Tag: conflicts
More than 100,000 recently fled the fighting in the Congo | News in brief
More than 100,000 people have fled fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo in central Africa in the past week. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA,…
United States: RSF forces committed genocide in Sudan | News in brief
The assessment is based, among other things, on information about “systematic” murders and rapes carried out by the RSF, says the US Secretary of State. The paramilitary RSF forces, which…
Israel says it intercepted a missile launched by Yemen | News in brief
The Israeli army says it has repelled a missile launched from Yemen after the missile had arrived in Israeli territory early Friday. The Israeli army informed about it in a…
Georgia’s new president set to take office – current president refuses to resign | News in brief
In Georgia, there have been protests for weeks against elections that were considered fraudulent, as well as for the country’s EU membership. The inauguration of the new president will take…
WHO: The last major hospital in northern Gaza out of service | News in brief
According to the World Health Organization WHO, the Kamal Adwan hospital is out of use following the Israeli military operation targeting it on Friday morning. Israel’s Friday morning military operation…
The UN demands an investigation into Pakistan’s airstrike in Afghanistan | News in brief
The UN says it has received credible evidence that dozens of civilians, some of whom were women and children, died in the attack. On Thursday, UNAMA, the UN aid mission…
In Syria, twelve employees of the Ministry of the Interior died in an ambush | News in brief
According to the monitoring organization, the security forces had been arresting a former officer of the al-Assad regime. According to the interior minister of the Syrian transitional government, 14 members…
In Haiti, two journalists and a policeman were killed in an attack on the opening of a hospital | News in brief
According to preliminary information, the gang started shooting at the hospital, which was about to be reopened. At least two journalists were killed on Christmas Eve in an attack on…
Famine spreads in war-torn Sudan | News in brief
More than 600,000 people in Sudan are already suffering from a catastrophic famine, and in addition, more than eight million people are on the verge of starvation. Famine has spread…
The United States struck an Isis target in Syria | News in brief
The United States announces that it has carried out an airstrike in Syria, which killed two members of the terrorist organization ISIS. In addition, one was wounded. At the time…