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The monthslong conflict in Sudan has displaced over 4 million people, a UN official says
1 year, 5 months ago

The monthslong conflict in Sudan has displaced over 4 million people, a UN official says

Associated Press  

CAIRO — Sudan’s escalating conflict has driven more than 4 million people from their homes, including over 884,000 who have fled to neighboring countries, a U.N. official said Tuesday. On Tuesday, Nabil Abdallah, the military’s main spokesman, said army forces killed and injured hundreds of RSF fighters in ongoing operations in Omdurman. The rival forces had ordered civilians to evacuate …

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US officials attend migration summit while policies under fire
2 years, 8 months ago

US officials attend migration summit while policies under fire

Al Jazeera  

High-level meetings are being held in Panama as rights advocates say risks for migrants exacerbated by US border push. However, migrant rights advocates contend that security and deterrence policies pushed by the US and other destination countries aggravate the risks migrants and asylum seekers face in transit through the region. Since taking office in January last year, US President Joe …

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Venezuela, now a top source of U.S. asylum claims, poses a challenge for Trump
5 years, 7 months ago

Venezuela, now a top source of U.S. asylum claims, poses a challenge for Trump

LA Times  

Venezuelans cross the border into Colombia last month. “There’s obviously a huge contradiction between the way the U.S. government characterizes the Venezuelan regime and the refusal to have a more flexible immigration policy toward Venezuelans,” said Cynthia Arnson, director of the Latin American program at the Wilson Center, a Washington-based think tank. “All of Venezuelans want the U.S. military to …

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Death toll in Nairobi attack climbs to 21, plus 5 attackers
5 years, 11 months ago

Death toll in Nairobi attack climbs to 21, plus 5 attackers

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — The death toll from an extremist attack on a luxury hotel and shopping complex in Nairobi climbed to 21, plus the five militants killed, police said Wednesday in the aftermath of the brazen overnight siege by al-Shabab gunmen. The number of those killed at the DusitD2 complex rose with the discovery of six more bodies at the …

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American Jason Spindler who survived 9/11 died in the Kenya attack
5 years, 11 months ago

American Jason Spindler who survived 9/11 died in the Kenya attack

CNN  

CNN — American businessman Jason Spindler survived the September 11 attacks in New York only to die this week in another act of terror. Men armed with guns and explosives burst into Nairobi’s DusitD2 compound, killing at least 21 people in an attack that lasted hours and ended Wednesday morning, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said. Long before he started his …

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