Haitian President Jovenel Moise’s rise to power and administration has been anything but stable. Moise was elected in 2015 under allegations of fraud. He was elected again in 2016 for a five-year term but was sworn into office in 2017, claims Al Jazeera. He asserts that he deserves another year
Human Rights group Amnesty International published an article on 2 February calling on officials in Guinea to investigate the deaths of four individuals being held in detention in the Guinean capital, Conakry. These deaths come after the country’s president Alpha Condé controversially won the October 2020 election, sparking protests and
On the 1st of February, Myanmar’s military, also known as the Tatmadaw, planned a calculated coup d’état to overthrow Myanmar’s ruling political party called the National League for Democracy (NLD). The Tatmadaw arrested Aung San Suu Kyi who is the leader of the NLD, president Win Myint as well as
On Thursday 28 January, the Honduran legislature passed a constitutional reform that will make it nearly impossible to reverse existing hard-line bans on abortion and same-sex marriage. Previously, all constitutional amendments needed a two-thirds vote of the legislature in order to take effect. However, the new decree will now require
On the night of Wednesday 13th January, a wave of air strikes were reportedly carried out by Israel on Iran-backed militia positions in Syria, in the fourth attack in two weeks. The regions of eastern Deir al-Zour and Albu Kamal have been impacted the most in these recent attacks. Statistics
China has announced that starting from the 31st of January, it will no longer recognize Hong Kong residents with British National Overseas passports. The Hong Kong government has since followed China’s lead, announcing that the British National Overseas Passport will no longer serve as proof of identity and will be
