A Malaysian government project to move children of migrants from detention centers into a so-called child-friendly shelter is inadequate because they remain confined even at the new location, human rights and child welfare activists say.
Seven members of a local defense force were killed during a raid by junta troops on a Sagaing region base, a People’s Defense Force information officer told Radio Free Asia.
The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, briefs the UN Security Council meeting about the Syrian conflict
Sudanese children at a refugee camp in eastern Chad say that Janjaweed rebels in Darfur have made them orphaned in recent months. Reporter Henry Wilkins speaks to children who are left behind in a foreign country with little help as media and rights organisations continue to report on atrocities.
After a series of deadly attacks by al-Shabab terrorists, hundreds of nonlocal teachers in Kenya’s northeast are demanding transfers out of the region, which is largely Muslim causing an education crisis in the country. Schools reopened August 28, but most students have not yet resumed classes.
Myanmar’s junta has pledged to build 20 villages as part of a plan to repatriate thousands of Muslim Rohingya who fled a crackdown to neighboring Bangladesh, but members of the ethnic group say they don’t trust the regime and won’t accept the offer.
At the closing of the seventy-seventh session of the United Nations General Assembly, Csaba Krösi, who presided over the assembly, handed the gavel to Dennis Francis, who would preside over the assembly’s upcoming seventy-eighth session
Following the official launch of commercial operations for the Lagos Blue Line train on Monday, passengers will finally get to enjoy some relief. The 13-kilometer-long ride’s opening was celebrated by the governor of Lagos other, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, along with other Lagosians and state officials.
An influx of refugees from the neighboring Sudan has overwhelmed the abilities of aide groups, prompting Doctors Without Borders to appeal to the international community to prevent a “catastrophic” humanitarian disaster in Chad.
A sudden increase in electricity bills has left Pakistanis angry. People are demanding the government repeal the new charges that have made electricity practically expensive for many in daily protests that started in late August. Pakistan bureau chief Sarah Zaman explains why this problem has emerged.