Syrian students get caught in rift between Druze leaders and Damascus
By Yamaam Al-Shaar, Khalil Ashawi and Nayera Abdallah October 2, 2026 An exam paper inside an examination hall where a special examination session for students from Sweida was due to take place, in Sawara Sughra, in the northern countryside of Sweida, Syria, September 10, 2026. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi Summary Few students in Sweida have been able to take key exams Families say they fear attacks if students travel for tests Situation highlights standoff between Druze leaders and
Reuters
Oct 22
UN Warns Fighting Persists In DR Congo Despite Peace Efforts
By APA Kinshasa October 15, 2026 Source: APA News Despite diplomatic initiatives led by the United States, Qatar and the African Union, fighting continues in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), where the security and humanitarian situation remains alarming, the UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region, Huang Xia, told the Security Council on Tuesday. “A genuine ceasefire remains elusive,” the UN official said, citing continued clashes in DR Congo, particularly
APA News
Oct 22
HRC RECORDS 37 ELECTION VIOLENCE CASES, RAISES DETENTION CONCERNS
By Victoria Kayeye Yambani October 19, 2026 Source: Diamond TV Zambia The Human Rights Commission has recorded 126 election-related incidents during Zambia’s 2026 General Election, including 37 cases of violence, 12 cases categorised as electoral fraud, eight cases of voter intimidation and seven cases of vandalism. In its report covering the period from 2025 to September 30, 2026, the Commission calls for stronger accountability for electoral violence, safeguards against arb
Diamond TV Zambia
Oct 22
HRW Urges Europe to Press Vietnam on Rights During Visit
By Tiana Nowzari October 21, 2026 Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday urged the European Union (EU), Belgium and Denmark to press Vietnamese President To Lam to address the country’s deteriorating human rights situation during his October 19–24 visit to Europe. HRW said that Vietnam’s government has intensified its crackdown on basic freedoms, including freedom of expression, peaceful activism, and independent journalism. The organi
Jurist
Oct 22
Doubts over Transfer of Bosnian War Crimes Cases to Serbia
By Emina Dizdarevic Tahmiscija October 22, 2026 While a court in Bosnia and Herzegovina has sentenced 13 people to a combined total of more than 180 years in prison for the killing of Bosniak civilians in two villages during the 1992-95 war, the acquittal of two others by a court in Belgrade has raised further doubts about the merit of transferring war crimes cases from Sarajevo to Belgrade. Higher court, Belgrade. Credit: BIRN It was by sheer chance that Bekir Alic survived
Tanzanian Opposition Leader Charged With Treason
By Bloomberg News October 22, 2026 at 9:26 AM UTC The Oct. 29 2025 election was marred by violence and widespread unrest. Source: AFP/Getty Images A Tanzanian court charged a senior opposition figure with treason, adding to a widening crackdown a week ahead of the first anniversary of deadly election protests. John Pambalu, director of training, organization and elections of the main opposition Chadema party, appeared in court in Dar es Salaam, the commercial hub, on Wednesda
Bloomberg
Oct 22
Ex-DRC President Kabila’s Alliance With M23 Rebels
By Shola Lawal Published On 14, 2026 Kabila’s move confirms numerous accusations from the government in Kinshasa of his ties to armed rebels. Former President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Joseph Kabila walks back into his house after posing for a group photo with religious leaders at one of his residences in Goma on May 29, 2025 [Jospin Mwisha/AFP] Former President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has officially allied with armed rebel gr
Al Jazeera
Oct 22
The Human Cost Of US Air Strikes In Somalia
Families recount deaths, injuries and displacement as Trump accelerates US strikes against armed groups in Somalia. By Faisal Ali Published On 20 Oct 2026 Abdiqadir Salah, age seven, shows the scar left after doctors removed shrapnel from his body following fighting involving United States air strikes around Jamaame, Somalia, in November 2025 [Fardosa Hussein/Al Jazeera] Mogadishu, Somalia – Nearly a year after a suspected US strike in southern Somalia left shrapnel embedded
Al Jazeera
Oct 22
Singapore:Kokila Annamalai charged in anti-free speech trial
By: Lydia Lam October 7, 2026 After she received the correction direction, Kokila Annamalai put up an article titled, "I Defy: Why I am not complying with my POFMA Correction Direction". Credit: CNA/Raydza Rahman SINGAPORE: Activist Kokila Annamalai went on trial on Wednesday (Oct 7) for failing to comply with a correction direction issued to her under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA). This was in relation to posts that she made on social med
Channel News Asia
Oct 21
Chetty First Seychellois Nominated For IFRC VP for Africa
October 22, 2026 By: Joshua Marie Chrystold Chetty confirmed to SNA has been actively campaigning for the position for Vice-President for Africa, engaging with Red Cross and Red Crescent leaders across Africa and other regions. (Red Cross Society of Seychelles) | Photo license Seychellois humanitarian Chrystold Chetty has become the first Seychellois to be nominated for the position of Vice-President for Africa of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Soc
Seychelles News Agency
Oct 21
Sudan war spills into Central African Republic
By United Nations News October 20, 2026 The UN warned on Tuesday against a premature withdrawal of its peacekeepers as the war in Sudan spills over into the Central African Republic (CAR). © MINUSCA/Mamouda Tankoano A soldier and a local resident during a joint patrol with Zambian peacekeepers at the Birao market. CAR continues to face a resurgence of deadly violence in the east despite the disarmament of nearly 2,000 fighters and the gradual completion of the latest electora
United Nations News
Oct 21
1,500 Rohingya refugees deported to Myanmar from Malaysia
By AFP and AP October 5, 2026 Malaysia continues mass refugee deportations despite warnings from the UN about unsafe conditions in an active war zone. A bus carrying Myanmar nationals being repatriated from Malaysia to the war-torn country heads towards the naval base in Lumut, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, on September 29, 2026 [AFP] Nearly 1,500 Myanmar refugees and migrants deported from Malaysia have arrived in their war-ravaged country under an opaque repatriation sc
Al Jazeera
Oct 21
