Новости за 11.04.2023

Security forces in northwest Nigeria's Zamfara state are searching for women and children gunmen abducted over the weekend.   Residents say at least 80 people were taken, which Zamfara's police commissioner disputes.   Zamfara state police authorities say rescue operations by security forces and local vigilantes resumed Monday morning for nine people, not the 80 that were reportedly abducted over the weekend.   The victims, mostly young women and children were abducted from Wanzamai village... Читать дальше...

U.S. President Joe Biden travels to both sides of the Irish border this week, taking part in commemorations to mark the 25th anniversary of Northern Ireland’s Good Friday peace accord as well as making a pilgrimage to the towns of his Irish ancestors. Biden’s visit comes as the durability of the peace accord is being tested by political disagreements and occasional attacks carried out by dissidents. The latest violence came just Monday when masked youths pelted police vehicles with petrol bombs during a march in Londonderry. Читать дальше...

An international team of scientists is rushing to save West Africa’s Atlantic humpback dolphin, which environmental groups say has been pushed to the brink of extinction. In 1987, Senegal banned nylon monofilament fishing nets that threaten dolphins and other marine life, but critics say the government has failed to enforce the law. Annika Hammerschlag reports from Senegal’s Sine Saloum Delta.

Iran's parliament has adopted proposals to toughen penalties for perpetrators of violence against women that could be voted into law within months, state media has reported.    Initiated more than 10 years ago, discussions in parliament led to the adoption on Sunday of the general principles of a draft bill called "preventing harm to women and improving their safety against misbehavior," IRNA news agency reported.    The text, which can be modified, could be formally promulgated into law in the coming months. Читать дальше...

Media outlets and analysts have condemned a decision by Twitter to label the BBC, VOA and NPR as “government-funded media,” saying the policy’s application has been inconsistent and risks reducing trust in the independent media outlets. Twitter first added a “state-affiliated media” tag to National Public Radio’s main account on April 4 before changing that on Saturday to “government funded media.” It added the same wording to the main accounts for Voice of America and the British Broadcasting Corporation. Читать дальше...

Two aid workers with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) were killed in Ethiopia's Amhara region amid civil unrest, according to a statement Monday from the aid agency. The unrest was triggered by the government's decision to dissolve the regional security units of the country's 11 federal states and fold them into the federal forces.  Chuol Tongyik, 37, a security manager, and Amare Kindeya, 43, a driver, were shot and killed in the Amhara region as they were traveling back to the capital city of Addis Ababa, according to a statement from CRS. Читать дальше...

A Virginia grand jury on Monday indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy on felony child neglect and a firearms charge stemming from the child’s shooting of an elementary school teacher three months ago in Newport News. On January 6, 25-year-old teacher Abigail Zwerner was wounded by a first-grade student in her classroom at Richneck Elementary School after school officials received warnings that the boy had a gun. The student's mother, Deja Taylor, was charged with felony “child neglect and misdemeanor... Читать дальше...

The Taliban have released two Afghan activists at a time when the United Nations and human rights watchdogs have raised alarms over the increase in arbitrary detentions in Afghanistan in recent months. Nargis Sadat, a women's rights defender, and Zakaria Osuli, a university lecturer and author, were released on Monday after being detained separately for more than two months by the Taliban. The Taliban have not commented on why the two were detained or released. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan... Читать дальше...

April 11 marks four years since a popular uprising in Sudan led the military to overthrow President Omar al-Bashir, but hopes for civilian rule have not been fulfilled. Sudan's pro-democracy movement has struggled with the military for power. Henry Wilkins reports from Khartoum on the state of Sudan's iconic revolution. Camera and produced by: Henry Wilkins