Rising Israel-Palestinian tensions have continued to escalate since last Monday. At least 140 Palestinians, 40 of whom were children, were killed by Israeli air strikes following Gaza’s Hamas firing rockets into Jerusalem. Eight Israelis have been killed. Hamas’ rockets came after 305 Palestinians and 21 Israeli police officers were injured
The formation of a newly transitional government in Chad following the death of President Idriss Deby on April 19th has been met with caution by France. Deby, a longtime ally to France in the fight against Islamist militants in the Sahel, was killed by rebel forces while visiting the frontlines.
On Saturday the 15th of May, Israel launched further airstrikes against the Gaza Strip, a major escalation of ongoing violence that killed a family of 10 in a refugee camp, bombed the home of a senior Hamas leader, and destroyed a high-rise building containing The Associated Press and other media
Colombia’s opposition has alleged top Government officials committed “crimes against humanity” before the International Criminal Court (ICC). Anti-government protests have been met with excessive police violence since late April, with 48 people and 1 police officer killed. Hundreds of protestors are missing, while nearly 1000 have also been arbitrarily detained.
On Saturday May 8th, a high school in Afghanistan’s capital was targeted in a terrorist attack that claimed the lives of more than 85 students and injured twice as much, most of them girls. The incident took the form of a car bomb as well as two other explosives placed
On May 10 and 11 of 2021, Denmark hosted the Democracy Summit in Copenhagen. Denmark received some backlash from the Chinese government as President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan was invited to the Summit. China views Taiwan as their territory, making this invitation to the Democracy Summit look like EU acknowledgment
On May 3rd, the European Parliament voted to approve the E.U.’s landmark climate change law, which European lawmakers had preliminarily agreed to back in April after months of intense debate. The law makes the bloc’s goal to cut emissions by at least 55% from 1990 levels by 2030 and eliminate
Former Bosnia Serb leader Radovan Karadžić is being transferred to a British prison to carry out the remainder of his life sentence. Karadžić was originally sentenced to 40 years on charges of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. However, this was increased to life in prison at an appeal
Frosty Relations Between Spain and Morocco The Spanish-Moroccan relations have worsened during the last couple of weeks. An estimated 8000 migrants have arrived in Spain in the last two weeks from Moroccan territory. Of these, it is estimated that 1500 are children. Immigrants arrive in Ceuta, a Spanish city
Ugandan lawmaker’s ‘Sexual Offences Bill’ was approved by parliament on the 3rd of May, in what feminist activist Trisha Mugerwa has labelled; “one step forward, and two steps backwards.” The bill was first introduced in 2014 as an effort to address sexual violence and to combat issues present in the
Myanmar has been in turmoil since armed forces have deposed elected government leader Aung San Suu Kyi on the 01st of February. Followed by mass protests for freedom and democracy, which are shut down violently. In November Aung San Suu Kyi was elected government leader of Myanmar, she is
