FLYING THROUGH THE SNOW UN: Violence in Sudan’s Darfur has killed 250, displaced 100,000
An American flag flies in the wind as snow falls Friday in Watervliet,
Michigan.
CAIRO – Tribal clashes in Sudan’s Darfur region have killed at least 250 people and displaced more than 100,000 since erupting earlier this month, the U.N. refugee agency said.
The violence in the provinces of West Darfur and South Darfur has posed a significant challenge to the country’s transitional government.
Among those displaced were some 3,500 people, mostly women and children, who fled into neighboring Chad, according to Boris Cheshirkov, a spokesman for the UNHCR.
Those fleeing the violence into eastern Chad’s Ouaddai province have been forced to seek shelter – often nothing more than a tree – in remote places that lack basic services or public infrastructure, the spokesman added.
Protests against Israeli PM Netanyahu continue nationwide
JERUSALEM – More than a thousand protesters gathered in Jerusalem on Saturday for a weekly demonstration demanding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu step down over corruption charges, as smaller protests were staged at intersections and bridges across the country.
Netanyahu faces charges of fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three cases involving billionaire associates and media moguls. He denies wrongdoing, but the protesters said he cannot run the country properly while under indictment.
The protests have taken place each week since last summer, primarily at a Jerusalem square near Netanyahu’s official residence, and continued despite lower turnout in the cold winter nights.