The second-largest rainforest in the world is found in the Congo Basin, which is comprised of six African countries. Burning basin wood for traditional fish smoking in the Republic of Congo, one of the states,threatens to accelerate deforestation. Researchers are looking at ways to counter tmthese effexts.
As challenges to the political party of former Prime Minister Imran Khan rise, concerns over whether Pakistan’s general elections on February 8 would be free and fair are becoming more prevalent.Calls to delay elections in the face of declining security and a lackluster campaign season are another factor raising the uncertainty.
Since the October 7th Hamas attack and the ensuing war in Gaza, relations between Israel’s Arab and Jewish people have become more fraught. Many Arab citizens say they are worried about being penalized if they speak out.
This week, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa classified a “state of war” against 22 gangs and declared them as terrorist groups. The move came in response to an armed attack on Tuesday during a live television broadcast in the port city of Guayaquil, where masked men kidnapped journalists.
A wide range of software and hardware solutions were unveiled on Friday during the final day of the annual Consumer Electronics Show, CES, that was held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Human Rights Watch accused Israel of war crimes in its annual report, which was released on Thursday. The rights group also claimed that other governments expressed “selective outrage” over the atrocities committed in the Gaza War.
For the past three weeks, family members of dozens of missing Baloch persons in Pakistan have been protesting in an outdoor camp in Islamabad despite the bitter cold. In order to recover their loved ones, who they claim were kidnapped by security agencies, they are demanding the state act. The interim information minister of Pakistan told VOA that the decades old problem of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in the region of Balochistan cannot be resolved by his government.
The disregard of human rights by many governments in pursuit of short-term strategic goals is “emboldening” abusive regimes around the world and contributing to global instability in the long term, this year’s annual world report by Human Rights Watch says.
More than 20 people could face life in prison after junta officials charged them under Myanmar’s counter-terrorism laws, residents told Radio Free Asia.
In an effort to restore the health and dignity of women suffering from obstetric fistula, a U.S. non-profit is working with the Rwandan government to provide free surgical care.