UN declares highest level of emergency fighting drought in Southern Africa
The U.N. food agency has declared its highest-level emergency in drought-stricken southern Africa. It’s appealing for $204 million immediately to purchase food and transport it to the region to help millions of hungry people. ends intro World Food Programme Executive Director Ertharin Cousin says in a telephone briefing from Malawi that 18 million people need […]
Kenya security accused of murder and abduction
Human Rights Watch says Kenyan security agencies are killing and abducting men suspected of links to Islamist extremists, a rights group said Wednesday. The human rights watchdog documents 34 enforced disappearances and 11 suspected extrajudicial killings over two years in the ethnic northeast of the country as part of counterterrorism operations. ends intro Human […]
Erdogan more intent on attacking rival than restoring stability
The Turkish crackdown following last weekend’s attempted coup continues apace. 99 Generals have been arrested on suspicious of involvement in the field putsch. This after Turkish authorities banned all academics from travelling abroad. ends intro This unprecedented purge of state employees has seen more than 50 000 people have been rounded up, sacked or suspended, […]