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1. Egypt: Residents struggle amid price hikes

   Egyptians are fretting over price hikes that have seen the cost of everyday goods surge. It comes after the government increased fuel prices, blaming soaring global energy markets due to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

2. South Sudan: UN official concerned over human rights violations

   As accounts of human rights violations in South Sudan pile up, the spokesperson for the UN high comisisoner of human rights has voiced concern.

3. Haiti: Human Rights Watch sounds alarm on drone strikes

   According to Human Rights Watch, the Haitian government is using its security forces and contractors to launch drone strikes on armed gangs -- strikes that are also impacting civilians.

4. Residents of Ethiopia's Tigray region start to flee amid fears of renewed civil war

   Less than four years after a peace agreement ended the civil war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, conflict is looming once again.

5. Film: Dancing through resistance in Belleville

   Under the theme “Resistance and Revolt: The Power of Images,” the 2026 Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights is spotlighting the documentary Belleville Will Always See Us Dance.