By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on SeneNews
An air strike killed 12 people and wounded 18 others at a displacement camp in Myanmar, according to SeneNews. ACLED, the organisation that tracks armed conflicts, records more than 100,000 deaths since the start of the Burmese civil war, amid rising violence, particularly in Rakhine State.
Kyiv’s military administration reports that a Russian overnight strike on a medical facility injured one person, rescued seven and led to the evacuation of 30 others. The attack targeted the Ukrainian capital overnight from Thursday to Friday, according to local military authorities cited by Le Monde.
🇺🇦 Ukraine · Source: Le Monde ·
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for health facilities in Gaza to be protected after an Israeli strike hit Nasser Hospital. The organisation has recorded 1,056 attacks on health care facilities since October 2023, with 1,010 people killed and 1,725 injured, according to Defimedia.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Source: Defimedia ·
At least 25 seafarers have been killed in and around the Strait of Hormuz since the start of the war waged by the United States and Israel against Iran in February, according to the United Nations. Khaled Khiari, UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, gave this toll, covering the period up to 11 November, at a Security Council briefing on Friday.
🇮🇷 Iran · Source: Al Jazeera ·
The European Union has called on Israel to guarantee immediate and unimpeded access to Gaza, after storms flooded tens of thousands of tents housing displaced people. The rain has killed at least five people since the end of last week, according to Palestinian rescue services cited by Le Monde.
🇵🇸 Palestine · Source: Le Monde ·
Meta fined 805 million euros in Italy over access to photosThe Italian Data Protection Authority has fined Meta 805 million euros, accusing it of accessing photos and metadata of Italian users through Facebook’s Android app without specific consent. It is one of the heaviest penalties ever imposed in Italy on a technology giant, according to L’essentiel (Luxembourg).The week in Africa
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