Gaza polio vaccination coverage has reached 90 percent
Polio vaccination coverage in Gaza has reached 90 percent, the chief of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency, Philippe Lazzarini,...
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Burkina Faso junta failing to contain Jihadist violence
An attack that killed hundreds of civilians in Burkina Faso on August 24th underscores the ruling military junta's failure to...
UN chiefs calls UN staff killings in Gaza ‘unacceptable’
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the lack of accountability for the killing of United Nations staff and humanitarian aid workers...
Mali junta suspends channel TV5 Monde
Mali's ruling junta has suspended French-language channel TV5 Monde for three months on September 11th, according to AFP. They cited...
Libya’s factions progress in central bank crisis talks
Libya's rival factions have made progress in talks to resolve the central bank crisis and will continue discussions on September...
Libya oil exports fall as NOC cancels cargoes amid crisis
Libyan oil exports plummeted by 81% as the National Oil Corporation canceled cargoes amid a power struggle over control of...
Israeli airstrikes hit UN school and homes in Gaza
Israeli airstrikes across Gaza on September 11th hit a U.N. school sheltering displaced Palestinian families as well as two homes,...
Tunisia: body rejects monitoring groups due to ‘foreign funds’
On September 11th, the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) rejected requests from civil society organizations to monitor the presidential...
Biden seeks accountability after death of US citizen in West Bank
President Joe Biden said on September 11 that Israel must ensure that incidents like the fatal shooting of a Turkish-American...
Jordan’s Islamists make gains in parliamentary elections
Jordan's Islamist opposition made substantial gains in the election, initial results showed on September 11, according to The Arab Weekly...
Algerian opposition candidates challenge election result
The two candidates who ran in Algeria’s presidential race legally challenged the election result on September 10, as reported by...
UN says warring parties in Sudan are disregarding international law
On September 10th, UN Human Rights Deputy High Commissioner Nada Al-Nashif condemned the warring parties in Sudan for disregarding international...
Borrell: West Bank could become “new Gaza”
European Union diplomat Josep Borrell warned on September 10th that increased violence in the occupied West Bank means it risks...
ICC seeks to confirm Hamas leader’s death
Legal filings found on September 10th showed that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is looking into the death of Hamas...
Lebanon’s ex-central bank chief to remain in detention amid probe
On September 9, a judge ruled that Lebanon’s former central bank governor, Riad Salameh, would remain in detention as part...
