Fighting, Food Shortages Stalk Civilians Displaced in Myanmar’s Rakhine, Kayin States
About 300 ethnic Karens have been displaced by armed conflict in Hpapun district of southeastern Myanmar’s Kayin state following hostilities in early February between government forces and rebel soldiers, an official from an ethnic armed group said Monday.
Padoh Saw …
Outspoken US Labor Leader Owen Bieber Dies at 90
Former U.S. labor leader Owen Bieber, one of the country’s most outspoken anti-apartheid activists who also backed Poland’s Solidarity labor movement, has died at 90.
A longtime union member, Bieber took over as the head of the United Auto Workers …
Civilians Bear Brunt of Terror as Kenya’s Operation Against Al-Shabab Continues in Forest
KIANGWE, KENYA – Kenya launched an operation to flush out al-Shabab terrorists from the northeast Boni Forest on the border with Somalia in 2015. The operation was meant to last a few months but � nearly five years later � …
Ministers seek to Reinforce Drive to Cut Libya Arms Supplies
MUNICH, GERMANY – Foreign ministers and other top officials from about a dozen countries gathered Sunday in Germany to keep up the push for peace in Libya after countries with interests in its long-running civil war agreed to respect a …
Fighting in Cameroon Kills Several Dozen
YAOUNDE – A least 35 civilians have reportedly been killed and 40 homes torched in less than a week in Cameroon’s English-speaking Northwest region, following bloody clashes between government troops and separatists fighting for the creation of an independent English-speaking …
Algeria Marks One-year Anniversary of Anti-government Protests
PARIS – Algeria is marking the one-year anniversary this week of its massive popular uprising pretty much the way it started � with more street protests and a sense that demands for fundamental political change remain unmet.
The political landscape …
US Hails Senegal as ‘Anchor of Democracy’ in West Africa
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Senegal, where he will hold talks with President Macky Sall focused on strengthening security ties and promoting deeper economic cooperation.
The U.S. officially recognized Senegal as an independent state in 1960, and the …
Myanmar Says it Will Compensate Those Who Lose Land to Chinese Project in Kyaukphyu
The Myanmar government will compensate local residents for more than 1,800 acres they had to forfeit for the building of the China-backed Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone in western Rakhine state, a Myanmar government official said Friday, yielding to demands for …
Vietnam Quarantines Entire Commune of 10,000 on Coronavirus Fears
Authorities in Vietnam have closed off a community of more than 10,000 people near the capital, Hanoi, for the next 20 days on fears that coronavirus (COVID-19) could spread there.
Son Loi commune, in Vinh Phuc province’s Binh Xuyen district, …