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Rebels Advance In Eastern Congo Despite Ceasefire Announcement

M23 rebels capture Goma, advance in eastern Congo despite cease-fire. UN calls for peace talks, aid workers face risks. African leaders to discuss crisis.

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UN rights body holds urgent session on violence in eastern Congo as Rwanda-backed rebels advance

The U.N.’s top human rights body is holding an urgent session on spiralling violence in eastern Congo, where Rwanda-backed rebels recently captured a major city

The Independent UK

UN Warns Worst May Be Yet To Come If East DRC Violence Spreads

The United Nations warned Friday that the worst may be yet to come if the violence engulfing the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo spreads throughout the wider region.

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Regional leaders gather in Tanzania for high-stakes summit on DRC crisis

A joint summit between the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community will take place today and Saturday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Paul Kagame and Félix Tshisekedi, are both expected to attend.

Radio France Internationale

Hamas names three Israeli hostages to be released after alleging ceasefire breach – as it happened

Hamas accuses Israel of delaying humanitarian aid trucks before next round of hostage and prisoner releases due on Saturday

The Guardian - AU

Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die

The decimation of USAid is already having a terrible effect in some of the poorest places on the planet. It damages America: it will harm us all, says Gordon Brown, the UN’s special envoy for global education

The Guardian - UK

Rwandan troops ‘dying in large numbers in DRC’, despite official denials of role

Exclusive: Sources say thousands of RDF killed supporting M23 rebels in eastern Congo, intensifying pressure on Kigali

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Rebels are continuing their march in eastern Congo – what is their long-term goal?

In late January, a rebel group that has long caused mayhem in the sprawling African nation of Democratic Republic of Congo took control of Goma, a major city of about 2 million people on the border with Rwanda in the country’s east.

The Conversation

Kenya Deploys Additional 144 Police To Haiti

A new contingent of Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti on Thursday to bolster a UN-backed security mission, AFP journalists observed, as the United States reiterated its support but called for a "new direction."

International Business Times

Fighting Global Warming In Nations' Self-interest: UN Climate Chief

The UN's climate chief, seeking to shore up solidarity on combating global warming as the United States retreats from its leadership role, appealed to nations' self-interest in a speech Thursday.

International Business Times

New contingent of Kenyan police joins UN-backed mission to fight gangs in Haiti

A fourth contingent of Kenyan police have arrived in Haiti to help repel violent gangs as officials brushed off concerns of a halt in some U.S. funding to the U.N.-backed mission

The Independent UK

The Guardian view on Sudan’s war: borders can’t contain a devastating, destabilising crisis

Editorial: The rest of the world has largely ignored the horror of this conflict, but will find its effects ripple outwards

The Guardian - UK

U.S. Waives Some Funds For Haiti International Mission From Aid Freeze As Capital Increasingly Sieged

Secretary of State Marco Rubio gave the green light to $40.7 million in assistance to the Haitian National Police and the Multinational Security Support Mission. Other funds are seemingly frozen

Latin Times

Trump’s Gaza and Ukraine plans come under the spotlight

Steve Bannon may no longer be in Donald Trump’s inner circle, but the newly reinstated US president appears to be adhering to a dictum the conservative disrupter-in-chief outlined back in 2018 as he reflected on his role in getting Trump elected the first time. “The Democrats don’t matter. The real…

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The Independent UK

Future looks dire for UN Palestinian refugee agency, says UNRWA chief

The head of the U_N_ agency for Palestinian refugees, Philippe Lazzarini, says an Israeli ban on his institution has not forced it to halt its services so far but that in the long run, the agency faces an “existential threat.”

The Guardian - UK

From Gaza to tariffs, Donald Trump’s chaotic actions should instil fear in us all

Letters: Joanne Kennedy says she is now carrying her US passport and social security card at all times as immigrants like her are scared. Plus letters from Paul Sawbridge, Jane Braithwaite and Susan Ohanian

Al Jazeera

DR Congo court issues arrest warrant for rebel leader Corneille Nangaa

Nangaa is the leader of the Congo River Alliance that includes M23 fighters.

The Guardian - UK

‘A crying need’: Goma hospitals plead for blood donors after M23 assault

Facilities overwhelmed by wounded people and unable to get supplies in or transport patients out

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Al Jazeera

Where does Trump’s renewed ‘maximum pressure’ leave any Iran-US deal?

Trump says he wants Iran to prosper, but signed a presidential memorandum to pledge more action against Iran.

Al Jazeera

Israel follows US in boycotting UN Human Rights Council

Organisation’s spokesperson says Israel’s observer status means it cannot formally withdraw from the body.

The Conversation

Trump plans to ‘permanently resettle’ Palestinians outside Gaza – the very reason Unrwa was originally created

Donald Trump shocked much of the world when he announced plans for the US to “take over” Gaza. Speaking at a press conference with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, the US president outlined a plan to “resettle” Gaza’s population of nearly 2.2 million Palestinians elsewhere in the Arab world.…

International Business Times

Trump Continues Push For US To Take Over Gaza To Build 'Greatest And Most Spectacular Developments'

The president, writing on his Truth Social platform Thursday, said Israel would turn over the war-torn country to the U.S. after fighting had ended

Salon

Trump burns down the United States

He’ll return to claim credit for putting out the fire — but not before the United States gets burned

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Rwanda-Backed Rebels Advance In Eastern Congo Despite Ceasefire

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels advance in eastern Congo, seizing key towns, escalating tensions and causing a humanitarian crisis. International calls for accoun...

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Peace in Sudan: what it’s going to take

Sudan, which included South Sudan up to 2011, has never known peace and stability since independence in 1956. The country’s instability stems from the absence of democratic rule; failure to manage its diversity; military coups; civil wars; and its fragmented and bloated security sector.

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