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Sub-saharan Africa saw a record 16.5 mil. internally displaced people in 2022 — report

A “perfect storm” of overlapping conflicts in African countries and Ukraine, coupled with climate change-triggered disasters around the world forced a record 71.1 million people to flee within their own country in 2022, monitors said on Thursday (11 May). An unprecedented 71.1 million internally displaced people (IDPs) were registered last year — up 20% from […]

Pope Francis condemns ‘brutal atrocities’, ‘poison of greed’ fueling conflict in DRC

Pope Francis on Wednesday (1 February) slammed “brutal atrocities, which bring shame upon all humanity” and denounced the “poison of greed” for mineral resources driving conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as he began a visit there a day earlier. The 86-year-old Francis is the first pontiff to visit Congo since John Paul II […]

Egypt: Right Groups pan Cairo for human right violations

Human Rights Watch Tuesday criticised Cairo for smashing people’s rights in its campaign against IS fighters in North Sinai and said it may produce more militants as its buffer zone creation is leaving thousands of residents with no roof and no means of subsistence. The Chief of the Human Watch Dog in Middle East and […]