South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for calm, rejecting claims by pressure groups representing the country’s white minority that a spike in deadly attacks on farms was ‘ethnic cleansing’. His appeal on Monday came after a group of mainly white farmers stormed a courthouse on Wednesday during the hearing […]
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Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community settle under a bridge in central Dahuk, Aug. 14. Human rights activists say evidence of the Islamic State’s violence against the Yazidis points to war crimes, and amounts to ethnic cleansing. Khalid Mohammed/AP hide caption toggle caption Khalid Mohammed/AP Displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi […]
Rohingya refugees trek through Bangladeshi paddy fields at dusk Saturday after crossing the border. Some 300,000 people have fled Myanmar since violence flared anew in the western state of Rakhine, where military reprisals appear to be a “textbook example of ethnic cleansing.” Dan Kitwood/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Dan […]