Sadyr Japarov has officially been sworn in as the sixth president of Kyrgyzstan. A sense of democratic stability has potentially come to the former Soviet Union state, but there may come more potential threats to Kyrgyzstan’s democracy with the election of the nationalist-populist leader. Kyrgyzstan has been a hotbed for
On 18 January, Guatemala security forces cleared a road occupied by migrants from a large caravan, comprised mainly of Hondurans entering the country and camped overnight. Security forces were seen wielding shields and descending the road toward them by the Vado Hondo village. Migrants were prompted to assemble by increased
On January 17th, two female judges were ambushed and shot dead by two unknown gunmen on their way to court in Kabul, Afghanistan. Police have stated that the two judges were declared dead at around 8.30 AM and that the driver was wounded, adding that the case is under investigation.
Bobi Wine, the leader of Uganda’s National Unity Platform (N.U.P.) party, said Ugandan troops raided N.U.P. headquarters on January 18th as staff prepared a petition to challenge President Yoweri Museveni’s declared election win that week. In a recent Twitter post, Wine explained that “heavily armed military and police have once
