Tauhierah Salie

INTERNATIONAL Japan will push for an African seat at the United Nations by using its place on the world body’s Security Council. “Japan reiterates its determination to redress the historical injustice against Africa of not being represented through a permanent membership on the Security Council,” Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told the Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Tunis, Tunisia on Sunday. “In order for the UN to work effectively […]

INTERNATIONAL Calls are growing internationally for the release of Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawdeh as he nears six months of a hunger strike against his continued detention without charge by Israel. Images of an extremely emaciated Awawdeh, shared by his wife on Sunday, a day after she visited his hospital room, have led to growing calls for his release, including from the European Union’s (EU) delegation to Palestine. The delegation said in a […]

INTERNATIONAL A group of more than 30 rights groups have called on the international community to pressure Saudi Arabia to release imprisoned national Salma al-Shehab, who was sentenced to 34 years in prison over a series of tweets criticising the kingdom. In a statement signed by ALQST, PEN International and Amnesty International, among others, the organisations said the kingdom must "immediately and unconditionally" released Shehab, whose sentence is the longest ever handed down to […]

INTERNATIONAL Children's laughter escapes from a prefabricated building where the air conditioning runs at full blast in the July heat. Inside, there are about 20 girls and boys, between eight and 10 years old. "Who among the girls can tell me the story of the three little goats?" asks their Kurdish teacher, who has adapted the famous story of the three little pigs. Sitting behind her desk, wearing a green […]