On Monday, June 28th, 2021, word got out that the United States government executed another set of airstrikes against Iranian militia in Iraq and Syria. On the Sunday before, the military gave a report that said it was mainly targeting operation and weapons storage facilities in the two countries. The
Following a surge in targeted killings of prominent activists and journalists, hundreds of Iraqis took to the streets of Baghdad on May 25th to demand accountability and justice for the victims of targeted assassinations, shouting “who killed me?” and waving the portraits of victims in a plea to identify the
On Saturday, tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets in over 40 Brazilian cities for the third time in recent months, calling for the removal of the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro. In particular, activists and civilians decried Bolsonaro’s COVID-19 response and demanded his impeachment or better vaccine
The authorities of Eswatini (formerly called Swaziland) have called for a national dialogue after weeks of protests. Popular discontent in Africa’s only remaining monarchy has led to hundreds of businesses being burned, dozens of deaths, and many more injuries. The need for dialogue is obvious, but what’s less obvious is
U.N. reports that 13 U.N. soldiers have been wounded during their peacekeeping mission in Mali. Of the 13 soldiers, 12 of them were from Germany and one from Belgium. The attack happened in the Gao region in the north of Mali. The United Nations mission in Mali, United Nations Multidimensional
After an eight-month conflict killing thousands, displacing two million, and pushing roughly 350,000 people toward famine, Ethiopia’s government has declared a ceasefire in its northern Tigray region. On Monday 28 June, residents in Tigray’s capital Mekelle sighted the region’s former governing party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), returning to
Derek Chauvin, ex-Minneapolis police officer, has been charged with 22.5 years for murdering George Floyd on 25 June last year. He placed his knee on Floyd’s neck for nine and a half minutes and was charged with second and third degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter. Minnesota law stipulates that he
