Kenya Commends IOM Leadership, Calls for Continued Support Amid Funding Gaps,
Kenya has praised the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) for its leadership in strengthening national and global migration governance,…
Day: December 10, 2025
Eritrean NGO Welcomes Release of 13 Prisoners After 18 years
Human Rights Concern-Eritrea (HRCE) welcomed the release last week of 13 people, including an ex-Olympian and former police officers, who had been imprisoned for nearly 18 years without charge, trial, or access to a lawyer.
Daughter of Absent Peace Prize Laureate Machado Accepts Nobel on her Behalf
In a call with the chair of the Nobel Committee published just before the ceremony, Machado said she was “very sad and very sorry” that she would not make it in time, while stressing that she was on her way and that there were “so many people that risked their lives in order for me to arrive in Oslo”.
M23’s Advance in DR Congo Prompts Uncertainty, Border Closure
The M23’s assault comes less than a year after the anti-government armed group seized control of Goma and Bukavu, two key provincial capitals in the mineral-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which has been plagued by conflict for three decades.
Pope Leo XIV Stresses ChristianCcharity to Hard Right MEPs
Pope Leo XIV stressed the importance of Christian charity at a meeting with hard-right European lawmakers on Wednesday, highlighting Europe’s Judeo-Christian roots while warning against being stuck in a “past epoch”.
‘Shopaholic’ author Sophie Kinsella Dies aged 55
Madeleine Sophie Wickham, who wrote under the pen name Sophie Kinsella, revealed last year that she was receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy for an aggressive form of brain cancer.
