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Photo credit: AllAfrica  UNHCR said on Thursday that 35,000 Congolese nationals have now reached Burundi since the beginning of February, as Rwanda-backed M23 fighters continue to advance across both South and North Kivu. Scoop World reports that the UN human rights office (OHCHR) in DRC also expressed concern over growing lawlessness as warlords responsible for grave…

Photo credit: Matthias Monroy Germany has experienced several violent incidents in recent years. Institute for Security & Development Policy reports that though the attacks occurred in different regions of the country and the assailants used different methods and had different motivations, they have dominated political discourse, with security and immigration policies becoming central issues ahead…

Photo credit: France24 President Donald Trump of the US in reaction to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s objection to US-Russia talks in Saudi Arabia from which Ukraine was excluded has called Zelensky a “dictator” and deepened the rift between both. Former US President Joe Biden did not escape as Trump said the only thing Zelensky “was really good…

Photo credit: ABC News The traditional belief is that air transport is the safest. However, so many people are doubting that with the frequency of plane crashes this year.  USA Today reports that two small planes collided in the air near a southern Arizona airport, killing two people on Wednesday and marking the second mid-air crash…

A New Jersey man, Jeff Harmon, who uses a wheelchair is training to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Action News reports that Mr Harmon and his friends from Fitness, Fellowship and Faith (called F-3) are preparing for a trek up one of one of the world’s tallest mountain peaks. “I’ve been in a wheelchair since 2017 because…

Photo credit: Bloomberg Members of the Polish parliament should reject a bill that would allow the government to temporarily suspend the right to asylum at Poland’s border with Belarus.  Human Rights Watch reports that the European Commission should act to uphold the European Union treaties and member states’ obligations, including providing access to the asylum…

Photo credit: Aljazeera US President Donald Trump has blamed Ukraine for failure to end the current Russo-Ukraine war which started when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The BBC reports that this was after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was a “surprise” that his country was not invited to peace talks in Saudi Arabia to…