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Human Rights Watch claims there is ‘compelling evidence’ and ‘credible allegations’ Russia-linked forces have summarily executed and tortured civilians in Central African Republic since 2019
Human Rights Watch claimed on Tuesday that there is 'compelling evidence' and 'credible allegations' that Russian-identified forces supporting the Central African Republic’s government...
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Congress members Sara Jacobs and Jim McGovern introduce legislation to support ICC investigations in Ukraine, encourage U.S. to join ICC
Support International Criminal Investigations for Ukraine Act states that it is U.S. policy to engage and support ICC, repeals ban...
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In Geneva, U.S. announces more than $200 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia
The United States government on Tuesday announced more than $200 million in additional humanitarian assistance for the Horn of Africa's...
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Kenneth Roth to Step Down at Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth has announced that he plans to step down at the end of August 2022, Human...
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U.S. government concerned over human rights abuses in Egypt, USAID chief Samantha Power tells Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat
The Biden administration is concerned about human rights abuses in Egypt, the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development,...
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Pioneering White House African American reporters Alice Dunnigan and Ethel Payne to be first recipients of the new “Dunnigan-Payne Prize”
Ms. Dunnigan was the first African American female reporter to be credentialed at the White House in 1947. She was...
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US aid chief Samantha Power meets with Ethiopian Minister of Finance Ahmed Shide, tells him Abiy government needs to restore essential services and allow humanitarian access into Tigray
The Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Samantha Power met with Ethiopian Minister of Finance Ahmed Shide...
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Four decades into Paul Biya’s reign, Cameroon trending deeper into authoritarianism
Paul Biya has been President of Cameroon for nearly four decades now. He first took power as the second President...
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U.S. says 90 percent of people in Tigray need aid, provides $313 million in additional humanitarian assistance to northern Ethiopia
The United States announced on Thursday that it will be providing nearly $313 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help...
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Situation ‘dire’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and ‘people are dying’, WHO chief Tedros issues another red alert as the world looks away and Biden administration condemns but takes no serious action
The World Health Organization Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus sounded the alarm once again on Monday, asserting that the...
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