More than a century after the crimes were committed, Germany formally recognized on Friday, 28 March, that it committed genocide against the Herero and Nama people during its colonial rule in present day Namibia. It is the first time the German government has officially acknowledged these atrocities, with the declaration
Thousands of protesters gather throughout Brazil’s major cities against far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s catastrophic misdirected response to the COVID-19 pandemic. From the onset of the global pandemic, President Bolsonaro has repeatedly dismissed the severity of COVID-19. As early as March 2020, President Bolsonaro labelled the virus as “a little flu”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ordered all federal buildings in Canada to lower their flags after Chief of the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc announced the discovery of 215 bodies at Kamloops Indian Residential School. The uncovering of the mass grave shed light on the issues faced by indigenous communities, as well
A series of incidents on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan has generated fears of renewed violence between the two countries. The escalating tensions have highlighted the fragility of last November’s Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement, which put an end to six brutal weeks of war that killed an estimated 6,000 people.
The Sudanese current transitional government held talks with rebel groups from the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) in South Sudan’s capital, Juba. The negotiations were held through the facilitation of South Sudan’s President, Salva Kiir. SPLM-N’s chairperson, Abdelaziz al-Hilu, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan of the ruling sovereign council, and Sudanese
On May 23rd, protests sparked across major urban areas in Oman to express discontent with the current unemployment crisis. Predominantly peaceful demonstrators—made up of unemployed youth—were met with police violence, tear gas, and unlawful arrests in Sohar. Parallel to these developments, protests also erupted in Dhofar and Salalah. According to
On Monday, 24th of May, the European Union (EU) paused its three billion Euro investment package for Belarus, after the forced diversion of a commercial airliner and arrest of an opposition figure on board, and will remain on hold until the country turns democratic. The EU agreed to impose further
According to CNN, Taiwan has criticized the World Health Organization for its ‘indifference’ towards the health rights of the Taiwanese people as well as for yielding to China’s position regarding not inviting Taiwan to a meeting of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision-making body. Taiwan is excluded from a majority
