Local market traders say that the conflict in Sudan has led to a significant rise in pricing in the border region of South Sudan’s neighbor. The World Bank estimates that 90% of South Sudan’s revenue is generated by oil exports through Sudan, but the conflict is also stifling the country’s ability to produce and export oil.
Junta heavy artillery killed a nine-year-old boy in Sagaing region’s Yinmarbin township, residents told RFA Wednesday.
Under the Taliban, Rashmin Joyenda, an Afghan woman, fought for women’s freedom and education in Afghanistan. She has now found asylum in France. She fled her country after being detained by the Taliban for her protests, and she now speaks out against the regime from Paris.
An ongoing violence that has spread to several regions of the country has made the humanitarian crisis in Sudan worse. Nonprofits working in conflict zones say that funding is still inadequate despite the injection of $1.5 billion in aid from donors. Those fleeing the Sudan say that the humanitarian response in the neighboring countries is inadequate, forcing them to return back to their own country.
Merchants and customers in Dhaka and throughout the nation said prices are climbing for domestic onions, broiler chickens and potatoes by 10% to 25% as well.
In their quest to reach Europe, Hundreds of young Afghans are choosing to make the treacherous journey to Iran.They say lack of job opportunities in Afghanistan is the reason they are fleeing.
Despite US efforts to curb migration, migrants continue to reach Mexico’s northern border. However, it’s not just people of countries in Central and South America.
Indonesia’s religiously conservative Aceh region has forbidden men and women not related or married to one another from being together in public places or vehicles, by issuing new tightened rules for keeping the opposite sexes apart.
Three days before its five-year term formally coming to an end, Pakistan’s parliament was dissolved on the advice of its prime minister. Despite the fact that it was the third successive parliament in the 76-year history of the country to complete its term, some argue that Pakistan’s democracy remains weak in Pakistan as the military continues to be the center of power.
Bangladesh’s draft Cyber Security Bill is nearly identical to the Digital Security Act it is meant to replace, with similar repressive provisions and harsh punishments that curb free speech, analysts said Thursday.