South Sudan oil production pollution threatens thousands: monitors
Dangerous heavy metals used in oil production in war-torn South Sudan have leaked into drinking water sources used by 180,000 people with life-threatening health risks, [read more…]
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Rights Group Reports Deepening Violence in Burundi
NAIROBI, Kenya — Security forces and their allies in Burundi have beaten people with rocks, bricks, gun butts and iron bars; they have abducted suspects [read more…]