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Reports say, Russia is conducting successful electronic warfare against Ukrainian drones, The Economist reports, citing defense industry sources. “The Russians are very, very good at what they do … They are performing black…

A United Nations independent commission of inquiry has held a second series of public hearings as part of its mandate to investigate human rights violations in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. The five-day hearings in…

UN human rights monitors have documented dozens of summary killings of Ukrainian and Russian prisoners of war (POWs) as well as torture, the use of human shields and other abuses since Russia invaded its neighbour, according to a report…

This weekend, Vice President Kamala Harris begins a three-country tour of Africa as the United States seeks to pitch itself as a better partner than China, which has invested heavily in the continent over several decades. Harris will be…

Luz de America, Ecuador – Carlos and Maria spent their childhoods working more than 10 hours a day on a plantation, earning less than minimum wage. They never got days off, while living in overcrowded camps without electricity or clean…

Mozambique’s largest sugar company has suspended sugar exports for at least two months due to the flooding of its cane plantations. Açucareira de Xinavane cited the difficulty of transporting sugar by rail to the port of Maputo, with the…

Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the Hollywood film Hotel Rwanda and was serving a 25-year sentence in Rwanda on “terrorism” charges, has had his sentence commuted by presidential order. The announcement was made by a…

A Kenyan court has dismissed an appeal by two men who are serving long sentences for their role in the 2015 Garissa University College attack, which left 148 people dead. Judge Cecilia Githua said Hassan Edin Hassan and Mohammed Abdi…

Rwanda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Vincent Biruta has said that the country is concerned about an imminent "genocide" against Kinyarwanda-speaking civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Addressing the National Consultative…

Russian forces may have to advance as far as Kyiv or Lviv in Ukraine, Russia’s former president Dmitry Medvedev says, amid reports Moscow was losing momentum in the war-torn city of Bakhmut. Medvedev, deputy chairman of Russia’s Security…