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In a statement, the Israeli military denied that it had targeted Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, which they claim is above a Hamas command post, but have acknowledged that fighting is happening “around” the facility. UN relief and humanitarian affairs chief, Martin Griffiths, tweeted that in light of “horrific reports …

Thousands of workers from Gaza have been trapped in the West Bank since the Hamas attacks on October 7. Their Israeli work permits have been canceled, and they’re deeply worried about their families back home.

The state government said that the ban took immediate effect. The Katsina State Government has announced a ban on all forms of large religious, social and other forms of night gatherings in the state.

Thousands of people are holed up in Gaza’s largest hospital, which Israel claims is a Hamas command centre. Israel’s military has closed in on the front gates of Gaza’s biggest hospital, where thousands of injured and displaced people are trapped amid intensive Israeli bombardment. Israeli forces had fully encircled the …

Onyenji made the call when he received members of the Society of Young Nigerian Writers, Anambra Chapter, in his office on Friday. The Young Writers were on the visit to inform him of the 2023 Chinua Achebe Literary Festival and Memorial Lecture scheduled for Nov. 16. Onyenji said the originality …

6.5% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean suffers from hunger, or 43.2 million people. Credit: FAO Opinion by Mario Lubetkin (santiago) Friday, November 10, 2023 Inter Press Service SANTIAGO, Nov 10 (IPS) – Mario Lubetkin is FAO Assistant Director-General and FAO Regional Representative for Latin America and the …

Kenya’s extensive coastline has been fronted as a hub for carbon trading due to its lush mangrove forests. But now experts caution that carbon markets are exploitative greenwashing systems. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce Chimbi (nairobi) Friday, November 10, 2023 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Nov 10 (IPS) – Somalia, Syria, DRC …

Main opposition party calls it president’s ‘attempt to eliminate the constitutional order’. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has waded into a brewing judicial crisis, accusing the country’s highest court of making mistakes and defending an unprecedented criminal investigation against its judges. The comments on Friday stoked a debate over the …

Thousands of trucks were lined up at several border crossings between Ukraine and Poland on Friday, preventing goods from being delivered to Europe and causing traffic jams lasting several days as Polish truckers blocked checkpoints over what they said was unfair competition from their Ukrainian counterparts. Ukraine’s infrastructure minister, Oleksandr …

Earthquake-affected families in Chamakhet village, Jajarkot, are staying in temporary shelters. Credit: Barsha Shah/IPS by Tanka Dhakal (kathmandu) Friday, November 10, 2023 Inter Press Service KATHMANDU, Nov 10 (IPS) – Emergency health services are grappling with the enormous challenge of providing essential care to individuals affected by a deadly earthquake that …