Locusts attack South Sudan after Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia
A devastating locust invasion has reached South Sudan after sweeping through Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and neighboring East African nations. The UN's FAO has called
Entangled in Sexual Abuse Scandals, American Scouts File for Bankruptcy
The Boy Scouts of America filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on February 18, 2020, citing an overwhelming volume of sexual abuse lawsuits from
The English couple who kept a video diary of the “Diamond Princess” contaminated by coronavirus
British pensioners David and Sally Abel spent weeks documenting their quarantine on the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship via YouTube, keeping a public video
Two NGOs question Macron on the “humanitarian disaster” in Idlib, Syria
Médecins du Monde France and the Union of Relief and Medical Care Organizations wrote to President Emmanuel Macron demanding urgent action as Syrian forces
Yemen: entry of 138,000 migrants and refugees in 2019
The migration route from the Horn of Africa to Yemen remained the world's most frequented maritime migration corridor in 2019, with 138,000 migrants and
Washington steps up pressure on Baghdad
The United States reduced Iraq's exemption for importing electricity from Iran to 45 days — down from the usual three to four months —
Tunisia: towards early legislative elections
Tunisia edged toward early parliamentary elections after the Islamist party Ennahdha and the Qalb Tounes party both rejected Prime Minister-designate Elyes Fakhfakh's proposed cabinet.
Bad weather for aid workers in the Central African Republic
The International Committee of the Red Cross suspended operations and team movements in Kaga-Bandoro in the Central African Republic's north-central Nana-Grebizi region after a
Algeria: Karim Younes appointed mediator of the Republic
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune appointed former National Popular Assembly president Karim Younes as Mediator of the Republic, the presidency announced. Younes had previously coordinated
Aeronautics: Airbus pitched, weighed down by fines and the A400M
Airbus posted a net loss of €1.36 billion for 2019 after paying €3.6 billion in corruption settlement fines to French, British, and American authorities,