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African Clergy, Scholars Call for Pause On Laws Targeting Sexual Minorities

eriinfo.com1 week ago012 mins

Twenty-five African and African-diasporan faith leaders, theologians, scholars and constitutional thinkers have launched the African Democratic Covenant, calling on African governments to pause legislation that criminalises sexual minorities and open broader dialogue on democracy, human dignity, sovereignty and constitutional rights. The Covenant was launched on Monday during a virtual press convening attended by journalists across…

Zambia election: Vote counting resumes after pause over alleged attacks on polling staff

eriinfo.com2 months ago03 mins

Zambia’s electoral commission has resumed the counting of votes from Thursday’s presidential, parliamentary and local elections after it was halted over alleged attacks on polling staff. The authority paused the process nationwide expressing concern about reports of violence that had “resulted in the theft of marked ballot papers in ballot boxes”. President Hakainde Hichilema is…

U.S.-Iran war appears to pause as Trump gives space for talks to end Strait of Hormuz standoff

eriinfo.com3 months ago03 mins

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that he wants to avoid opening a “new front” after Ukraine’s military struck an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea on Saturday. “We have to be careful. We have to do everything we can to not open a new front in any way,” Zelenskyy told Britain’s Sky News…

Talks pause for slain ayatollah’s funeral after Trump and mediators claim progress

eriinfo.com3 months ago04 mins

With the largely indirect negotiations between the U.S. and Iran entering a pause of at least a week for the funeral of Iran’s slain supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, some key questions about the talks remain unanswered. Under the terms of the memorandum of understanding signed two weeks ago, both sides committed “to negotiating and…

Trump extends pause on striking Iranian energy plants; Witkoff floats 15-point peace proposal

eriinfo.com7 months ago067 mins

21m ago Israeli opposition leader warns military is “stretched to the limit and beyond” Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid is warning that the war was is taking too high a toll. “The IDF (Israel Defense Forces) is stretched to the limit and beyond. The government is leaving the army wounded out on the battlefield,”…

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Africa: Trump Threatens to ‘Permanently Pause Migration From All Third World Countries’ in Escalating Anti-Immigration Rhetoric

eriinfo.com11 months ago05 mins

Nairobi — U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to “permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries,” escalating his hardline immigration stance amid renewed attacks on Somali and other immigrant communities in recent weeks. Trump’s remarks were issued in a lengthy Thanksgiving statement posted on Thursday, coming at a politically charged moment following the recent…

Trump says U.S. to ‘permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries’ after DC shooting

eriinfo.com11 months ago04 mins

U.S. President Donald Trump shows a printed photo during a call with service members from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on Nov. 27, 2025, during the Thanksgiving holiday. US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Sarah Beckstrom, one of the two National Guard troops shot a day earlier near the White House, had…

Jordan and UAE aid drops underway in Gaza during Israel’s ‘tactical pause’

eriinfo.com1 year ago010 mins

Watch: Air drop aid seen arriving in northern Gaza Jordan and the UAE have dropped aid into Gaza after Israel began a “tactical pause” in fighting to mitigate a worsening humanitarian crisis. Jordan’s military said its planes, working with the UAE, had delivered 25 tonnes of aid in three drops on Sunday. A lorry convoy…