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Eritreans subject to torture, sexual violence during national service — UN investigator

Eritrean refugees and asylum-seekers have reported that they had experienced torture, inhumane or degrading treatment, sexual and gender-based violence, forced labor and abusive conditions during compulsory national service in the country, according to an UN report circulated Monday (7 August). The UN independent investigator on human rights, Mohamed Babiker, said in the report that Eritrea, […]

Morocco, India sign defense cooperation deal

Morocco and India have signed a memorandum of understanding on defense cooperation this Monday during a meeting between, Morocco’s minister in charge of the administration of national defense, Abdellatif Loudiyi, and Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh who is paying a high-level visit to Morocco. The MoU covers cooperation in the fields of training, exercises and […]

Uganda’s IS-linked militants kill scores of villagers in east Congo attacks

Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 40 civilians in a string of attacks on several villages in east Democratic Republic of Congo over the past few days, according a local human rights group and a hospital worker. Assailants, believed to be members of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), first targeted a group of villagers from […]