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

By Gerald Imray October 5, 2026 Workers and visitors walk near the entrance to Matsapha Correctional Complex, a maximum-security prison near Manzini, Eswatini, April 23, 2026. File photo by Oupa Nkosi/Reuters A Laotian citizen deported by the United States to Eswatini under the Trump administration's immigration crackdown was released from a maximum-security prison in the African nation on Sunday after being held there for more than a year, his lawyer said. Phone Chomsavanh w

By James Tasamba November 6, 2026 Attackers also burned several houses and businesses as they fled, says civil society leader Source: Anadolu Ajansı Suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebel group launched an overnight attack on several villages in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 24 civilians, a civil society leader said Friday. The attack occurred overnight Thursday into Friday in Beni territory, North Kivu province, civil society l

India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, with the Facebook chief, Mark Zuckerberg. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images May 20, 2024 Hannah Ellis-Petersen The Facebook and Instagram owner Meta approved a series of AI-manipulated political adverts during India’s election that spread disinformation and incited religious violence, according to a report shared exclusively with the Guardian. Facebook approved adverts containing known slurs towards Muslims in India, such as “let’s burn

Wycliffe Muia November 6, 2026 President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's four-year mandate expired in May Somalia's Supreme Court has ruled that President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud unlawfully extended his term, escalating a political crisis and a standoff between the presidency and judiciary. Thursday's ruling came a day after Mohamud dismissed Chief Justice Bashe Yusuf Ahmed - a move which the court said the president lacked the authority to take. The court also ordered political leader

By Human Rights Watch November 1, 2026 Opposition Members and Critics Forcibly Disappeared, Arbitrarily Detained, Beaten A police vehicle on the outskirts of Lusaka, Zambia, August 14, 2026. © 2026 Alfonso Nqunjana/AP Photo Zambian police and military forcibly disappeared, arbitrarily detained, beat, and threatened opposition members, lawyers, journalists, and government critics in the days before and after general elections in August. The post-election climate of intimidati

By Breaking Burundi October 17, 2026 Activists say the committee's composition raises concerns about conflicts of interest and its ability to hold officials accountable for implementing the country's anti-corruption strategy. Members of the committee overseeing the country’s national anti-corruption strategy/ Ntare Rushatsi House Civil society organisations in Burundi have questioned the composition and effectiveness of a committee established by President Évariste Ndayishimi

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

By Nuevaterra Mambor October 31, 2026 Instagram kualimerahputih Jayapura, Jubi – Forest and land fires (karhutla) should not be attributed solely to El Niño and climate change, but must also be examined in the context of economic activities and corporate expansion that contribute to environmental destruction, said Franky Samperante, executive director of the Pusaka Bentala Rakyat Foundation. Samperante made the remarks while presenting a paper titled Scapegoating Forest Fires

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

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. “

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

By Al Jazeera November 1, 2026 The mandate for UN mission that was tasked to monitor 1991 truce and hold referendum in disputed territory expires. A Sahrawi man at a closed school in Bir Lahlou in Western Sahara [File: Bernat Armangue/AP] Morocco has welcomed the defeat of a US-drafted resolution which sought to extend the mandate of the UN mission in the disputed Western Sahara. The mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) expired

By International Organization for Migration (IOM) November 2, 2026 IOM Director General Amy Pope addresses the International Dialogue on Migration in Geneva, highlighting the need to rebuild trust in migration governance. Photo: IOM/Burak Cerci Geneva, 2 November 2026 – Misinformation about migration is spreading fast, increasingly amplified by artificial intelligence. It is turning anxiety into suspicion and people into targets, the head of the UN Migration agency warned tod

Special Report, November 2026 By Taiga Sarli MERIP. The Armenian Genocide in Kurdish Collective Memory. Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) The Armenian Genocide was the persecution and partial destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. From 1915 to 1916, Armenians, a mostly Christian ethnic group, were discriminated against, persecuted, and oppressed before the genocide began. During the rule of the Committee of Union an

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

Special Report, October 2026 By Grace Harris and Erik Heyman UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Wiebe Kiestra Judges hold hearings at the International Court of Justice. UN News. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda have experienced decades of atrocities stemming from unresolved ethnic conflicts since the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and the subsequent Congo Wars. The DRC has now brought forth a case against Rwanda in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the crime of ge

By UN Meetings Coverage an Press Releases (GA/SHC/4455) November 2, 2026 General Assembly/ Third Committee, Eighty-First Session, 37th & 38th Meetings (AM & PM): Racism and xenophobia are resurging worldwide, as artificial intelligence threatens to entrench discrimination and digital platforms amplify hatred, United Nations experts warned the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today, calling for urgent action to confront racial injustice and the enduring lega

By Wycliffe Muia November 4, 2026 The devastating two-year civil war killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions. AFP via Getty Images; Credits: BBC An Ethiopian-born American citizen has pleaded guilty to passing highly classified intelligence to Ethiopia, including information he hoped would help target and kill fighters from the Tigray region during the country's 2020-22 civil war. Abraham Teklu Lemma, a former US contractor, admitte

By Qatar Charity November 4, 2026 Doha – November 2026 As part of its humanitarian efforts to support refugees and strengthen food security, particularly as winter approaches, Qatar Charity distributed 3,380 food baskets to refugee families in three camps in the Republic of Djibouti, benefiting approximately 17,000 people. The distribution was carried out in coordination with the National Office for Assistance to Refugees and Displaced Persons and the relevant authorities. Th

Deadly drone attacks in Sudan have led to fierce diplomatic disputes with Ethiopia, exposing complex regional rivalries and fragile border security. By Mohammad Mansour November 3, 2026 Rubble left after fires at Alneam market after a drone attack in the disputed Abyei region along the border between South Sudan and Sudan, October 20, 2026 [Handout via Reuters] Credits: Al Jazeera The Sudanese government’s allegations that Ethiopia is behind a deadly wave of unmanned aerial a

By Reuters November 4, 2026 Ethiopia has ordered six Sudanese diplomats to leave the country, a senior Ethiopian official said on Wednesday, marking a further deterioration in relations between the two sides over allegations each is supporting the other’s enemies. (AFP/File) Photo & Caption Credit: Arab News Nov 4 (Reuters) - Ethiopia has ordered six Sudanese diplomats to leave the country, a senior Ethiopian official said on Wednesday, marking a further deterioration in rela

By Jacqueline Charles November 3, 2026 An armored personnel carrier of Haiti's UN-backed Gang Suppression Force (GSF) patrols an area after El Salvador announced a rescue mission for four air force members in the GSF that went missing after a gang ambush, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 23, 2026. Patrice Noel REUTERS The United Nations is distancing itself from El Salvador’s unprecedented military buildup in Haiti, confirming that the vast majority of the Central American n

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

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