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Niger becomes the first African country to eliminate river blindness
Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).
Human Rights Watch3d
Guatemala: Failed Response to Sexual Violence Against Girls
Successive governments in Guatemala have failed to meet their obligations toward girls facing early and forced pregnancies ...
Jurist3d
HRW criticizes Guatemala for not providing girls facing forced pregnancies with access to abortion and resources
Human Rights Watch reported Tuesday that successive governments in Guatemala failed to meet their obligations toward girls facing forced pregnancies due to sexual violence. The right's ...
CNN12d
At least 54 die in Guatemala after bus plunges off bridge
At least 54 people were killed after a bus veered off a bridge into a ravine in Guatemala City on Monday, according to the country’s National Institute of Forensic Sciences. The bus was ...
Fox News29d
Guatemalan man illegally in US accused of sexually abusing Alabama child shows no remorse: 'It is what it is'
A Guatemalan man illegally in the United States was taken into custody on Sunday after police in north Alabama said he was caught sexually abusing a child. Luis Lopez-Martinez, 38, was arrested by ...
The Economist14d
Guatemala is grappling with a globetrotting Jewish “cult”
who heads the anti-human-trafficking unit of the Guatemalan prosecutors’ office, maintains otherwise. She says the parents knew about the alleged abuse, which includes the marriage of girls as ...
New York Post29d
Illegal Guatemalan migrant gives cops sick excuse for alleged rape of young child: ‘It is what it is’
A depraved illegal immigrant from Guatemala who was “caught in the act” of molesting a young child in Alabama over the weekend made a sick confession to cops, authorities said. “It is what ...
Boston.com27d
Guatemalan man convicted of rape after evidence kit tested decades later
Eduardo Mendez of Guatemala, 51, was convicted of aggravated rape after a jury trial at Fall River Superior Court, according to officials. On June 9, 1994, in Attleboro, the victim, who was 36 ...
EFE29d
Lev Tahor denies crimes, says ‘Guatemalan government will fall’ if fostered minors die
Guatemala City, Jan 24 (EFE ... and head-to-toe black clothing for girls and women from the age of three, among others. Lev Tahor members have faced similar accusations in Canada, the ...
The New York Times12d
Bus Plunges off Bridge in Guatemala City, Killing at Least 53
The bus collided with other vehicles on a main bridge in Guatemala’s capital before falling into a ravine early Monday morning. By Jody García and Maria Abi-Habib Jody García reported from ...
Anadolu Ajansi11d
Guatemalan president declares national mourning after deadly bus crash
Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo declared a national mourning on Monday after a bus accident in Calzada La Paz, which claimed at least 50 lives and left several others injured. "The tragedy ...