A picture shows piled files awaiting disposition in Lebanon's Justice Palace in Beirut on August 30, 2022. - Institutions in crisis-hit Lebanon have reached a state of disrepair that mirrors the country's broader unravelling -- even in the corridors of power, the paint is peeling and the lights are off. (Photo by JOSE…
A Syrian boy searches building rubble for items to salvage in the town of Jableh in the province of Latakia, northwest of the capital, on February 10, 2023, in the aftermath of a deadly earthquake. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images) Security & Conflict Governance & Politics Syria So Close Yet So Far: The Poli…
Click to expand Image People read newspapers and magazines on a street in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 7, 2020. © 2020 Samuel Habtab/AP Photo Ethiopian authorities are intensifying their assault on media freedom in the country. On August 1, unidentified security personnel detained Yonas Kedir, the editor-in-chief o…
(Nairobi) – The Ugandan authorities have brought abusive criminal charges against an opposition politician, Muwanga Kivumbi, apparently based on his criticism of the president’s son, who is head of the armed forces, Human Rights Watch said today. On July 29, 2026, the authorities charged Kivumbi, a deputy president of…
Click to expand Image A vendor seeks cover as soldiers disperse demonstrators in Harare, Zimbabwe, after protests erupted over alleged fraud in the country's election on August 1, 2018. © 2018 Zinyange Auntony/AFP via Getty Images Eight years on, justice is still elusive for the families of 6 people killed and the 35 …
Click to expand Image Makeshift shelters for communities displaced from Nagero County to Bazia, Wau County, South Sudan, November 18, 2025. © 2025 Joe Falzetta South Sudan’s army, opposition forces, and their respective allied militias abused residents and caused much of the population to flee during fighting in 2025 …
In a report published in late July, Save the Children denounced the exploitation of migrant children between Italy and France. The NGO said that minors, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, are being sexually exploited to pay for their safe passage into France from the Italian border.
CAIRO, EGYPT – 2 August 2026 – The British University in Egypt hosted a ceremony honoring the highest-achieving students in Egypt’s 2026 national secondary school, or Thanaweya Amma, examinations, awarding them full scholarships to study at the University in partnership with the Mohamed Farid Khamis Foundation for Com…
Download Court upholds conviction of Wet’suwet’en land defender; New legislation raises concerns over civic freedoms DATE POSTED: 21.07.2026 Sasun Bughdaryan/Unplash Judges gavel and open book on table This update covers developments relating to the freedoms of expression, association and assembly in Canada from Febru…
Young doctors have been leaving Tunisia in record numbers, for better work conditions and opportunities, impacting the country’s healthcare system.