After Landmark Election, a Frustrated Malawi Returns to PollsJustin M. LarsonSeptember 14, 20250 The decision by the country’s top court to overturn the last presidential race was hailed as a victory for democracy.…
Dozens of Students Among Over 200 Dead in Two Boat Disasters in CongoJustin M. LarsonSeptember 13, 20250 One of the boats was carrying mostly students who were returning to town for the start of the new school…
Sudan: As children continue to suffer, school remains a distant hopeJustin M. LarsonSeptember 12, 20250 After more than two years of civil war, more than 25 million people are now acutely hungry and at least 20…
Sudan’s people tortured and killed in ‘slaughterhouses’, rights probe saysJustin M. LarsonSeptember 9, 20250 Shortly after presenting a mandated report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, chair of the Fact-Finding Mission…
Gaza-Bound Flotilla Struck by Drone in Tunisia, Aid Group SaysJustin M. LarsonSeptember 9, 20250 Officials in Tunisia said there was no evidence of an attack on the ship, which the Global Sumud Flotilla hoped…
Thrust Into the Line of Fire, Iranians Worry About What Comes NextJustin M. LarsonSeptember 6, 20250 A 12-day war in June upended the shadow war rivalry between Israel and Iran. Some Iranians want to strike back,…
‘A war of atrocities’ – UN human rights investigators warn Sudanese civilians are paying the highest priceJustin M. LarsonSeptember 5, 20250 “They burned everything,” said one witness of a shelling attack in the Zamzam displacement camp in war-torn Darfur. “They claimed…
DR Congo crisis: Funding cuts curtail assistance to victims of sexual violenceJustin M. LarsonSeptember 5, 20250 The dramatic liquidity crisis currently impacting the UN and its global partners has already prevented a high-level human rights probe…
Downpours stymy aid teams following deadly landslide in war-torn SudanJustin M. LarsonSeptember 4, 20250 The death toll has not yet been verified as ongoing downpours and rugged terrain are making it extremely difficult to…
Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Kasai Province of CongoJustin M. LarsonSeptember 4, 20250 Health officials have recorded 28 suspected cases and 15 fatalities so far in the latest outbreak of the deadly virus,…
Sudan: Hundreds feared dead in Darfur landslideJustin M. LarsonSeptember 2, 20250 Up to 1,000 people are feared dead in the tragedy, which occurred on Sunday in Tarsin village, located in the…
Landslide Kills More Than 1,000 People in Sudan, Rebel Group SaysJustin M. LarsonSeptember 2, 20250 The landslide leveled a village in the remote Marra mountains, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army said. It asked international aid organizations…
A Jamaican Man Served Time in the U.S., Then Was Deported to an African PrisonJustin M. LarsonSeptember 1, 20250 The case of Orville Etoria highlights a tension in President Trump’s deportation agenda, in which immigrants can be sent abroad…
The ‘Economic Storm’ of Crises That Is Battering AfghanistanJustin M. LarsonAugust 30, 20250 Afghanistan was on a timid recovery path. But four years after the Taliban retook power, it has been badly hit…
At Least 70 Drown Off Mauritania After Boat CapsizesJustin M. LarsonAugust 29, 20250 Around 150 people boarded a boat in Gambia that was thought to have been headed for Europe. The boat capsized…
Sudan: Guterres calls for ceasefire in El Fasher, deplores ‘relentless’ militia attacksJustin M. LarsonAugust 29, 20250 António Guterres said he was appalled by the relentless attacks by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia on the North…
Sudan: A staggering 30 million are in need, as war grinds onJustin M. LarsonAugust 29, 20250 Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy for the humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, briefed journalists on her recent visit to…
Relics From an Ancient Egyptian ‘Party Town’ Are Pulled Out of the SeaJustin M. LarsonAugust 28, 20250 Remnants of a 2,000-year-old sunken city, Canopus, were lifted from waters off Alexandria, Egypt, revealing the city might have been…
Sudan: ‘Devastating tragedy’ for children in El Fasher after 500 days of siegeJustin M. LarsonAugust 27, 20250 Around 260,000 civilians – including 130,000 children – remain trapped in the area’s main camp for internally displaced people, enduring…
Longest-Running Rafiki Says Goodbye to ‘The Lion King’Justin M. LarsonAugust 27, 20250 After more than 9,000 performances as the shaman in the Broadway show, Tshidi Manye prepares to hang up her baboon…
DR Congo: The doctor who couldn’t leave GomaJustin M. LarsonAugust 25, 20250 Gunfire tore through the dark. Night after night, the 44-year-old physician from Guinea clung to the hope that the besieged…
DR Congo: Rising insecurity in the east impedes diplomatic progress, Security Council hearsJustin M. LarsonAugust 22, 20250 Despite diplomatic progress in recent months, with the United States brokering a peace agreement between the DRC and Rwanda, and…
Tiébilé Dramé, Voice for Rights in Mali, Is Dead at 70Justin M. LarsonAugust 22, 20250 A former foreign minister, he founded an opposition political party and then served in the government as an unflagging negotiator…
Libya: Security Council urged to back popular ‘yearning’ for national electionsJustin M. LarsonAugust 22, 20250 Hannah Tetteh, who also heads the UN Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), briefed ambassadors in the wake of municipal council elections…
