Tanzania Gold Mine Deaths Centre Of London Accreditor Case
By Polina Devitt October 7, 2026 UK gold bullion bars are stacked at Baird & Co in Hatton Garden in London, Britain, October 8, 2025. REUTERS/Hiba Kola/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - The alleged fatal shootings of two illegal artisanal miners, identified only as ZZZ and ZZY, at Tanzania's North Mara gold mine are at the heart of a lawsuit against the London Bullion Market Association that began in London on Wednesday, court documents from bot
Reuters
Oct 9
DRC: Ebola Jeopardising Education For 100,000s Of Children
Hundreds of thousands of children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are having their education disrupted by the largest and deadliest Ebola outbreak in the country’s history, warns the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). By Norwegian Refugee Council Published 06. Oct 2026 NRC distributing hygiene kits as part of virus prevention and control efforts in Ituri Province, eastern DR Congo. Photo: NRC Press release DR Congo School operations and pupil attendance are being
I Was Tortured Because I’m a Somali Woman Who Spoke Out
I was sentenced to three years in jail for insulting government institutions. Now I am free, I will carry on fighting for the women I met in prison By Sadia Moalim Ali Wed 7 Oct 2026 The Somali activist Sadia Moalim Ali, who was detained for speaking out on TikTok and Facebook about issues such as forced evictions, high fuel prices and nepotism. Photograph: Handout ‘Why don’t you just drive your tuk-tuk and do your work?” the judge asked me after videos from my social media a
The Guardian
Oct 9
ICC Unseals Four Arrest Warrants for Taliban Gender Crimes
By United Nations News October 5, 2026 The International Criminal Court (ICC) has made public four arrest warrants against senior Taliban figures, accusing them of persecuting women and girls in Afghanistan, which amounts to a crime against humanity. © UNICEF/Azizullah Karimi | Many girls have exchanged the classroom for household responsibilities following the Taliban's seizure of power in Afghanistan. In a decision on Monday, judges unsealed warrants for Taliban Supreme Lea
United Nations News
Oct 8
Malawi’s New National Action Plan On Albinism
By Samer Muscati June 24, 2026 Addresses Economic Exclusion; Could Become a Regional Model. Since 2023, Maureen Kamatu, 28, has been self-employed at a mobile money cash-transfer booth in Lilongwe. When she first started the business, she faced open discrimination from customers and neighboring vendors. “Passersby often said derogatory things about me as a person with albinism. I heard things like, ‘Is she going to be able to see well? Is she going to be able to count the mon
Human Rights Watch
Oct 8
Person shot during encounter with ICE agents in NYC
By John Miller, Julianna Bragg and Mark Morales 08 October 2026 Members of law enforcement gather at the scene after a shooting reportedly involving US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in the Bronx borough of New York, October 8. David Dee Delgado/Reuters A man was shot during an encounter with federal immigration agents in the Bronx on Thursday afternoon, according to the New York Police Department. Just after 4 p.m., agents with ICE’s Enforcement and Remov
Clara Espinoza
Oct 7
NEW POLL: Two-Thirds of Voters Back the U.S. Refugee Program
By The Refugee Advocacy Lab Majorities of Democrats (78%), Independents (66%), and Republicans (55%) say the U.S. should have a refugee program. Voters also oppose the administration's escalating immigration enforcement and overwhelmingly agree (76%) on a path to citizenship for immigrants. WASHINGTON, D.C. — New polling from Data for Progress, the Refugee Advocacy Lab, and Refugees International finds that voters across party lines still strongly support the U.S. refugee pro
Refugee Advocacy Lab
Oct 7
Angola: Chronic Oil Spills Poison Coast And Communities
By Journalismfund Europe September 28, 2026 LUANDA - A cross-border investigation reveals European, British and US oil giants have been routinely spilling oil in Angola’s oceans for 13 years, leaving residents ill and unable to eat. Multiple complaints have been ignored, while fishermen are asked to clean up under ‘voluntary work agreements’. Praia dos pobres. In the background: LNG refinery in Zaire province (Angola). | Photo: ©Giorgio Michalopoulos While Western oil majors
Singapore: Independent rights experts urge immediate end to ‘unlawful use’ of death penalty
UN News August 18, 2026 Independent UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts on Tuesday condemned the execution of at least 16 people in Singapore for drug-related offences this year and urged the country to end its “continued and unlawful use of capital punishment.” Credit: The United Nations According to the experts – who receive no salary for their work from any UN entity and are not employed by any organization – the Government’s mandatory death penalties and statutory p
United Nations
Oct 6
Human rights organizations call on Singapore to drop charges
Morgan Polen September 10, 2026 Credit: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International and the World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS) on Thursday urged the Singapore government to drop charges against several human rights activists involved in peaceful assemblies in support of Gaza, and to challenge the death penalty. Elijah Tay, Kyal Sin Linn Naing, Dayana Noor Mohamed, Nur Sabrina Kamel, Nurul Afiqah Kamel and Ami
Jurist News
Oct 6
Hong Kong Journalist Arrested On Sedition Charge
Al Jazeera Staff and AP September 30, 2026 Authorities detain media founder over Prince Edward station clash video, as press freedom groups voice concern. Police officers patrol outside the West Kowloon Law Courts Building in Hong Kong [File: May James/EPA] Hong Kong police have arrested an independent journalist on suspicion of incitement by spreading disinformation, local media report. Tang Ho-wing, founder of the online Boom News, was arrested on Wednesday morning, accordi
Al Jazeera
Oct 6
Macao's first national security case raises concerns
Kanis Leung July 29, 2026 Credit: Cherry Au Hon I via AP HONG KONG – When former Macao pro-democracy lawmaker Au Kam San was arrested in July 2025, his family and observers of politics in the Chinese special administrative region were shocked. A year on, little is known about his case, even by his daughter. Au is the first publicly known arrest under Macao’s national security law since its 2009 enactment and critics say his case signals Beijing’s emphasis on security and into
Associated Press
Oct 6
