Somalia’s public education system has been hampered by 30 years of conflict, poverty, weak governance, and climate change, affecting nearly 3 million people. That includes 1.4 million girls, who require assistance to attend school. Somalia was once considered one of the leading countries in the Horn of Africa for quality education, owing to a ...
Palestinians hold weekly rallies in different areas across occupied West Bank to protest illegal Jewish settlements. RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 26 Palestinians sustained injuries when the Israeli forces fired rubber-coated bullets and tear gas shells to disperse rallies on Friday in different areas in the northern occupied West Bank. ...
A Jewish activist supporting Palestinian farmers in Burin, a village in the occupied West Bank, was injured in an attack by a group of Israeli settlers. Doron Maynrat, a 60-year-old Jewish peace activist and a member of the “Olive Harvest Coalition” civil movement, said support for the Palestinians comes at a price. A group of […]
IDLIB, Syria (AA) – Braving harsh winters, Syrian fathers stay awake at night to make sure their children do not to freeze to death in opposition-held Idlib. Hundreds of tents in the internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Idlib along the border between Turkey and Syria were destroyed recently by heavy snowfall and downpour. The [&he...
Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails are suffering from the cold due to a lack of heating along with authorities’ blocking of donations of winter clothes. “All detainees suffer from shortages of clothes and blankets and the lack of heating means that could protect them from the cold weather,” the Palestine Liberation Organi...
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – The European Union foreign policy chief warned Serbia against genocide denial on Tuesday after a meeting of the EU-Serbia Stabilisation and Association Council (SA Council). Josep Borrell said such denial is not compatible with European values. “There is no place in Europe for genocide denial. There is no pl...
