Managua, Nicaragua, Sept. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Alfredo Zuniga, File) MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s government has stripped masses of lawyers of their licenses to practice in recent days, in what a United Nations expert described Friday as a “purge of the legal profession” aimed at eroding the country’s final shreds of democratic checks and balances. The governme
Associated Press
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Dozens of abducted Nigerian children and teachers rescued
The hostages were taken from three separate schools in the southwestern state of Oyo in May.
Al Jazeera Staff and AFP
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Nigeria-South Africa tensions over xenophobic attacks
Nigeria has threatened retaliatory measures against South Africa after Abuja began repatriating hundreds of Nigerians from South Africa this week amid alleged xenophobic attacks by South African protesters.
Shola Lawal | Al Jazeera
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South African xenophobic protesters intimidate migrants
Anti-immigrant protesters march in Johannesburg on Thursday after the passing of an unofficial June 30 deadline set for undocumented migrants to leave South Africa. File Photo: Oupa Nkosi/Reuters Anti-migrant protests are continuing across South Africa, with humanitarian groups and regional countries on alert as vigilantes search for undocumented migrants. On Thursday, anti-migrant activists in Johannesburg went door-to-door in search of people living in the country without p
Daniel Khalili-Tari and Reuters
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Guinea: abductions and disappearances continue
Guinean authorities must reveal the fate of all victims of abductions and enforced disappearances, including National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (Front national pour la défense de la Constitution – FNDC) activists Oumar Sylla, known as Foniké Mengué, and Mamadou Billo Bah, who were forcibly disappeared two years ago today.
Amnesty International
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The World Is Misreading Who Is Killing Nigerians
A six-year review finds Fulani Ethnic Militia responsible for four times more civilian deaths than Boko Haram and ISWAP combined - yet U.S. counterterrorism doctrine still ignores them. By Mike Odeh James June 30, 2026 Armed Fulani terrorists. Credit: Facebook. ABUJA — Fulani Ethnic Militia (FEM) killed four times as many civilians as Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram combined, according to a landmark six‑year study that challenges long‑standing Wester
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