Sudan campaigners demand action after alarming rise in ‘honour killings’
Reported deaths more than double in a year, with women attacked by male relatives for appearing to talk to men on smartphones Campaigners are calling...
Category : Middle East and North Africa
Cop27 host Egypt warns UK not to backtrack from climate agenda
Unusual diplomatic intervention prompted by fears over Liz Truss’s commitment to net zero The Egyptian government, host of the next UN climate summit, has warned...
Young people demand climate justice in run-up to Cop27 UN talks
Activists from global south demand recompense for damage from countries most responsible for crisis Young people from some of the countries most affected by climate...
Cop27: Egyptian hosts urge leaders to set aside tensions over Ukraine
Organisers call on nations to carry on crucial climate negotiations despite differences on geopolitical issues The Egyptian hosts of the next UN climate summit have...
Saudi foreign minister defends role in securing Ukraine prisoner swaps
Adel al-Jubeir decries as ‘cynical’ accusations his country was trying to improve its image after Khashoggi killing It would be cynical to see Saudi Arabia’s...
Libyan militia detains hundreds of Chadians after poachers arrested
At least 400 Chadian workers rounded up in east Libyan town of Ajdabiya after security forces in Chad arrest four Libyan poachers Hundreds of Chadians...
Campaigners call for climate crisis global day of action during Cop27
Groups urge action during the talks in Egypt to demand climate justice for Africa and the global south Civil society groups around the world are...
Prosecutors urged to examine French role in Egyptian airstrikes on civilians
NGOs want investigation into border counter-terrorism operation that allegedly ended up bombing suspected smugglers Two international NGOs have asked French prosecutors and the UN to...
‘Our lives are destroyed’: families take fight for truth of flight 752 to ICC
Exclusive: grieving relatives allege war crime and crime against humanity over January 2020 downing of aircraft When Ukraine International Airlines flight 752 was shot down...
Sudan accused of trying to ‘bury the truth’ with mass graves for protesters
Families demand DNA tests to identify if their relatives are among thousands of unclaimed bodies in hospital morgues The families of those missing after three...
