NAIROBI – With the deadline to close refugee camps in Kenya just over… Continue reading
“Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced over banned Tiananmen vigil”, Reuters
Reuters in Hong Kong, 13 Dec 2021
Lai and seven other democracy campaigners handed prison sentences for commemorating victims of… Continue reading
“Iraq holds funeral for Yazidi mass grave victims of IS”, Agence France-Presse
Kojo (Iraq) (AFP) – Incense wafted in the air as a funeral cortege made its way to a… Continue reading
“Biden needs to add development to his democracy summit’s agenda”, The Hill
By Philippe Benoit, Opinion Contributor, Washington, D.C, 12/08/21
Tomorrow, President Biden will host The Summit for Democracyto… Continue reading
“My dad witnessed the horror of Pearl Harbor firsthand. But his letters never let on”, NPR
Rene Montagne, All Things Considered, December 7, 2021
Art Montagne in Honolulu, 1940; his letter to his mom, December 1941;… Continue reading
“Germany’s Olaf Scholz takes over from Merkel as chancellor”, BBC News
Analyisi, Katya Adler, 8 December 2021
Olaf Scholz has been sworn in as Germany’s new chancellor, bringing to an end… Continue reading
“UNICEF launches US$9.4 billion emergency funding appeal for children affected by conflict, the climate crisis and COVID-19”, UNICEF
Press Release, Geneva, New York, 7 December 2021
Funds will support essential programs for over 177 million children in need… Continue reading
“Urgent solutions needed for refugees as camps set to close”, Médecins Sans Frontières
Press Release, Paris, Nairobi, 6 December 2021
“Myanmar’s Suu Kyi jailed for four years, drawing global outrage”, NPR
Writing by Martin Petty, Ed Davies and Robert Birsel; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore and Angus MacSwan, December 6, 2021
Dec… Continue reading
“Omicron variant fuelling ‘exponential’ rise in Covid cases, say South Africa officials”, The Guardian
Virginia Harrison and agencies, London, 2 Dec 2021
Nearly three-quarters of virus genomes sequenced last month were of new variant,… Continue reading