(New York) – Latin America is facing some of its gravest human rights challenges in decades, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2022. “Latin America is experiencing such an alarming reversal of basic freedoms that we ...
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France Says Head of Islamic State in Sahara Has Been Killed | Voice of America
africamustchangeBAMAKO, MALI – France’s president announced the death of Islamic State in the Greater Sahara’s leader late Wednesday, calling Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi’s killing “a major success” for the French military after more than eight years fighting extremists in the ...
Tanzania’s Female President Appoints Woman as Defense Minister | Voice of America
africamustchangeDAR ES SALAM, TANZANIA – Tanzania’s first female president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, this week named a woman as defense minister — the latest in a number of appointments of women to top government posts. The appointment came as part of ...
Cameroon Military Denies Reprisal Attacks Kill Civilians | Voice of America
africamustchangeYAOUNDE, CAMEROON – Witnesses in the northwest Cameroon town of Kumbo have accused the military of killing several civilians during retaliatory raids Monday on separatists. Cameroon’s military denies any civilians were killed. The clashes followed the deaths of seven troops ...