On April 20th, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported that disturbing accounts of systematic persecution of civilians in Ethiopia’s Tigray region continue to emerge nearly six months since the conflict erupted in November. The conflict is the culmination of months of escalating tensions between the Ethiopian government and the
Sudanese officials have been seeking investment opportunities for their country in the past month. The search began with Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok’s visit to Saudi Arabia. Hamdok was accompanied by ministers from his cabinet meant to represent the diverse aspects Sudan is hoping to partner with its neighbours for. Last
Earlier this week reports disclosed a Russian military buildup on Ukraine’s border, as well as in Crimea, a territory annexed by Moscow in 2014. Approximately 41,000 troops were added on Ukraine’s eastern border, and 42,000 more in Crimea. This buildup raises fear about the possibility of invasion in Ukraine’s Donetsk
Indigenous communities in Brazil have begun staging protests to object to the proposed Bill 191 which would allow mining operations on Indigenous Brazilian lands. The bill, introduced by politicians and mining groups, would allow mining including oil and gas projects, as well as hydroelectric dams, on and around indigenous lands,
