Christian leaders work to heal the wounds of Angola’s civil war
Nairobi, Kenya Christian leaders in Angola have launched reconciliation programs aimed at healing the wounds of the civil war that ended over two decades ago, leaving nearly one million people dead and displacing four million. Between 1975 and 2002, the Southern African nation of now more than 35 million people was embroiled in one of […]
Syrians lead push to create global chemical weapons tribunal
The Hague, The Netherlands/Beirut, LebanonReuters Illegal chemical weapons attacks killed and injured thousands during Syria’s civil war, many of them children, but more than a decade later, the perpetrators go unpunished. That could change under an initiative to create a new tribunal for such atrocities launched in The Hague on Thursday. Safaa Kamel, 35, a […]
At mass grave exhumation, daughter of Spanish Civil War victim seeks closure
Colmenar Viejo, Spain Reuters Benita Navacerrada is a 91-year-old Spanish woman with a yearning to know where her father was buried more than 80 years ago. She hopes the answer will lie in an exhumation outside Madrid of the remains of more than 100 people who were executed by forces of late dictator Francisco Franco […]
Spain to begin exhumation of 128 Civil War victims from burial complex – media
Madrid, SpainReuters Forensic scientists will on Monday begin the exhumation of 128 victims of the Spanish Civil War from a vast burial complex near Madrid, El Pais newspaper reported. It will be the first exhumation of its kind involving people whose bodies were moved from elsewhere after the 1936-1939 war and reburied without their families’ […]
Yemen stampede: At least 78 killed in surge for Ramadan donations
Sana’a, Yemen Reuters At least 78 people were killed in a stampede in the Yemeni capital Sana’a as residents gathered at a school to receive cash donations distributed by merchants during Ramadan, witnesses and the Houthi administration said on Thursday. Hundreds of people crowded to receive the alms, which amounted to 5,000 Yemeni riyals, or […]
Essay: Syria’s earthquake survivors struggle in a disaster made far worse by civil war, bombed-out hospitals and currency collapse
In an article first published on The Conversation, US-based academic ORA SZEKLEY says the consequences of the earthquake in Syria can be explained in part by the country’s devastating civil war…
After devastating quake, thousands of Syrians return home to war zone
Bab Hamam Crossing, Syria Reuters Youssef Qramo fled conflict in Syria for safety in neighbouring Turkey but after the deadly earthquake which devastated parts of both countries, he and thousands of fellow Syrians are returning to their homes in the war zone – at least for now. Taking advantage of an offer from Turkish authorities […]
Earthquake leaves Syrians across frontlines with shared catastrophe
Beirut, LebanonReuters On one side of Syria’s civil war, a man in army fatigues carried a lifeless child’s ashen body from the rubble of a shattered building in the government-held city of Hama. Across a frontline on another side of Syria, a rescue worker in the white helmet and black-yellow vest of the Syrian civil […]
In Yemen, medical shortages compound suffering of cancer patients
Sana’a, Yemen Reuters Ali Jabri cradles his sobbing son Ayoub ahead of chemotherapy treatment at Yemen’s largest cancer hospital in the capital Sana’a where an eight-year war has led to shortages in life-saving medicine and equipment. The 12-year-old is one of 81,000 patients registered with the National Oncology Center from across Yemen seeking free treatment, […]
More than 11,000 children killed or wounded in Yemen since 2015 – UNICEF
Reuters More than 11,000 children have been killed or wounded in the conflict in Yemen since 2015, the UN Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, a week after it launched a multi-billion global funding drive. Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and the Iran-aligned Houthis have been escalating an economic war amid stalling UN-led efforts for a […]