Tag Archives: Conflict

National Assembly Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula says she remains optimistic that the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Task Force will find urgent and lasting solutions to the current conflict in Ukraine. The Task Force was established to find peaceful solutions to the raging conflict between Ukraine and Russia through parliamentary diplomacy. Mapisa-Nqakula says …

After a dismal outing at the governorship election, the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti has resumed hostilities, this time, over who becomes the substantive chairman of the party. The perennial crisis, which threatened the existence of the party in the state, erupted in the build-up to the governorship primaries which …

As Mozambique battles a brutal Islamist insurgency, the legacy of a decades-long civil war still haunts the African nation where many former rebels refuse to disarm. “It’s hard to live alone, with nothing, living without family nearby,” said Aurelio Capece Mudiua, who demobilised in 2020 after nearly four decades hiding around the …

Video Duration 46 minutes 29 seconds 46:29 From: Featured Documentaries The 2004 kidnap and torture of Khalid el-Masri exposed the CIA’s rendition programme and its effects which are still felt today. In 2004, German citizen Khaled el-Masri disappeared near the Macedonian border. He was kidnapped by the CIA, taken to …

From: 101 East Enter the mysterious world of magic and wizardry in Myanmar. In the light of a full moon on the outskirts of Yangon, a group of people gather around a glittering shrine, chanting incantations. They believe this ceremony will bring magical protection. Across Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of …

A series of targeted attacks on Hindus in Indian-administered Kashmir since late last year has sent shockwaves through the region’s minority community, forcing hundreds to leave the valley since last month. Earlier this week, suspected rebels shot dead Rajni Bala, a 36-year-old teacher, near the entrance of a government school …

Two Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank in separate incidents. Ayman Mahmoud Mheisen, 29, was killed on Thursday morning during a pre-dawn Israeli military raid on the Dheisheh refugee camp in the southern city of Bethlehem, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Mheisen …

A month ago, the body of a man was found dumped by the side of the road in Myanmar’s central city of Mandalay. The victim had been stabbed multiple times, and his hands tied behind his back. Attached to a lanyard around the neck of National League for Democracy (NLD) …

For Palestinian residents, Sunday’s far-right “Jerusalem Day” flag march was a day of provocation and violence against them. About 70,000 Israelis marched through the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem, waving Israeli flags, and emphasising that they, in their eyes, were the true rulers of Jerusalem. The march, marking the …

From: Witness An unfolding family drama reveals a universal clash of generations in Turkey. In a village in southeast Turkey, Mahmut wants to divorce his young wife. At the same time, his sister Zeynep wants to leave the village and go to university against their father’s wishes. Their demands become …