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Thursday, 09 June 2022 22:42
Somalia: drought, famine, malnutrition
On 31 May the UN's top humanitarian official for the Horn of Africa predicted a devastating outlook for millions of Somalis, amid worsening famine. Before the end of 2022, 7.1 million people will be affected by…
Thursday, 09 June 2022 22:37
Bangladesh: explosion, floods
On 4 June an explosion and deadly fire rocked the Bangladeshi port city of Chittagong, with fifty official casualties, but five days later hundreds were still missing. Firefighters responded to the blaze but used water on…
Thursday, 09 June 2022 22:34
Nigeria: Pentecost Sunday murders
Gunmen burst into St Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state. They opened fire and set off explosives, killing dozens of worshippers, including many children, who were celebrating Mass on Pentecost Sunday. Legislator Adelegbe Timileyin told local…
Thursday, 09 June 2022 22:29
Turkey: preparing a military move into Syria
President Erdogan is giving signals of an imminent cross-border large-scale military incursion into Syria. Military equipment is on the frontier, and artillery shells now pound positions held by Syrian Kurdish armed forces. Senior officials and analysts…
Thursday, 09 June 2022 22:21
USA: Congress passes gun bill
The US House of Representatives has voted through a series of measures regulating the sale of guns. The new measures would bar sales of semiautomatic weapons to people under 21 and ban large-capacity magazines. But Republican…
Thursday, 26 May 2022 23:29
USA: Biden under pressure to do more after school shooting claims 21 lives
On 24 May, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos entered Robb Elementary School in Texas, armed with a handgun and a rifle. He killed nineteen pupils and two teachers before he himself was shot dead. This was the deadliest…