Diane Rwigara’s name missing from list of candidates to challenge Paul Kagame in 15 July vote
Kohima Press Club conducts a clean-up event at its allotted plot
KOHIMA, May 18 (NEPS): Members of the Kohima Press Club (KPC) conducted a mass social service—a clean-up event—at the Press Club’s newly allotted plot adjacent to the Made in Nagaland complex on May 18, 2024.
Altogether, 24 members of the club participated.… Read the rest
Ukraine troops pull back in Kharkiv after Russia offensive
James Gregory and James Waterhouse, BBC News
Ukraine has pulled back its troops from several villages in the border region of Kharkiv following continued pressure from Russian forces.
Soldiers had come under heavy fire and moved to “more advantageous positions” in two areas of the north-eastern region, a military spokesman said.
450,000 Gazans now uprooted from Rafah as Israeli bombardment continues
Large parts of the city of Rafah are now a “ghost town”, with UN humanitarians reporting on Tuesday that some 450,000 Gazans have been forcibly displaced from the southernmost city by Israeli evacuation orders in the last week.
No aid getting into Gaza, says UN aid agency
Israeli military manoeuvres and shelling continued in and around eastern Rafah in southern Gaza on Wednesday morning as UN humanitarians stressed that “no fuel or aid” is getting into the enclave.
“We’re not receiving any aid, the crossing area has ongoing military operations and is an active war zone,” said Scott Anderson, from the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, in a post on X.