More and more people are dying from landmines. According to the International Campaign Against Landmines, nearly 2,800 people were killed by insidious explosive devices in […]
Category: World
UN seeks tribunal with international judges for crimes in Sri Lankan conflict
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday called for the establishment of a special tribunal combining local and international judges to try crimes […]
In Sri Lanka, Pope Urges Respect for Human Rights
The pope was greeted fervently by the crowd. Hundreds of thousands of people — 300,000 according to the Vatican-like website Il Sismografo — had massed […]
Coronavirus: Committee to coordinate food aid for vulnerable populations affected by crisis
See you in early December for the first meeting of this new committee. The government announced on Tuesday evening the creation of the first national […]
Disappointed hopes
Agadez was once a picturesque desert town in northern Niger. Today it is a transit point for people from all over West Africa who want […]