Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – The Burkinabe government has dismissed a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report claiming that more than 1,800 civilians were killed in alleged abuses by military forces and allied militias over the three years since Ibrahim Traoré seized power. “The report is false, consisting of conjecture and serious…
Aid organizations are warning that the ongoing war in the Middle East has severely disrupted the delivery of food, medicine, and essential supplies to millions of people in need worldwide. The conflict, particularly around the Strait of Hormuz, has forced humanitarian groups to reroute shipments along longer, costlier paths, threatening…
Footage released by the Iranian Red Crescent shows damaged buildings and emergency teams responding to ongoing attacks, as Israel confirmed it carried out a “wide‑scale” series of strikes targeting Tehran and the West Azerbaijan province in north-west Iran. The attacks come amid reports from US media that Washington is considering…
For the first time in over two years, athletes in the Gaza Strip have returned to organized sport, participating in a symbolic race that reflects cautious optimism amid a fragile ceasefire. The event, described locally as a “marathon,” was held on Friday and organized by the Emirati group Al Fares…
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has warned that 2025 has become the deadliest year on the “Eastern Route” migration corridor, which stretches from the Horn of Africa across the Red Sea to the Arabian Peninsula. According to the United Nations agency, at least 922 migrants died or went missing…
At least 64 people have been killed and 89 others injured following a strike on a hospital in Sudan’s East Darfur region, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), in one of the deadliest attacks on healthcare facilities since the conflict began. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus confirmed that the…
An airstrike has severely damaged Al-Daein Teaching Hospital in Sudan’s conflict-ridden Darfur region, leaving parts of the facility in ruins and raising fears of significant casualties among patients and medical staff. Eyewitnesses described scenes of panic and confusion as munitions struck without warning, hitting the hospital at a time when…
Seven irregular migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have been found dead on a beach east of Libya’s capital, Tripoli, the Libyan Red Crescent reported on Sunday. Among the deceased were three children, according to a worker from the organisation, who added that additional bodies may yet be discovered. The Libyan Red…
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a local civil society group have reported the discovery of mass graves in eastern regions recently vacated by the M23 rebel group, highlighting ongoing instability despite a United States-mediated peace initiative. Jean Jacques Purusi, governor of South Kivu province, told…
The United Nations has warned that the killing of civilians in Sudan’s ongoing war more than doubled in 2025 compared with the previous year, with thousands more dead remaining unidentified or missing. Volker Turk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addressed the alarming situation during a briefing to the UN…