Codeco insurgents kill 23 people in Ituri province of troubled eastern Congo, burn houses
The motive for the attacks was not clear but militia violence in Congo is linked to long-running competition for influence and the region’s rich mineral resources.
Ex-US presidential advisor on Covid now admits closing schools during pandemic was a mistake
Social media companies have often targeted conservative users, organisations and religious messages for censorship. By labelling the messages as “hate” or “misinformation,” social media companies silence conservative voices and stunt the free flow of information.
Biden tours Pennsylvania as he seeks to peel away again GOP women in swing-state suburbs from Trump
Biden and his allies are trying to replicate Democrats’ success with suburban women this year and signalling they can win a small number of Republican women who may be opposed to a second Trump presidency. But in dozens of interviews this month in Pennsylvania’s Bucks County, there was little evidence that traditional Republicans were ready to abandon Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, in significant numbers.
Europe and Middle East airlines cash in on thriving human trafficking as Indians, Africans scramble for the US
Along the way to the US border, Ismaila Diop, 30, a small-business owner from Senegal, landed at Managua aboard Avianca flight TA315. Traveling in a group of about a dozen Senegalese migrants, Diop was passed off to organised groups of smugglers who went by their first names only or called themselves “Mama Africa.”
Why Indians and Africans pay $72,000 to be smuggled to the US on chartered flights
Charter flights represent a new phase of illegal immigration to the US, five US officials said in interviews with Reuters. Increasingly, they said, migrants from outside Latin America are paying smuggling networks hefty fees for travel packages that can include airline tickets – on charter and commercial airlines – to fly to Central America and then bus rides and hotel stays en route to the US-Mexico border.
New UN audit report lays bare deep-seated rot in employment, staff holding directorships in companies the world body hires
The most common types of conflicts of interest within the UN, the audit said, are outside employment or activities, followed by family relationships within the UN. Examples of “outside activities” include holding board of directors or management positions, or interests in companies that deal with the UN.
President Ramaphosa rekindles old racial strife in South African with Black-White ruling coalition
Many Black South Africans have expressed discomfort with a white-led party being back in power, even in a coalition. The country is haunted by the apartheid system of white minority rule that ended 30 years ago but is still felt by millions among the Black majority who were ruthlessly oppressed by a white government and remain affected by unresolved issues of poverty and inequality.
