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Rwanda shuts 10,000 churches under tough worship regulations

The Rwandan government has reportedly closed about 10,000 churches for failing to comply with a 2018 law regulating places of worship, which introduced new requirements on health and safety, financial disclosures, and mandatory theological training for preachers.

Radio France Internationale

Pro-Palestine prisoners pause hunger strike as their health deteriorates

Qesser Zuhrah and Amu Gib, on remand at HMP Bronzefield in Surrey, had refused food for almost 50 days in protest at the ban on Palestine Action

The Guardian - UK

A heavy moral burden as Palestine Action hunger strikers risk death

Letters: Dr David Nicholl and Dr John Kalk discuss medical ethics in relation to the care of prisoners on hunger strike, and Dr Jonathan Fluxman calls on Labour to act now before the worst happens

The Guardian - UK

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Michael Mansfield criticises ministers’ refusal to meet Palestine Action hunger strikers

Leading human rights lawyer accuses government of ‘dismissive approach’ based on ‘ludicrous’ reasoning

The Guardian - UK

Greta Thunberg arrested in London over ‘Palestine Action prisoners’ placard

Two other people held on suspicion of criminal damage after protest at insurance company’s offices

The Guardian - UK

Who are the Palestine Action hunger strikers and what are the health risks?

Seven prisoners have been taken to hospital since starting their strikes, with some claiming a lack of medical attention

The Guardian - UK

Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy

Justice secretary urged to ‘show a bit of humanity’ with protesters severely ill after refusing food for weeks

The Guardian - UK

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Freed Nigerian schoolchildren to be reunited with families

Month-long ordeal ends but no details released on how they regained their freedom or who was behind abduction

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Nigeria says all freed after release of 130 abducted Catholic schoolchildren

Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 130 schoolchildren who were taken at gunpoint from a Catholic school in November. The government says that no more staff and students are still being held.

Radio France Internationale

It was lethal to be in Gaza this year, and deadly for those who tried to tell the world

The Al Jazeera reporter Anas al-Sharif was the most prominent name among so many targeted for simply bearing witness to the truth, says journalist and media professor Jane Martinson

The Guardian - UK

Two Palestine Action-linked hunger strikers taken to hospital

MPs and next of kin of prisoners Amu Gib, 30, and Kamran Ahmed, 28, call for immediate government intervention

The Guardian - UK

Sweden and Germany slash aid budgets to focus on Ukraine and defence spending

Echoing the dismantling of USAID, other countries are changing funding priorities and health and hunger programmes in Africa will lose out

The Guardian - UK

Sudan's El-Fasher under the RSF, destroyed and 'full of bodies'

When Sudanese nurse Asmaa returned to the Darfur city of El-Fasher, she found only bodies where her neighbours once lived and no sign of the family she had come to save.

Radio France Internationale

‘It feels like being suffocated’: Palestine Action activist in HMP Peterborough vows to continue hunger strike

Teuta Hoxha says she remains determined despite growing fears for her health and five other prisoners staging protest

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UN urges Rwanda to leave eastern Congo and extends peacekeeping mission for a year

The U.N. Security Council has urged Rwanda to withdraw its forces from eastern Congo and extended the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo for a year

Radio France Internationale

UN mulls new mandate for DR Congo peacekeepers at critical moment for conflict

With hostilities once again flaring in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations is weighing another extension of its Monusco peacekeeping mission when its mandate expires this month. Though the UN had been charting a progressive withdrawal, renewed fighting and an international push for peace look set to…

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Tanzania police accused of ‘unlawful lethal force’ after protests left 700 dead

Evidence gathered by human rights NGO Amnesty International shows Tanzania’s post-election protests were met with overwhelming force, with the United Nations estimating at least 700 people were killed in the unrest – raising questions about the future of civic freedoms in the country.

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The Guardian view on the Palestine Action hunger strikers: the government is trying to ignore this protest

Editorial: Doctors have warned that the lives of these prisoners are now in danger. Pretending this is not happening is not good enough

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The Guardian - UK

Gaza no longer in famine but hunger levels remain critical, UN says

Monitor says almost one in eight people face food shortages as flooding and cold exacerbate humanitarian emergency

The Guardian - US

Santas and elves rob Montreal grocery store to ‘give food to the needy’

Group called Robins des Ruelles later said in statement stunt was intended to highlight cost of living crisis

The Independent UK

Spread of Gaza famine has been averted yet strip still faces starvation, experts say

The world’s leading authority on food crises says the spread of famine’s been averted in Gaza yet the situation remains critical with the entire strip facing starvation

The Guardian - UK

Minister says government not mistreating Palestine Action activists on hunger strike

Commons leader denies allegation and says government ‘not trying to break bodies’ after doctor said prisoners were dying

Evening Standard

Sinn Fein urges Starmer to intervene in case of pro-Palestine hunger strikers

The hunger strike began in early November in protest at being held in custody while awaiting trial.

The Independent UK

South Sudan's peace guarantors warn against renewed violence

Three governments that were central in South Sudan’s peace process have urged leaders to end renewed fighting and focus on implementing the peace agreement that ended a deadly conflict

Evening Standard

Palestine Action protesters on hunger strike in prison ‘are dying’, doctor says

Almost 900 health professionals have written to David Lammy, Wes Streeting, senior NHS officials and senior prison officials.

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