According to Premier Sihle Zikalala, the province has not reached the resurgence threshold, although the number of cases has been fluctuating in the past week, with the province recording the higher number of 353 cases on Friday
Since 2018, the Kyrgyzstan chapter of the global non-profit has been bringing digital resources to remote schools that might otherwise have no internet connection – and thus no way to access curricula during the pandemic
More than 40,000 refugees have fled Ethiopia’s Tigray region to Sudan. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its partners are delivering and distributing life-saving aid, including hot meals, water and latrines for the arrivals
For more than a year, the Cambodian government has been rounding up supporters of the banned Cambodian National Rescue Party and charging them with treason. Amid tight security and chaotic scenes, 129 of them appeared Thursday before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, although their trials have now been put off until early next year
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Julian Assange given the worrying increase in cases of Covid-19 contamination in Belmarsh prison, where the founder of Wikileaks, confined in his cell, awaits following his trial.
Deadly violence in Zimbabwe’s gold mining sector was a problem for years until COVID-19 restrictions brought it to a sudden, surprising halt. Now, with lockdown measures gradually lifting, some in the sector fear the violence will return
Guangzhou-based rights activist Zhang Wuzhou has been subjected to torture in detention after she opposed Beijing’s imposition of a draconian national security law on Hong Kong, according to her son
With over 60,000 people homeless in Los Angeles, homeless advocates in the city are coming up with new ideas for creating homes for those without one
Nigerian activists are calling for better tracking of sex offenders after the number of rapes tripled during the COVID-19 pandemic
Serbian sculptor Nikola Macura turns weapons and military equipment into musical instruments. He’s used handheld mortars, Kalashnikovs, and helmets as part of a new sound installation called From Noise To Sound