Thousands of refugees in Indonesia have spent years awaiting resettlement | Refugees News

Thousands of refugees in Indonesia have spent years awaiting resettlement | Refugees News

Morwan Mohammad walks down an old hotel corridor on Batam Island in northwestern Indonesia before entering a six-square-metre (64sq-foot) room that has been home to him and his growing family for the past eight years. Mohammad, who fled war in Sudan, is one of hundreds of refugees living in community…

A Kenyan tribe’s search for its leader’s stolen skull | History

A Kenyan tribe’s search for its leader’s stolen skull | History

No ‘true leader’ In 1919, the British rounded up all members of the Talai – Koitalel’s clan and the longstanding leaders of the Nandi – and banished them to an isolated island-like village called Kapsisiywo in the heart of Nandi territory. Situated between two rivers, which encircle the whole area…

China accused of erasing religion, culture from Uighur village names | Uighur News

China accused of erasing religion, culture from Uighur village names | Uighur News

Rights groups’ analysis of official data from 2009-2023 shows some 630 villages in Xinjiang had their names changed in this way. China has “systematically” changed the names of hundreds of villages with religious, historical, or cultural meaning for Uighurs to names that resonate with the ideology of the Chinese Communist…

Albanese tells China’s Li Australia cannot be silent on key issues | Politics News

Albanese tells China’s Li Australia cannot be silent on key issues | Politics News

Premier Li Qiang is the most senior Chinese leader to visit Australia since 2017. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed Chinese Premier Li Qiang to the country’s parliament in Canberra for high-level talks where he was expected to welcome progress in the two countries’ rebuilding their strained relationship but stress…

‘Double attack’: The curse of natural gas and armed groups in Mozambique | Human Rights News

‘Double attack’: The curse of natural gas and armed groups in Mozambique | Human Rights News

Palma, Mozambique – It was late afternoon and darkness was approaching when Awa Salama* heard pops of gunfire and explosions: The fighters were coming. As her neighbours made frantic telephone calls trying to warn loved ones before running wildly away, Salama locked the door to her house to keep looters…

Israel’s targeting of Gaza schools ‘eroding foundation for societal growth’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel’s targeting of Gaza schools ‘eroding foundation for societal growth’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

More than 76 percent of schools in Gaza require “full reconstruction or major rehabilitation” to be functional following Israel’s months-long onslaught, according to a new assessment shared by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Based on satellite imagery collected in May, the new Education Cluster assessment highlights…

Honduras to build 20,000-inmate ‘megaprison’ as part of gang crackdown | Crime News

Honduras to build 20,000-inmate ‘megaprison’ as part of gang crackdown | Crime News

President Xiomara Castro says new measures including ‘terrorist’ designations for gang members are in response to public complaints about rising violence. Authorities in Honduras have announced a series of measures aimed at tackling organised crime, including the construction of a 20,000-capacity “megaprison”, as well as “terrorist” designations and collective trials…

Israel in Gaza, Palestinian fighters in Israel, what the UN accuses them of | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israel in Gaza, Palestinian fighters in Israel, what the UN accuses them of | Israel-Palestine conflict News

A United Nations-backed inquiry has concluded that war crimes have been committed by Israel and by Hamas as well as other Palestinian groups, during the now eight-month conflict. The independent Commission of Inquiry report, released on Wednesday, cover the period from the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7…

Hong Kong cancels passports of six pro-democracy activists in exile in UK | Politics News

Hong Kong cancels passports of six pro-democracy activists in exile in UK | Politics News

The six, including former legislator Nathan Law, are also banned from any business dealings and financial transactions. Hong Kong has cancelled the passports of six pro-democracy activists who are in exile overseas under its newly-enacted domestic security law, calling them “lawless wanted criminals”. The government said that in addition to…