#humanitarian-crisis

#humanitarian-crisis

As the United States showcases a "historic" peace agreement in Central Africa, heavy fighting continues in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On Thursday, US President Donald Trump will bring Rwandan President Paul Kagame and DRC President Felix Tshisekedi together in the newly renamed Donald J. Trump US Institute of Peace. The White House says the leaders will sign what Trump calls a peace agreement. It is presented as part of a package that blends security commitments with an economic and strategic minerals partnership. But on the ground, the war is far from over.

Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (known as the BNPB) said on Saturday that the number of confirmed casualties following this week's catastrophic flooding and landslides now stands at 248, with more than 100 people still missing, after rescuers in West Sumatra's Agam district recovered more bodies. list of 3 itemsend of list More than 500 people have also been injured, the BNPB said.

Israel has violated the United States-brokered Gaza ceasefire at least 497 times in 44 days, killing hundreds of Palestinians since the ceasefire came into effect on October 10, according to the Gaza Government Media Office. Some 342 civilians have been killed in the attacks, with children, women and the elderly accounting for the majority of the victims. list of 3 itemsend of list We condemn in the strongest terms the continued serious and systematic violations of the ceasefire agreement by the Israeli occupation authorities, the office said in a statement on Saturday.

South African authorities are facing heavy criticism after they held more than 150 Palestinians, including a woman who was nine months pregnant, on a plane for about 12 hours because of problems with their travel documents. A pastor who was allowed to meet the passengers while they were stuck on the plane said it was extremely hot and that children were screaming and crying.

When Omar*, a 29-year-old bricklayer from rural Gambia, crossed the border into Mauritania in March, he came in search of the better pay he'd heard he could find. He settled in Nouadhibou, Mauritania's second-largest city, where he shared a one-room shack with four friends, and found work as a casual labourer on construction sites, earning two to three times more than he had back home.