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UK Foreign Office holding secret talks with Sudan’s RSF paramilitary group

TheWorldsNewsApril 16, 2024

by TheWorldsNewsApril 16, 20240

Exclusive: Rights groups denounce negotiations with Rapid Support Forces, accused of ethnic cleansing and war crimes Inside South Sudan’s worsening refugee crisis – in pictures...

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Rapists and kidnappers increasingly targeting migrants crossing Darién Gap

TheWorldsNewsNovember 21, 2023

by TheWorldsNewsNovember 21, 20230

As record numbers make the perilous journey between Colombia and Panama, Médecins Sans Frontières is treating far more survivors of sexual violence, including children Armed...

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Allegations of extensive sexual abuse at Kenyan offsetting project used by Shell and Netflix

TheWorldsNewsNovember 7, 2023

by TheWorldsNewsNovember 7, 20230

NGOs report allegations of abuse and harassment at Kasigau Corridor conservation project in southern Kenya over 12 years Male staff at a leading Kenyan carbon-offsetting...

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Threats against rape victim, 10, lay bare Bolivia’s culture of sexual violence

TheWorldsNewsOctober 22, 2023

by TheWorldsNewsOctober 22, 20230

Supporters of alleged rapist, girl’s 39-year-old headmaster, stormed police station in effort to prevent arrest The ombudsman’s office in Bolivia has condemned threats against a...

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Climate crisis is ‘not gender neutral’: UN calls for more policy focus on women

TheWorldsNewsOctober 10, 2023

by TheWorldsNewsOctober 10, 20230

Only a third of countries with climate crisis plans include access to sexual, maternal and newborn health services, UNFPA report finds Only a third of...

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Urgent action needed to protect ‘dying’ Kenyan domestic workers in Gulf, say rights groups

TheWorldsNewsJune 27, 2023

by TheWorldsNewsJune 27, 20230

Deaths and alleged abuse of Kenyan women in Saudi Arabia fuels demands for Nairobi to act on human rights Rights groups have expressed concern that...

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Tigray rebels tortured and killed civilians in renewed fighting, survivors claim

TheWorldsNewsOctober 15, 2022

by TheWorldsNewsOctober 15, 20220

Witnesses claim the attacks in Amhara region last month were carried out on those the TPLF suspected of supporting Ethiopian federal forces Tigrayan rebel forces...

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Tigrayan rebels accused by survivors of killing dozens of civilians in Kobo

TheWorldsNewsOctober 10, 2022

by TheWorldsNewsOctober 10, 20220

Witnesses claim TPLF rebels tortured and killed in town in Amhara last month in search for supporters of Ethiopian federal forces Tigrayan rebel forces have...

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South African police arrest more than 120 after gang-rape of eight women

TheWorldsNewsAugust 3, 2022

by TheWorldsNewsAugust 3, 20220

Dozens of zama-zamas – illegal miners from other countries – now being held in crime crackdown following music video shoot attack Dozens of men detained...

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Médecins Sans Frontières apologises for using images of child rape survivor

TheWorldsNewsMay 27, 2022

by TheWorldsNewsMay 27, 20220

Medical charity’s president calls publication of controversial photographs ‘a mistake’ and says guidelines will be tightened The international president of Médecins Sans Frontières has apologised...

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UK Foreign Office holding secret talks with Sudan’s RSF paramilitary group

Rapists and kidnappers increasingly targeting migrants crossing Darién Gap

Allegations of extensive sexual abuse at Kenyan offsetting project used by Shell and Netflix

Threats against rape victim, 10, lay bare Bolivia’s culture of sexual violence

Climate crisis is ‘not gender neutral’: UN calls for more policy focus on women

Urgent action needed to protect ‘dying’ Kenyan domestic workers in Gulf, say rights groups

Tigray rebels tortured and killed civilians in renewed fighting, survivors claim

Tigrayan rebels accused by survivors of killing dozens of civilians in Kobo

South African police arrest more than 120 after gang-rape of eight women

Médecins Sans Frontières apologises for using images of child rape survivor

Orca calf successfully returned to open water after bold rescue in Canada

UK Rwanda policy is ‘kneejerk reaction’ to migration, says Ireland’s deputy PM

Weather tracker: heavy rainfall causes flooding and death in east Africa

Portugal needs to ‘pay the costs’ of slavery and colonialism, says president

New Haiti government sworn in during secret ceremony

Russia claims it will begin talks with US...

Thousands protest against Brazil’s ‘death combo’ of anti-environment...

Green cards, cannabis and a strip club: JCB...

China accuses Australia of ‘violent’ interference in Five...

Libyan presidential vote will not go ahead on...

UK Rwanda policy is ‘kneejerk reaction’ to migration, says Ireland’s deputy PM

Weather tracker: heavy rainfall causes flooding and death in east Africa

Portugal needs to ‘pay the costs’ of slavery and colonialism, says president

UK Rwanda policy is ‘kneejerk reaction’ to migration, says Ireland’s deputy PM

Rwanda flights will deport asylum seekers ‘indefinitely’, says Cleverly

Barbados leader halts £3m payout to UK MP for Drax Hall plantation

US to withdraw from Niger after security pact fails in strategic victory for Russia

US reimposes sanctions on Venezuela as hope for democracy crumbles

US resumes deportation flights to Haiti despite continuing bloodshed

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