Burkina Faso says HRW massacre accusations ‘baseless’ | Human Rights News

Burkina Faso says HRW massacre accusations ‘baseless’ | Human Rights News

A Human Rights Watch report on Thursday accused the military of executing residents in Nodin and Soro, including at least 56 children. Burkina Faso has said a Human Rights Watch report alleging that soldiers killed at least 223 villagers in two attacks on February 25 made “baseless accusations”. The HRW…

West Africa’s Sahel becoming a drug trafficking corridor, UN warns | Drugs News

West Africa’s Sahel becoming a drug trafficking corridor, UN warns | Drugs News

Drug seizures, mainly of cocaine and cannabis resin, have soared in the region, according to a UN report. Drug seizures have soared in the West African Sahel region, according to a new United Nations report, indicating the conflict-ridden region is becoming an influential route for drug trafficking. In 2022, 1,466kg…

‘Unconscionable’: US sends dozens to Haiti on deportation flight | Migration News

‘Unconscionable’: US sends dozens to Haiti on deportation flight | Migration News

Deportations ‘could be a death sentence’, advocates say, as gang violence and instability grip the Caribbean country. The United States has sent dozens of Haitian citizens back to their country on a deportation flight, despite a surge in deadly gang violence and widespread instability in the Caribbean nation. A spokesperson…

Gunmen kill at least 11 in two attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan | Armed Groups News

Gunmen kill at least 11 in two attacks in Pakistan’s Balochistan | Armed Groups News

No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks which took place on the Quetta-Taftan Highway. Gunmen have killed 11 people in two separate attacks in the Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and Iran, officials have said. Police on Saturday were searching for the assailants who killed nine people…

Pakistan slams Indian minister’s remarks on pursuing suspects across border | Politics News

Pakistan slams Indian minister’s remarks on pursuing suspects across border | Politics News

Islamabad said the comments undermine peace and impede the prospect of constructive engagement. Pakistan has denounced “provocative remarks” made by Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who said in an interview that India would enter Pakistan to kill anyone who escapes over its border after trying to carry out attacks. Singh’s…

Rights advocates demand end to Haiti deportations as unrest continues | Migration News

Rights advocates demand end to Haiti deportations as unrest continues | Migration News

Rights advocates are calling on countries across the Americas — notably the United States and the Dominican Republic — to stop deporting migrants and asylum seekers to Haiti amid a surge in gang violence and political instability there. Speaking at an event on Thursday in Washington, DC, Guerline Jozef, head…

Why mass kidnappings still plague Nigeria a decade after Chibok abductions | Armed Groups News

Why mass kidnappings still plague Nigeria a decade after Chibok abductions | Armed Groups News

Lagos, Nigeria – In the decade since the armed group Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 students at an all-girls school in the town of Chibok, abductions have become a recurrent fixture in Nigeria, especially in the restive northern regions. Just last month, on March 7, a criminal gang kidnapped 287…

Eastern DRC ‘at breaking point’ as security, humanitarian crises worsen | Armed Groups News

Eastern DRC ‘at breaking point’ as security, humanitarian crises worsen | Armed Groups News

War is on the doorstep of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Goma city and the region is at breaking point, activists and aid workers have said, as the United Nations sounds an alarm over the situation in the Central African country. “One Congolese person out of four faces hunger…

March of ‘terror’: Pakistan grapples with deadly attacks on China interests | Armed Groups News

March of ‘terror’: Pakistan grapples with deadly attacks on China interests | Armed Groups News

Islamabad, Pakistan: In the 10 days between March 16 and March 26, Pakistan witnessed five different attacks, three in its northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and two in its southwestern Balochistan province, resulting in the deaths of at least 18 people. All five attacks were suicide bombings, in which at least…

Canada launches programme to get citizens out of violence-hit Haiti | Politics News

Canada launches programme to get citizens out of violence-hit Haiti | Politics News

Canada has organised helicopter flights for ‘vulnerable’ citizens to leave Haiti for the neighbouring Dominican Republic. Canada has launched a programme to get its citizens out of Haiti, as the Caribbean nation grapples with a surge in gang violence, political instability and a widening humanitarian crisis. Speaking to reporters in…