Two killed in rare street demonstration over women’s rights in Afghanistan

By: Ruchi Kumar · Ghazaal Mohammadi and Rukhshana Media reporters

10 June 2026 at 10:35

A child reported among those killed when Taliban forces fired on crowds in Herat, who were protesting over arrests of women accused of violating hijab dress code

A Taliban crackdown on women’s dress code in Afghanistan has escalated into a rare mass street protest in the western province of Herat, with at least two people, including one boy, killed by security forces.

Officials made a wave of arrests in recent days targeting women and young girls accused of “improper hijab”. Residents say many families had received no information about the whereabouts or condition of those detained.

Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds

The Guardian - World news

By: Mark Townsend

10 June 2026 at 06:00

Amazon and Sony among firms that may have sourced coltan, used in phones, from supply chains controlled by the M23 rebels, says Global Witness

Leading global brands including Amazon, Ericsson and Sony are “likely” to have sourced minerals linked to a militia accused of widespread sexual violence, summary executions and torture, a new investigation claims.

The companies allegedly, but unknowingly, acquired coltan smuggled from mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that are occupied by the M23 militia, which has committed myriad atrocities in eastern DRC.

‘Family values’ African charter condemned by rights groups as regressive and dangerous

The Guardian - World news

By: Isabel Choat

5 June 2026 at 09:00

Draft treaty claims sexual and reproductive health and rights are an existential threat to the African family

An African treaty that rejects longstanding international human rights obligations moved a step closer to becoming policy this week as governments across the continent met in Ghana.

The draft African charter on family, sovereignty and values, seen by the Guardian, asserts that African values and culture are under attack from “foreign ideologies” and urges states to withdraw from any agreements that do not align with the principles of the charter, including the 2003 Maputo protocol, which promotes gender equality and protects the reproductive and health rights of women and girls.

Rebel attacks in eastern DRC kill 30 people and hamper Ebola response

The Guardian - World news

By: Prosper Heri Ngorora in Goma

4 June 2026 at 05:00

Islamic State-linked militia blamed for raids in North Kivu as governor says three patients with disease fled clinics

Rebel attacks around a town that is one of the centres of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have left more than 30 people dead over the past few days, complicating the response to the disease.

At least 10 people were massacred in raids on three villages around the city of Beni, in North Kivu, in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The African century begins with unity – or it does not begin. Part 3. From Illusion to Reality

New Eastern Outlook

By: Mohamed Lamine KABA

2 June 2026 at 09:30

Artificial political independence, when it remains devoid of economic sovereignty, constitutes only an illusion of freedom, a facade of autonomy deprived of any real capacity for self-determination. Russia, Africa and dedollarization It is in this context that the dedollarization promoted by Russia – and the growing interest of several African nations in payment systems alternative […]

LaRouche’s Peace Through Development: A Vision for Solving Humanity’s Crisis

New Eastern Outlook

By: Tamer Mansour

25 May 2026 at 05:59

Future generations will ask, What did you do when the choice became clear between war and development? Did you defend the old order that was failing, or did you join the movement for a new world? As Europe lay in ruins by the end of World War II, the United States adopted the Marshall Plan, […]

Reading view