News Clips- July 28, 2017

July 28, 2017

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United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, visits Nigeria
Credit: UN Photo/Lula Gao

On Wednesday, several international aid organizations in the Central African Republic halted operations due to violence between armed groups and the targeting of aid workers. [Reuters]
On Monday, suicide attacks targeted two camps for internally displaced persons in Nigeria resulting in the deaths of at least eight people. [UN News Centre]
On Monday, at least 24 people were killed when a suicide bomber hit a minibus in Kabul, Afghanistan; the Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. [Washington Post]
On Monday, an attack claimed by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan group targeted police in Lahore, Pakistan and killed at least 25 people. [Al Jazeera]

On Thursday, the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, proposed a plan to process asylum requests in Libya. [Reuters]
On Sunday, ten migrants died and 29 were hospitalized in San Antonio, Texas after being smuggled into the United States and riding in the back of a hot truck. [Reuters]
This week, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reported on a pilot program to register undocumented Afghan refugees in Pakistan, which may provide legal status to a million people. [UN News Centre]

On Wednesday, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights announced the appointment of three international experts on the situation of the Kasai regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [OHCHR Press Release]
This week, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization launched new guidelines regarding the protection of national forest resources and implementing monitoring. [UN News Centre]
Last week, the African Union Commission consulted with South Sudan’s Transitional Government of National Unity on the establishment of a Hybrid Court for South Sudan, which would have jurisdiction over war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. [AU Press Release]

On Wednesday, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, announced his intention to ban transgender people from serving in the military. [New York Times]
On Monday, the president of Poland vetoed two measures that would have limited the independence of the judiciary in the country. [Washington Post]
On Sunday, an estimated 3,000 protesters demonstrated in Moscow, Russia against restrictive policies that impact citizens’ use of the internet. [Moscow Times]
On Friday, the president of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, signed legislation legalizing gay marriage in Germany; the law goes into effect this fall. [Washington Post]
This week Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations called on the Government of Canada to address online hate speech directed at Canada’s indigenous populations. [Guardian]