bbcworldservice

lundi 30 août 2021

On this edition of Africa 54: Internet services in South Sudan are disrupted and security forces deployed on the streets, as residents have sheltered inside after activists call for protests against President Salva Kiir's government; Suspected Islamist militants kill at least 19 people in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo; & Thousands of Americans gathered in Washington to demand federal legislation to protect voting rights. Top Stories: A dinghy carrying around 55 migrants landed in the middle of the night on Sunday (August 29) on a beach in Spain's Canary Islands. Internet services in South Sudan were disrupted on Monday and security forces were deployed on the streets, which were quieter than usual as residents sheltered inside after activists had called for protests against President Salva Kiir's government. Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 19 people in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, according to local authorities. The attackers looted houses and started fires in Kasanzi-Kithovo near Virunga National Park in North Kivu province overnight between Friday and Saturday. There was no immediate claim of responsibility. At least 30 soldiers were killed and 60 wounded on Sunday in Houthi strikes on a military base belonging to forces of the Saudi-led coalition in southwest Yemen, according to a spokesman for the southern forces and medical sources. In the Netherlands, lawyers from an international law firm representing more than 200 victims have filed a petition calling on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the six-year Saudi-led coalition war in Yemen. The lawyers from Guernica37 International Justice Chambers of London say they’ve submitted evidence compiled by survivors, their relatives and families of the deceased who were killed during the war. Toby Cadman the lead attorney spoke to VOA's Peter Clottey about the prospects of holding accountable those responsible for committing human rights violations and crimes against humanity during the war in Yemen.

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