According to his lawyer, a Ugandan court has issued an arrest warrant for an international award-winning novelist who fled to Germany last month to seek treatment for injuries he claims were caused by security agents during torture. On Wednesday, the warrant was issued. Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was detained in December and kept for about a month […]
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Millions of people face severe drought in Somalia
Somalia, Luglow – Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are facing severe hunger as a result of the region’s worst drought in 40 years. Aid agencies fear that, as the situation worsens, a focus on the Ukraine crisis will overwhelm the agenda and donors at a critical time for Somalia, in particular, in […]
Sri Lanka orders troops as protest erupts amid crisis in country
After a sharp increase in the price of key commodities and the resulting shortages prompted tens of thousands of people to line for hours, Sri Lanka’s military has ordered soldiers to be stationed at hundreds of petrol stations to assist in the distribution of fuel. The island nation in the Indian Ocean is dealing with […]
India seems ‘somewhat shaky’ in acting against Russia over Ukraine invasion
US President Joe Biden has said only India among the Quad group of countries is “somewhat shaky” in acting against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, as India tries to balance its ties with Russia and the West. While the other Quad countries – the United States, Japan and Australia – have sanctioned Russian entities […]
Crypto saves young Afghans from worst of crisis
In the middle of a bazaar in western Afghanistan, Arezo Akrimi takes out her smartphone and, after a few taps of the screen, changes some cryptocurrency for a bundle of hard cash. Akrimi, 19, is one of the 100 students in Herat receiving approximately $200 a month in cryptocurrency since September thanks to the American […]
Sky-rocketing prices in cash-stripped Sri Lanka cause misery across country
Officials in Sri Lanka say at least two people have died while waiting in long lines for petrol, as severe shortages and skyrocketing prices inflict agony and hardship across the island nation. The men, who were in their sixties, died while waiting for petrol and kerosene oil in two different sections of the country, according […]
At least six people die in ferry collision in Bangladesh
A cargo vessel collided with a ferry carrying dozens of people along a river outside of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, killing at least six people. Rozina Akhter of the Fire Service said they couldn’t tell how many people were on board the ferry. When the boat collided near Narayanganj, just outside of Dhaka, on Sunday, between […]
China Eastern airlines passenger plane crashes in Southern China
A passenger plane carrying 132 people from China Eastern Airlines crashed in southern China after losing communication with air traffic control and falling thousands of metres in less than three minutes. There was no instant confirmation of the death toll, but President Xi Jinping issued an unusually rapid public statement, describing himself as “shocked” and […]