Fifteen hopeful migrants have drowned in another attempt to escape the failing structure of Libya to a promising new chance at life in Europe. The Mediterranean Sea has become a graveyard once again, claiming a total of at least 56 people between two shipwrecks in a week. The presumed dead
Tunisian protesters flooded the capital city of Tunis fighting for a stop to police repression, corruption and poverty against the grim backdrop of COVID-19. Nights of unrest and arrests plagued disenfranchised areas of 14 cities within Tunisia as protesters chanted “No more fear, the streets belong to the people” and
Two roadside bombs that detonated in central Afghanistan have killed at least 14 people and injured 45 more, including children and police officers. The bombs incinerated a marketplace during evening rush hour in the city of Bamiyan, a famous tourist destination. Bamiyan, located remotely in the mountains, held a reputation
Militant Islamists have taken to the rich province of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique to commit the next attack in a gruesome series – the decapitation and dismemberment of more than 50 people of the Nanjaba Village. The football pitch turn “execution ground” was the stage for “probably the worst carried
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed fired his army chief, head of intelligence, and foreign minister on Sunday, following a five day military operation after heightened levels of violence in the northern Tigray region. The Abiy administration accused the formerly reigning Tigrayan party of Ethiopia of attacking a defence post and
Thousands of protesters took to the street of Iraq to acknowledge the one year anniversary since a second wave of anti-government protests swept through Iraq. The 2019 protests, tagged as the ‘October Revolution,’ mainly made up of unemployed young men, demanded more jobs, better public service, and an end to
Home to only 2.5 million people, Namibia recorded an appalling 1,604 rape cases between January 2019 and June, 2020 – an average of three rape cases a day. This is only the number of reported cases and with the stigma of shame and fear that accompany this crime there are
Nigeria’s notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (S.A.R.S.) has been dissolved after large-scale protests from Nigerian citizens. The S.A.R.S. has a long track record of brutality, including alleged kidnapping, extortion, rape, and extrajudicial killings. The squad was formed in 1992 in the hope of decreasing violent crime in the major city of
After six years of investigation and 298 deaths aboard the 2014 Malaysian Airlines flight MH17, one out of the four suspects has denied any part in firing or sourcing the missiles used to down the flight. Dutch Lawyer Sabine ten Doesschate represents defendant Oleg Pulatov in the pursuit to clear
In the midst of more than 57,000 COVID-19 cases, the Nigerian government has failed to fulfil the demands of healthcare workers as the The Joint Health Service Unions (JOHESU)-led strike is called off after a week. The Joint Health Service Unions (JOHESU), representing nurses, midwives and other healthcare professionals in
National identification cards of Afghanistan will potentially bear women’s names alongside their male partners’, in an upward step for women’s rights in a country that pushes a patriarchal agenda. Activists have continually fought for years under the ‘Where is my name?’ campaign in demand of recognition. For decades, Afghan women
