The Ethiopian army base covertly supporting Sudan’s RSFThe sources told MEE that the UAE, which continues to deny supporting the RSF despite mounting evidence, was crucial to Ethiopia’s involvement in the Sudan war, which broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and RSF in April 2023 and has led to the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, with hundreds of thousands killed and over 11 million people displaced from their homes.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-ethiopian-army-base-covertly-supporting-sudans-rsfCosatu slams increase in allocation for official vehicles to R1.1 mlnThis callous decision by Treasury highlights a budget priority and morality crisis affecting the state, with a four billion rand allocated to provide bodyguards for politicians but only three billion can be found for small business development. Cosatu calls upon President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene or reverse this ill-considered decision by Treasury.
https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/1118832-2/Civilians under fire by gangs in Gaza: What happened in Maghazi?The Gaza Centre for Human Rights claims that Israel is increasingly supporting these groups to carry out operations within densely populated camps and neighbourhoods. It said armed drones provided direct support on Monday, firing heavily and randomly into alleys in the camp to aid the armed men’s withdrawal. The centre added that it has documented previous violence by these groups, including looting of aid convoys, kidnappings, torture and killings, with cover or support from the Israeli army.
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/4/8/civilians-under-fire-by-gangs-in-gaza-what-happened-in-maghazihttps://archive.ph/EDAgD Israel kills at least 254 people in massive wave of strikes across Lebanon Hours before the attacks, the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire based on an Iranian proposal that included halting attacks on Lebanon. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – who otherwise approved the ceasefire – was quick to assert that the agreement did not cover Lebanon. Later on Wednesday, Trump also appeared to confirm that Lebanon was not part of the deal, saying it was instead a "separate skirmish".
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-launches-massive-wave-strikes-across-lebanon-iran-ceasefire‘We’re new miyas’: Will BJP naming some Assamese Muslims ‘Indigenous’ work?On the morning of March 14, bulldozers descended on Islampur, a predominantly Muslim neighbourhood in Bongora on the outskirts of Guwahati, the main city in the northeastern Indian state of Assam. For the next four hours, more than three dozen bulldozers razed down homes, including Ali’s, rendering 400 families homeless from 177 hectares (437 acres) of land allegedly protected for Assam’s Indigenous people under a state government law.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/8/were-new-miyas-will-bjp-naming-some-assamese-muslims-indigenous-workhttps://archive.ph/ZJ2muVenezuela's Rodriguez announces 'responsible increase' to wages from MayVenezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodriguez said on Wednesday her government will make a "responsible increase" to workers' income on May 1, as her administration looks to leverage oil and mining developments to improve workers' salaries. She did not give a figure for the wage rise.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/venezuelas-rodriguez-announces-responsible-increase-wages-may-2026-04-08/Chile’s far-right government rips up plan for memorial at Pinochet torture siteThe housing minister, Iván Poduje, claimed that expropriating the site would have cost more than $50m, although he did not provide evidence to support the claim. The ministries of housing and justice declined to comment further on their plans. … Villa Baviera will remain in the hands of the current landowners, a mixture of the descendants of the original German settlers and Chilean families who moved to the area, with Chile’s opposition criticising the move to scrap expropriation plans entirely rather than pause them.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/08/chile-torture-paul-schafer-villa-bavieraSuiza 6 pardoned: “To defend our rights we need to exercise them”The Spanish government has pardoned the Suiza 6 syndicalists, jailed since July 2025. The six members of the CNT union in Gijón, Asturias, were sentenced to three and a half years in prison and fined 125,000 euros, in a case that has threatened to criminalise workers’ solidarity.
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/04/02/suiza-6-pardoned-to-defend-our-rights-we-need-to-exercise-them/3 workers killed in industrial accident at Turkish steel giantThree workers were killed and one injured in a horrific accident at the Çolakoğlu Metallurgy plant in Dilovası, Kocaeli on Sunday, April 5. The injured worker was reportedly discharged from hospital on Tuesday. The plant’s section manager, an engineer, and an occupational health and safety specialist have been arrested.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/04/08/ujds-a08.htmlIrish farmers protest fuel prices for second dayThe protest began on Tuesday morning over the high fuel prices caused by the US-Israel war on Iran. Eamon Curley, a beef farmer and Beef Plan Movement chairman, warned that food prices will “jump up” if the government fails to act. “The farmers drive tractors, the builders drive diggers,” he said.
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