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Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina's prison sentence commuted

Rwandan government critic Paul Rusesabagina has been freed from prison after more than 900 days behind bars. The decision to commute his 25 year sentence on terrorism charges comes after extensive negotiations between the United States, Rwanda and its close ally Qatar.

Radio France Internationale

Aid agencies in Haiti call for 120 million euros to feed starving population

Aid agencies working in Haiti have called for 120 million euros over six months to tackle food shortages affecting nearly five million people.

Radio France Internationale

The Best Dystopian Movie on Netflix Reveals a Dark Psychological Truth

Political psychologists explain how the battle royale death games help prop up a dictatorship in The Hunger Games.

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Sudan’s People Await Cabinet Formation

The Sudanese are eagerly awaiting the first of April, for the signing of the final political agreement between civilians and the military, with international and regional support. However, the political process faces resistance from the Islamist supporters of the former regime and their followers, who “threatened to bring down the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt Mobilizes UN Support for its Position on GERD

Cairo is continuing its efforts to garner support from the international community for its position against Addis Ababa's construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile. Egypt has been outraged over Ethiopia’s ongoing construction of the dam without reaching a prior agreement from basin countries, including itself…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Nearly 10,000 modern slavery victims waiting over two years for Home Office decision

Exclusive: The number of people waiting over two years for a decision has tripled since 2021

The Independent UK

Modern slavery victim ‘worked 105 hours a week for £3.80 per hour’ while waiting for government help

Modern slavery victims say the referral system is failing to protect them from being forced back into exploitation

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'Hotel Rwanda' hero freed, thanks Kigali

KIGALI: Paul Rusesabagina, the hero of "Hotel Rwanda" detained after criticising the government, was freed late Friday, the United States said, offering gratitude to Kigali.

Bangkok Post

Haiti faces ‘hunger emergency’ amid escalating gang violence and surging inflation

Acute hunger is affecting 4.9 million Haitians, according to a UN report, which outlines the increased need for humanitarian aid

The Guardian - UK

UN official hails seven mothers on hunger strike outside Downing Street

The Food Foundation charity found one in four mothers in Britain are skipping meals to feed their children.

The Independent UK

'Hotel Rwanda' hero Rusesabagina freed from Rwandan jail

Paul Rusesabagina, who was portrayed as a hero in the film "Hotel Rwanda," was released from a Rwandan prison on Friday, U.S. officials said, after his sentence was commuted following intense diplomacy by the United States.

Reuters

'Hotel Rwanda' hero Rusesabagina to be freed from prison

Rwanda said on Friday it has commuted the 25-year jail sentence against ailing "Hotel Rwanda" hero Paul Rusesabagina, a fiercely outspoken critic of President Paul Kagame who has been held behind bars for more than 900 days.

France 24

Rwanda says Rusesabagina of 'Hotel Rwanda' fame to be freed

Rwanda’s government has commuted the sentence of Paul Rusesabagina, who inspired the film “Hotel Rwanda” for saving hundreds of countrymen from genocide but was convicted of terrorism offenses years later in a widely criticized trial

The Independent UK

Former rebel leader is named Congo's new Defense Minister

Congo’s former rebel leader jailed by the International Criminal Court, Jean-Pierre Bemba, has been appointed Congo’s Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister in a Cabinet reshuffle

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UK aid cuts could force closure of Afghan project supporting women and girls

Slashing funding to the programme from a promised £7m to just £1m sends a ‘stark message to the world’, says Save the Children

Reuters

African migrants stuck in Tunisia say racism persists after crackdown

Weeks after a violent crackdown on migrants in Tunisia that triggered a perilous rush to leave by smuggler boats for Italy, many African nationals are still homeless and jobless and some say they still face racist attacks.

The Texas Tribune

SNAP recipients will see a cut in food benefits starting this month

During the pandemic, Texans received extra money on their Lone Star cards through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, also known as food stamps. That extra money ends this month.

Reuters

Congo President Tshisekedi brings in former VP Bemba in reshuffle ahead of election

Democratic Republic of Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi has appointed the country's former vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba, who was detained for over 10 years for war crimes, as the country's defence minister in a sweeping government reshuffle.

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The Guardian - UK

Food banks supported 800,000 UK children in 2021-22, data shows

One-fifth of UK population was in relative poverty after first year of pandemic, when support measures scrapped

The Independent UK

'Appalling': Southern Africa counts toll of Cyclone Freddy

The World Health Organization says the death toll from Tropical Cyclone Freddy, which ravaged Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique over the past two months, now stands at more than 600 people

Reuters

Ethiopia scraps bid to end UN-ordered Tigray abuses probe early - sources

Ethiopia has dropped a draft motion that sought to bring an early end to a U.N. mandated investigative probe into the Tigray war, diplomats and observers told Reuters, after pressure from Western countries.

Reuters

Male guardianship rules in north Yemen restrict women's aid work

Female aid workers in north Yemen cannot do their jobs tackling one of the world's worst humanitarian crises as tightening male guardianship rules by Houthi authorities restrict their movement, nine female humanitarians told Reuters.

The Guardian - UK

UK asylum seekers who complain about conditions ‘threatened with Rwanda’

Refugee Action report calls asylum seeker accommodation ‘racialised segregation and de facto detention’

Tribune News Service

Congress may boost Puerto Rico food assistance under plan backed by NY Sens. Gillibrand and Schumer

WASHINGTON — Americans who need food shouldn’t get vastly less help than other citizens just because they live in Puerto Rico, lawmakers on Capitol Hill said Wednesday as they introduced a bill that would level the scales for the island territory.

The Independent UK

Struggle to buy food not confined to those out of work, says charity

Teachers and NHS workers are among those living in households experiencing food insecurity.

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