World
Video reveals growing cemetery and Ukraine’s staggering wartime human cost
Every morning, Olga Smolynets walks past rows of fresh graves in Lviv’s historic Lychakiv Cemetery and stops at her son’s…
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World
NASA announces date for first human lunar flyby in half a century
NASA has set March 6 as the earliest possible launch date for Artemis II, the first crewed flyby mission to…
World
United Nations human rights office in survival mode, chief warns
GENEVA — U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk warned that his office is in “survival mode” amid deepening funding shortfalls,…
Somalia
Somali rights leaders gather in Brussels to advance human rights, peacebuilding collaboration
BRUSSELS — Somali-born human rights advocate Hassan Shire met Wednesday with Dr. Khadija Ossoble Ali, Somalia’s ambassador to the Benelux…
Somalia
Maryam Qasim Ahmed Elected to Chair Somalia’s Independent Human Rights Commission
MOGADISHU — Dr. Maryam Qasim Ahmed was elected chairperson of Somalia’s Independent Human Rights Commission on Wednesday after a closely…
East-Africa
Uganda Court Grants Bail to Notable Human Rights Advocate
Prominent rights activist Sarah Bireete, detained on December 30 after questioning the accuracy of the voter register ahead of Uganda’s…
World
Firefighters retrieve human remains from Karachi shopping mall in Pakistan
Karachi mall inferno leaves at least 21 dead, dozens missing as firefighters comb ruins of Gul Plaza KARACHI, Pakistan —…
World
Human rights group reports over 500 killed in Iran protests
Iran unrest death toll tops 500 as Tehran warns U.S. bases would be targets if Trump intervenes More than 500…
North-Africa
Libya deports Somali migrants as Tripoli steps up crackdown on irregular migration
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan authorities have deported a group of Somali migrants detained in the capital, the country’s Anti-Illegal Migration…
Somalia
Somalia Enacts Law Creating an Independent National Human Rights Commission
Thursday December 11, 2025 MOGADISHU (AX) — Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has signed into law the establishment of the…
Editorial
16 Days of Activism ends with NUSOJ human rights forum advancing gender justice
NUSOJ caps 16 Days of Activism with human rights colloquium, deepening gender justice push in Somalia’s media The National Union…
