China's solar push reshapes life on Tibet's high plateau
Andrew Silver November 4, 2026 Caption: REUTERS GONGHE, China – Life has become unexpectedly easier and more lucrative for some shepherds on the world’s highest plateau, after China began carpeting the area with solar panels in a drive to diversify its energy mix. “It has made grazing much easier for us,” said Li Yonglin, 25, one of those allowed to freely graze their sheep in a fenced solar park in Gonghe, a county in the northwestern province of Qinghai. “In the morning, we
Reuters
Nov 8
Amnesty urges Thailand to halt forced return of two Uyghurs
Nuttapakron Ngamsopa November 6, 2026 The men were moved to immigration detention in Bangkok after a royal pardon. Thailand's security chief said the court would decide their case. Caption: The Nation Amnesty International is urging Thailand to stop the potential forced deportation of two Uyghur men to China, warning they would face torture, arbitrary detention, and enforced disappearance. The two men, held in Thailand for over 12 years, were recently moved to an immigration
The Nation
Nov 8
Somalia Looks To The Future As UN's Political Mission Ends
By Daniel Dickinson 31 October 2026 “The story of the UN's political engagement in Somalia has been one of persistence, partnership and adaptation,” Raisedon Zenenga, the UN Secretary-General's Deputy Special Representative for Somalia has said, as three decades of UN political missions in the Horn of Africa country comes to an end on 31 October. © UNTMIS A traffic officer directs the flow of vehicles in Beledweyne a city in central Somalia. The UN Transitional Assistance Mis
United Nations News
Nov 8
Country Report: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lina Abdellatif November 6, 2026 Source: Amnesty International The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) conflict continues to deteriorate, and the DRC ranks among the world's most neglected displacement disasters. Armed conflict and civilian abuse continue to cause displacement, with 46,475 newly displaced households this year. The crisis in the DRC originates from post-colonial power struggles that failed to overcome ethnic divisions and economic hierarchies. Anti-Tutsi e
Genocide Watch
Nov 6
Malawi Human Rights Defenders registration cancelled
By Eric Chiputula November 5, 2026 The reported deregistration of the Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) by the NGO Regulatory Authority (NGORA) has reopened questions about the organisation’s leadership, governance and accountability, with its Ad Hoc Committee claiming that the development vindicates concerns it has repeatedly raised. Ad Hoc Committee National Coordinator Sammy Aaron says the decision reinforces the committee’s longstanding position that HRDC has been o
Malawi24
Nov 6
African Bar Association Demands Cameroon Mediation
By Joseph Besong November 5, 2026 In resolutions adopted at its September 2026 conference in Cabo Verde and now made available, the African Bar Association condemns abuses by government forces and armed separatists, calling for international mediation, transitional justice and a lasting political settlement. Ten years into Cameroon’s Anglophone crisis, the African Bar Association called for international mediation, reparations for victims and a lasting political settlement. T
Pan African Visions
Nov 5
Syria’s children born with dead fathers lack legal documents
By UN News November 4, 2026 © UNOCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman Child detainees inside Syria's notorious Al Hol camp for displaced people, which includes hundreds of family members of alleged ISIL terrorist fighters. Many children born in Syria since the war began in 2011 have no legal identity because nationality passes only through fathers – many of whom are dead or missing – a member of the independent UN commission investigating rights violations in the country said on Wednesday. “
United Nations News
Nov 5
Besieged West Bank school fortifies against settler attacks
By William Christou and Sufian Abu Taha in al-Mughayyir November 3, 2026 After deaths of five students at hands of Israeli settlers in last academic year, al-Mughayyir’s teachers and pupils are on high alert Students line up on the first day of the school year at a newly fortified al-Mughayyir school. Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA This year, parents in al-Mughayyir had to be persuaded to send their children back to school. Israeli settlers had killed five teenage students las
The Guardian
Nov 5
Hong Kong Activist Joshua Wong Sentenced to 10 Years
By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP, AP and Reuters November 5, 2026 Wong, in prison since 2020, was found guilty of colluding with foreign entities in violation of the city’s national security law. Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong was first imprisoned in 2020 [File: AFP] Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong, who has been in prison since 2020, has been jailed for an additional 10 years. Hong Kong’s High Court found Wong guilty of colluding with foreign entities in violation of
Al Jazeera
Nov 5
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
Families And Survivors seek Justice Over Miners' Deaths
By Ibrahim and Ndiamitso October 30, 2026 Dantala Tanko stands beside the grave of his son Suleiman, a detained miner and a key source of support for the family who died in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), in Gunu, Niger State, Nigeria, October 28, 2026. REUTERS/Ibrahim Ndamitso Purchase Licensing Rights MINNA, Nigeria, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Families of 37 artisinal miners who died in custody in Nigeria want swift justice and the return of pr
Human Rights Watch
Nov 3
Violence in northern Ethiopia pushing health system towards collapse: WHO
By Al Jazeera Staff, Reuters, and The Associated Press November 2, 2026 Renewed fighting between rebels from northern Tigray and the government in Addis Ababa has shattered a 2022 peace deal. The WHO chief warns that medical services in northern Ethiopia are coming under increased strain due to the conflict [Samuel Getachew / Al Jazeera] Fighting and drone strikes in northern Ethiopia are pushing the country’s fragile health system towards collapse, the head of the World Hea
Al Jazeera
Nov 2
