CAMEA Bulletin – News from Afghanistan, Middle East & Africa (September 5, 2024)

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Afghanistan

1. UN will continue to engage the Taliban in Afghanistan despite new laws restricting women

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-13799205/UN-continue-engage-Taliban-Afghanistan-despite-new-laws-restricting-women.html

2. Public Health Minister Meets WHO Regional Director to Discuss Health Challenges in Afghanistan

https://www.bakhtarnews.af/en/public-health-minister-meets-who-regional-director-to-discuss-health-challenges-in-afghanistan/

3. ISIS claims responsibility for Kabul bombing

https://amu.tv/121321/

4. Kazakhstan willing to develop Afghanistan infrastructure

https://pajhwok.com/2024/09/03/kazakhstan-willing-to-develop-afghanistan-infrastructure/

5. Iran unveils new plan to address Afghan refugees

https://amu.tv/121299/

6. Over 72,000 people left Afghanistan in a single week, IOM reports

https://www.ariananews.af/over-72000-people-left-afghanistan-in-a-single-week-iom-reports/

7. Leader of Afghanistan’s resistance movement says he will defeat the Taliban ‘no matter the odds’

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/01/politics/ahmad-massoud-afghanistan-resistance-interview/index.html

8. Pakistan urges Afghan Taliban to address perception as ‘ideological cousins of TTP’

https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-urges-afghan-taliban-to-address-perception-as-ideological-cousins-of-ttp-/7762787.html

Middle East

9. Lebanon Former Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh Arrested

https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5057136-lebanon-former-central-bank-governor-riad-salameh-arrested

10. Saudi Arabia continues airdrops of food aid to Gaza

https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/645263/SAUDI-ARABIA/Saudi-Arabia-continues-airdrops-of-food-aid-to-Gaza

11. Incident reported for Iran ship in Kuwaiti waters

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/220603/Incident-reported-for-Iran-ship-in-Kuwaiti-waters

12. ‘Not enough:’ UK government urged to halt all arms sales to Israel

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/not-enough-uk-government-urged-to-halt-all-arms-sales-to-israel/3320215

13. Gaza facing world’s biggest water crisis due to Israeli attacks, says expert

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/gaza-facing-worlds-biggest-water-crisis-due-to-israeli-attacks-says-expert/3315736

14. Iraq’s first census in 27 years, an ‘important’ step for the future, says Salloum

https://www.asianews.it/news-en/Iraq%26rsquo%3Bs-first-census-in-27-years,-an-%26lsquo%3Bimportant%27-step-for-the-future,-says-Salloum-61421.html

Africa

15. Starvation crisis reaches historic proportions

https://www.nrc.no/news/2024/september/sudan-if-bullets-miss-hunger-wont/

16. Expert assures Egypt is not establishing military base in Somali territory

https://www.egyptindependent.com/expert-assures-egypt-is-not-establishing-military-base-in-somali-territory/

17. A lesson in diplomacy: China and South Sudan’s educational exchange

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-09-03/A-lesson-in-diplomacy-China-and-South-Sudan-s-educational-exchange-1wAxvjaEeUU/p.html

18. Nigerian socialists and trade unionists face torrent of repression

https://socialistworker.co.uk/international/nigeria-repression-socialists-and-trade-unionists/

19. Africa bears disproportionate burden of climate change (UN)

https://apanews.net/africa-bears-disproportionate-burden-of-climate-change-un/

20. President Xi Jinping Holds Talks with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa

https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xw/zyxw/202409/t20240903_11484282.html