Last Sunday, the Economic Community of West African States (E.C.O.W.A.S.) announced new economic sanctions to be imposed on Mali’s transitional authorities in response to a proposal to postpone the country’s February 2022 elections to 2025. The additional sanctions include members’ closure of land and air borders with Mali, a freeze
The Taliban administration’s foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi traveled to Tehran, Iran’s capital, for talks centered on refugee, economic and political issues between Iran and Afghanistan. Iran Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian pledged to continue to offer Afghanistan humanitarian support and had called for the United States to release Afghan funds,
Authorities reported on Monday that nearly 8,000 people in Kazakhstan were detained by police during protests that turned violent due to a sudden increase in gas prices in the region. Arrests began after President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ordered the military to shoot and kill those who he deemed “terrorists” involved in
The recent arrests of those responsible for the app Bulli Bai, designed to sexualize and humiliate Muslim women through a fake auction, have drawn attention to the profusion of Islamophobia in India. This tension between Hindu and Muslim communities is a longstanding, persistent issue, which is manifested in misogynistic attacks
Amidst the yearlong military coup and ongoing violence in Myanmar, a United Nations human rights investigator called for an end to attacks on the northern town of Loikaw. The capital of Kayah State faces a blockade on locals attempting to flee the area currently targeted by the Tatmadaw military. The
