Archive for October 13th, 2021
The United States said Wednesday it was providing an additional $26 million to address the humanitarian crisis in northern Ethiopia.The assistance will enable humanitarian agencies to help many of the estimated 6 million to 7 million people in need in ...
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October 13, 2021 Web Desk
Health Services, Medical
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Somalia has welcomed the International Court of Justice decision giving it the right to control much of the 100,000 square kilometers of the Indian Ocean following a dispute with its neighbor, Kenya. Somalia called on Kenya to respect the court verdict...
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October 13, 2021 Web Desk
Judicial, Legal-Judicial
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Botswana's Court of Appeal on Tuesday reserved judgement in a case in which the state seeks to overturn a 2019 ruling that decriminalized same sex relations. In a landmark case the High Court had ruled in favor of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transge...
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October 13, 2021 Web Desk
Judicial
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Human rights activist Julienne Lusenge of the Democratic Republic of Congo was recently proclaimed the winner of the 2021 Aurora Humanitarian Prize for her work with wartime victims of sexual violence. She was one of five humanitarian finalists who wer...
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October 13, 2021 Web Desk
Judicial
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Suspected jihadis killed 10 villagers in an attack on a mosque earlier this week in western Niger's Tillaberi region, local sources said Wednesday.The attack on Monday occurred in the village of Abankor in the tri-border region where Niger, Mali and Bu...
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October 13, 2021 Web Desk
Judicial
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