Countries Appeals trial for Liberia war crimes opens in Finland Turku – Suspected warlord Gibril Massaquoi appeared on Tuesday in a Finnish appeals court accused of atrocities in Liberia’s... Read more 11 Jan, 2023
World 60 years after Cuba crisis, nuclear war suddenly thinkable again Washington – For 60 years, the Cuban missile crisis has loomed both as a frightening lesson on how close... Read more 20 Oct, 2022
Countries Key dates in timeline of Ethiopia’s war Addis Ababa – War broke out in Ethiopia’s Tigray nearly two years ago when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed deployed... Read more 7 Oct, 2022
Countries At least 10 killed in twin air strikes on Ethiopia’s Tigray, says hospital Tigray – Ten people were killed in a second day of air strikes on Ethiopia’s Tigray region Wednesday, hospital... Read more 14 Sep, 2022
Countries Uganda makes first damages payment over DRC War Kinshasa – Uganda has made the first payment towards a $325 million bill it was ordered to pay by... Read more 12 Sep, 2022
World ‘We prepare for worst’, says governor of Ukraine frontline region Lysychansk – The governor of the eastern Ukrainian region now seeing heavy fighting with Russia, Sergiy Gaiday, opened the... Read more 20 Jun, 2022
World Ukraine warns only diplomacy can end war Kyiv – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned only a diplomatic breakthrough rather than an outright military victory can end... Read more 22 May, 2022
World Russian ceasefire to begin at besieged Mariupol steel plant Zaporizhzhia – A Russian-announced ceasefire was due to begin Thursday, at the besieged steel plant in the devastated Ukrainian... Read more 8 May, 2022
Countries Libya’s oil industry falls hostage again to politics Tripoli – Libya’s oil industry, the lifeblood of its economy, has fallen hostage once more to a political schism, as... Read more 22 Apr, 2022
World Orphaned Palestinians mourn unarmed mom shot by Israeli soldier Husan – When Ghada Sabatien set out to visit her uncle in a village near Bethlehem, she was not expecting... Read more 21 Apr, 2022