Associated Press January 27, 2025 By JOSEPH FALZETTA South Sudan’s army has launched a brutal military operation against opposition forces after recent territorial losses South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit. Copyright AP Photo / Brian Inganga NAIROBI, Kenya -- NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — South Sudan’s army, following territorial losses in recent weeks, has announced a major military operation against opposition forces, raising fears for civilian safety. In a statement on Sunday, army...

A United Nations letter to Colombia warns that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in the Atrato River basin is causing a grave human rights crisis for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities By Steven Grattan A group of women, part of Asociacion Nuestra Casa Comun, or Our Community House Association, go by boat to an area destroyed by illegal mining, on the Quito River, the Atrato River’s main tributary, near Paimado, Colombia, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File)...

By Samy Magdy Libyan officials say clashes between two heavily armed militia groups in Tripoli, the country’s capital, terrorized...