Crisis in Haiti worsens after month-long siege on Port-au-Prince

© UNOCHA/Giles Clarke A woman and her child, who was born in the tent in which they sit. There are 600 families now living at a former school in downtown Port-au-Prince.

As a siege imposed by heavily armed gangs on Port-au-Prince, Haiti, stretches into a second month, the UN migration agency sounded an alarm on Thursday about the ever-worsening humanitarian situation.


The surge of violence since February this year has reached “unprecedented levels” resulting in rampant food insecurity and multiple displacements, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

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Botswana threatens to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in trophy hunting row

Botswana, home of the world’s largest elephant population, has already offered 8,000 elephants to Angola and another 500 to Mozambique Photograph: Charmaine Noronha/AP

President Mokgweetsi Masisi voices anger over Berlin’s opposition to the import of trophies over poaching concerns

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Botswana’s president has threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany amid a dispute over the import of hunting trophies.

Earlier this year Germany’s environment ministry raised the possibility of stricter limits on the import of hunting trophies over poaching concerns.

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Gaza: World court issues fresh measures for Israel as crisis deepens

© ICJ-CIJ/ Frank van Beek The International Court of Justice delivers its ruling in the case of South Africa v. Israel in The Hague in January. (file)

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday issued new provisional measures for Israel as the humanitarian situation in bombarded and besieged Gaza continues to deteriorate.


The world court issued the new order in response to a recent request made by South Africa, which submitted a case in December accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, based on its continuing offensive following Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel which left almost 1,200 dead and more than 240 taken hostage.

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