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Patients with leprosy face lasting stigma in Ethiopia
AFP, Published on 23/04/2025
» ADDIS ABABA — Tilahun Wale not only lost his right foot to leprosy -- a disease that still affects thousands in Ethiopia -- he also lost his family.
Sudan's war and the Africa we don't see
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 19/04/2025
» Last Tuesday, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said: "Many have given up on Sudan, but that is wrong. It's morally wrong when we see so many civilians beheaded, infants as young as one subjected to sexual violence, more people facing famine than anywhere else in the world.... We simply cannot look away."
Sudan paramilitaries vow 'no surrender' after Khartoum setback
AFP, Published on 28/03/2025
» KHARTOUM - Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces vowed on Thursday there would be "no retreat and no surrender" after rival troops of the regular army retook nearly all of central Khartoum.
45 foreign workers at Myanmar scam centres sent from Tak to Ethiopia
Online Reporters, Published on 11/03/2025
» Tak authorities handed over 45 foreign nationals involved in Myanmar-based scam centres to Ethiopian officials for repatriation on Tuesday.
Thai foreign minister says Brics role is a step forward
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 11/03/2025
» Foreign Affairs Minister Maris Sangiampongsa defended Thailand's Brics membership, saying it was in the country's national interest and would be a boon to the economy and international cooperation.
‘Contemplated suicide’: Ethiopians recount SE Asia scam centre horrors
AFP, Published on 27/02/2025
» NAIROBI - Starved, beaten and electrocuted, Ahmed remains traumatised months after being trafficked to Southeast Asia, one of an untold number of Africans forced to work in scam centres far from home.
7,000 foreigners in Myanmar await repatriation
Published on 26/02/2025
» More than 7,000 foreigners rescued from international scam call centres in Shwe Kokko and KK Park in Myawaddy, Myanmar are waiting to be repatriated to their home countries, according to the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF).
Thousands in limbo on Thai-Myanmar border after scam centre crackdown
Published on 24/02/2025
» Thousands of foreigners freed from online scam-operating centres in Myanmar are stuck in limbo on the border with Thailand after a multinational crackdown on the compounds run by criminal gangs, three sources told Reuters on Monday.
China joins scam crusade
News, Published on 17/02/2025
» China has stepped up efforts to suppress international scam gangs along the Thai-Myanmar border by sending its assistant minister of public security, Liu Zhongyi, to visit the area and seek support to step up the crackdown.
UN chief warns against regional war over DR Congo
AFP, Published on 15/02/2025
» ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday demanded the Democratic Republic of Congo’s “territorial integrity” be respected and a regional war avoided, at an African summit the day after Rwandan-backed fighters seized a second DRC provincial capital.