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Dans cet épisode d’Afrique 360°, Enrica Picco et Rinaldo Depagne reçoivent Frédéric Manantsoa Lai, coordinateur des urgences pour Médecins Sans Frontières, et Onesphore Sematumba, analyste senior pour la République démocratique du Congo et le Burundi à Crisis Group, pour parler de l’épidémie d’Ebola en RDC et de ses conséquences sur la population congolaise, déjà marquée par des années de conflit.
İkinci Dünya Savaşı sonrasında şekillenen uluslararası düzen giderek çözülürken, Ankara ve diğer Avrupa başkentlerindeki yetkililer güvenlik alanında birlikte hareket etmedikleri takdirde ciddi risklerle karşı karşıya kalacaklarının giderek daha fazla farkına varıyor. Tehdit algıları farklılık gösterse de, pragmatik ve esnek iş birliği yolları geliştirmeleri hâlâ mümkün.
The announcement came two days after the head of Kurdish fighters in Syria, Mazloum Abdi, announced the dissolution of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). which includes the YPJ. under an agreement with Damascus.
Damaged roads, disrupted services and ongoing military activity continue to put civilians at risk in south Lebanon as strikes between Israeli forces and Hezbollah continue, ’s peacekeeping mission in the country (UNIFIL).
As Damascus continues to rebuild after more than a decade of war – from the recent dissolution of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to the United States’ removal of Syria from its sponsors of terrorism list – a top UN official warned the Security Council on Thursday that international support can help tackle outstanding challenges. UN News app users can follow here.
Amidst the tragifarce of President Donald Trump’s apparently off-the-top-of-his-head war on Iran may lie a silver lining for the 2028 presidential election. a silver lining that comes with two big ifs. One, of course, is the if that goes with everything involved with the race: If there is a fair election. The if specific to the hoped-for silver lining is if there is The post Can Democrats sei.
Facing a projected shortage of more than six million health professionals by 2035, African countries are stepping up efforts to strengthen their workforce, with a new decade-long plan announced on Wednesday during a meeting of health ministers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
In Ghana, a grassroots movement is championing nutritious, homegrown, climate-resilient produce, rather than western importsAfter three years at catering school, Abiro Wisdom was certain of one thing – he did not want to go into catering. At least not the route that he might be expected to take. His course at Accra Technical University had prepared students for working in international hotels, foc.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced visit to Moscow on August 25, US officials confirmed to RFE/RL, a rare trip that comes as Washington’s efforts to end Russia’s war against Ukraine have stalled and tensions over Moscow’s relationship with Iran have intensified.
A family with four children abandoned its farm in Somalia after armed groups arrived and demanded payments for the right to continue cultivating the land. They walked roughly 100 kilometers to a displacement camp. One of the children died along the way.
Meta has agreed to a settlement worth up to $16.68 billion in a case alleging Facebook and Instagram were designed to keep children engaged and collect their data. The company denies wrongdoing, but the agreement could bring major changes for teenage users across the United States.
Paper products among hardest-hit sectors after trade negotiations broke down, with 25-50% tariffs estimatedAre you a Canadian boycotting US products? We’d like to hear from youUsing the bathroom or having a cry is about to become more expensive for North Americans as the US and Canada enter a full-fledged trade war that threatens to flush away decades of peaceful trading between the two nations.
The killings in Kenscoff began late Sunday, when armed men descended on the farming community in the hills overlooking Haiti’s capital, setting homes ablaze and attacking residents. By Monday, bodies lay in the streets and survivors were searching for missing relatives.
After a Ukrainian drone operator spotted an SOS sign outside a destroyed home in the Donetsk region, a three-day rescue mission was launched to save a couple who were the last remaining residents of their frontline village.
PM Modi will also hold bilateral meetings with SCO leaders on the sidelines of the summit; it is learnt that Vladimir Putin will be among the leaders with whom the PM will hold bilateral meetings.
Latvia’s volunteer National Guard, the Zemessardze, has taken on a growing role in the country’s defense since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Following ordinary Latvians as they take part in military exercises, Current Time looks at why they give up their weekends to train.
A letter seen by RFE/RL highlights mounting concern over Russian threats to the Baltic States. Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are boosting defenses and embracing new technology, but funding uncertainty, delayed projects, and gaps in capabilities raise questions about their readiness.
The US president expected Ottawa to bow to tariff demands, but Canada is striking back – and it could cost AmericansThis was originally published in This Week in Trumpland. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every WednesdayEarlier this year, a survey found that Canada, along with Switzerland, was the best-liked country in the world. We all know this kind of polling is about as scientific as a hig.
The Ibar River feeds Lake Gazivode, providing drinking water as well as water for crop irrigation and cooling power plants across Kosovo. But after recent local disputes, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has raised the prospect of altering the river's course upstream.
Volunteers in the Penza region town of Bashmakovo have formed patrols to prevent military recruiters from taking local men to fight in Ukraine, an unusual grassroots response to the Russian state’s increasingly aggressive efforts to find troops for the war.
Children at a Russian Orthodox Christian military-patriotic camp have allegedly been beaten and subjected to other physical punishment, prompting a criminal investigation and scrutiny of an organization that has received millions of rubles in state grants.
Government issues fresh flood alert after satellite imagery shows that a lake has formed upstream of Bhotekoshi River; “towns were wiped out in a span of a couple of hours,” says Foreign Minister Shishir Khamal.
Amid reports that hundreds of people are still missing in Nepal and China after a floodwater surge slammed into towns and villages on Wednesday, aid teams have been working to reach communities cut off by the disaster.
There is a harsh paradox in today’s sustainability debate. The tools for understanding environmental risk are becoming more sophisticated: financed emissions, climate-risk models, taxonomies, transition plans and carbon pricing are increasingly part of the language of business and finance. This is all important progress.
Washington’s August 13 report, The Great Transshipment Scam, puts Southeast Asia at the center of a widening US campaign against tariff evasion worldwide. Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are all placed in the report’s Tier 2, a category the White House says combines significant transshipment volumes with deep integration into China-linked supply chains. Indonesia has The post US tran.
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