internment of Uyghurs in “re-education” camps under Chinese authorities’ guise of providing vocational training Countries' In their monitoring of Uyghurs’ activities, Chinese authorities previously identified more than Translated by RFA Uyghur. Edited by Roseanne Gerin and Malcolm Foster. © 2023 Radio Free Asia

pushed right to the brink – being recruited at an ever younger age, being used to man checkpoints, being trained Children in more than two-thirds of households are working to support their families, some in extremely More than 70% of Syrian children interviewed by Save the Children showed symptoms of “toxic stress” More than 2.3 million child refugees are in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq. “We know that more than 12,000 children crossed active conflict lines and checkpoints [last year] just

responsibility Tuesday for laying siege to a secondary school in northwestern Nigeria and abducting more than Boko Haram, which roughly translates to “Western education is forbidden,” has fought since 2009 to rule The group has killed more than 36,000 people and displaced millions. More than 800 students studied there before the attack — all boys. The pair ran into what he called a good Samaritan on a motorbike, who returned them to Kankara, he said

week after Congo's government announced the kidnapping of two United Nations experts along with their translator Parts of Congo have experienced insecurity for more than two decades since the end of the Rwandan genocide Just days after the U.N. expressed grave concern about reports of more than 100 people killed in Central militia fighters, a video posted online appeared to show men in Congolese uniforms fatally shooting more than a dozen alleged militia members armed with little more than sticks.

for good reason: Since August 2017, brutal army attacks on this Muslim ethnic minority have sent more than The Rohingya have a different religion, a different skin color, and speak a different language than most Many of these groups have been in the military’s crosshairs for more than half a century. To the south, the army has targeted Christians among the Karen people, driving more than 100,000 refugee the current violence in Myanmar is that it is occurring during the country’s process of democratic transition

more than 25 people who helped vet, approve or strike targets. But the rules remain far more permissive than before the war. , the air force had dropped so many one-ton bombs that it was running low on the guidance kits that transform Some units used speech-to-text software to translate the conversations automatically. But the rules were still far looser than they were before Oct. 7.

Transported by helicopter to the regional military headquarters 100km away, the group were beaten and In 1998, he was allegedly involved in the kidnapping and disappearance of more than 20 Indonesian student “For instance, they can meet him somewhere other than their headquarters, or decline photo opportunities “Our bilateral defence activities incorporate training on professionalism and the laws of armed conflict Translation by Zelda Grimshaw Research for this article was supported by a grant from the Melbourne Press

Israel approves plans for thousands of illegal settlement homes Defence Ministry committee approves more than The Defence Ministry planning committee that oversees settlement construction approved more than 5,000 More than 700,000 Israelis live in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem – territories captured by “That is going to make this an even more permanent place than it already is,” Khan said. And this week, the US said it would not transfer funds to Israeli institutions for science and technology

Just five months ago, the 78-year-old Alassane Ouattara had announced his retirement, pledging to “transfer Why did he not proudly allow Ivory Coast’s first-ever peaceful transfer of power to take place, which In fact, according to the Economist’s 2019 Democracy Index, more than half of Africa’s 55 countries are Last week at least five people were killed and more than 100 injured in three days of pre-election street Women make up more than 50% of those who are unemployed and at least 12% of the population is food insecure

deputy director of the White Helmets, said that the group’s teams in the area had found seven bodies and transferred The minutes it took to transfer them to the hospital felt like hours. Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces, despite opposition from the Syrian government, as well as Russia and Iran The war has killed more than 300,000 civilians , according to the UN. © 2022 Al Jazeera Media Network

Rwanda plays a central role in this mineral trade, acting as the dominant transit hub in the region. Burundi, though possessing a smaller mining sector than Rwanda and Uganda, is a third transit point Although Apple has taken some steps to improve transparency, critics point out that Apple still relies The Government of the DRC should enforce stricter mining laws, ensure transparency in contracts, and sanctions against minerals traffickers, and increase pressure on neighboring states to enforce corporate transparency

More than one-third of Burkina Faso's land is degraded with degradation expanding at a rate of 360,000 so much yield that each person had to walk the approximately 5km (3 miles) several times in order to transport In Burkina Faso there are more than two million severely food insecure people - from more than 680,000 at the same time last year - a greater number than in neighbouring Mali and Niger. organisation works with local communities in Titao and the neighbouring commune of Ouindigui, to collect and transform