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1. Egypt prime minister defends fuel price hike

   Madbouly said during a cabinet meeting that the government faced a choice between maintaining current fuel prices — a move that would have imposed heavy costs on the state — or raising them to shield industrial and business operations from the repercussions of the U.S.–Israel war on Iran

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.