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Unrest in Nepal: Youth-led protests bring down government, but what's next?

China, India and Pakistan are closely watching developments in Nepal, a country whose geography and political history have long forced it to balance competing regional powers.

Islamabad – On Sunday, Nepal’s then–Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli mocked youth protesters who had planned a major…

Husbands can take wives’ surnames, South African court rules

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South Africa’s highest court has ruled that men can legally take the surnames of their wives, overturning a decades-old law that barred them from doing so. 
In a victory for two couples who challenged the legislation, the Constitutional Court declared that the restriction…

Congo tightens controls as Ebola death toll rises in Kasai

Congo enforces confinement measures as ebola cases rise

KINSHASA – Towns affected by the Democratic Republic of Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak have set up checkpoints to restrict movement as cases continue to rise, officials said this week, amid warnings from aid workers that the…

ICC opens war crimes hearing against Ugandan rebel Joseph Kony

Kony faces charges for the Lord’s Resistance Army campaign of torture and abuse in Uganda in the early 2000s.

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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has opened a hearing against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony, two decades after his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)…

ADF attacks, kills 60 people attending a funeral

A local administrator says most victims were “killed with machetes” while others were shot

At least 60 people have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) after an ISIL (ISIS)-affiliated group attacked mourners at a funeral, local officials said. The assault was carried out by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in…

Sudan Appeals for Aid After Landslide Kills More Than 1,000 in Darfur

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Sudan has appealed for urgent international aid after a landslide wiped out an entire village in the western Darfur region, killing more than 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the country’s recent history. The tragedy struck on Sunday in Tarasin, a remote village in Central Darfur’s…