UNITED NATIONS (AA) – At least 450,000 children in Sudan have been forced to flee their homes due to the ongoing fighting, according to the UN children’s agency, UNICEF. For weeks the conflict-hit African nation has been engulfed by violence between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group. An estimated 82,000...
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AA): For improving infrastructure and supporting humanitarian projects in Afghanistan, seven agreements were signed on Friday during the annual meeting of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group. The four-day event, which started in the Saudi port city of Jeddah, saw dozens of international deals signed in many fields, ...
Dakar, Senegal (AFP): The Malian army reportedly executed at least 500 people during an operation assisted by French troops in central Mali in March 2022, it came to light in a report released on Friday by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. OHCHR “has reasonable grounds to believe that at least 500 people were […]
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – At least 17 children died when the boat they were traveling in capsized Tuesday in the Dandeji River in the Shagari Local Government Area of northwestern Nigeria’s Sokoto State. An official of the state government, Aluyu Dantani, told Anadolu that their bodies were recovered by local divers. He said they were [&helli...
GENEVA (AA) – Some 4.3 million people in northeast Nigeria are likely to face severe hunger during the lean season from June to August, the UN warned on Friday. Jens Laerke, the spokesman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told a UN weekly press briefing that the period between harvests, […]
Cairo, Egypt (AFP): Sudan’s already troubled health sector faces the risk of “disaster” after more than two weeks of heavy fighting have rocked the poverty-stricken country, a UN World Health Organization official warns. Even before the deadly conflict broke out on April 15, “the healthcare system in Sudan faced numerou...
BURSA, Türkiye (AA) – A tour bus carrying students crashed and overturned in northwestern Türkiye, killing at least three people, including two children, and injuring 44 others, an official said early Monday. The tour bus, which was en route to the Turkish capital Ankara from the northwestern province of Canakkale, slammed into a barrier in [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Complaints about discrimination against Muslim children rose by 63 percent in 2022, according to a report by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Speaking to Anadolu, head of Research and Advocacy at CAIR Corey Saylor said it is the first recorded decline in civil rights complaints by Muslim Americans since t...
GENEVA (AA) – The Spanish church has asked for forgiveness from victims of sexual abuse, confessing its “great sin” which affects “one in five children in Europe,” according to local media. The apology came during the inaugural address of the Plenary Assembly of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (CEE), which is bei...
Rabat, Morocco (AFP): Three defendants accused of repeatedly raping a Moroccan girl pleaded not guilty Thursday as the case went to appeal, after their light sentences shocked the country. The victim was only 11 when she was “repeatedly raped” and became pregnant, according to rights groups in the North African kingdom. The legal t...
