Author: Leah Boyd

Zimbabwe’s First Post-Mugabe Election Runs Smoothly

Zimbabweans have turned out in huge numbers on Monday, 30 July to vote in the first election since Mugabe was removed from power in November, 2017. With this being the first vote since the country’s independence  in 1980 without Mugabe’s name on the ballot, it is a move towards democracy

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Russian Spy Poisoning: Undermining U.K. Sovereignty

On March 4, a former Russian double agent, Sergei Skripal, was discovered unconscious alongside his daughter on a park bench in Salisbury, Southern England. According to Prime Minister Theresa May, they were poisoned with Novichok, a Russian nerve agent developed in the Soviet Union during the 1970s and 1980s. This

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Humanitarian Crisis In Eastern Ghouta

Following the UN Security Council’s unanimous decision on February 24th to implement a 30-day ceasefire in Syria, so as to bring in much needed humanitarian aid, air strikes have continued to plague rebel-held Eastern Ghouta, killing 600 civilians and forcing many to flee. The 30-day ceasefire comes in the form

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White Supremacist Shot Six African Migrants In Italy

A 28-year-old, Luca Traini, has been arrested for carrying out a shooting rampage on February 3 in the Italian town of Macerata, injuring six African migrants. The victims were five men and one woman, two of which sustained relatively serious injuries, according to CNN. Traini has a long history with

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U.S. And North Korea: The Threat Of Nuclear War

Panic has been heightened over the threat of nuclear war as a former Hawaii state worker’s blunder of sending out what was discovered to be a false alert of a nuclear attack to the island of Hawaii. On January 13th the worker who does not want his identity to be

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The ‘Populist Challenge’ Putting Human Rights In Danger Worldwide

The rise of intolerance, xenophobia and the far-right among Western nations has given way to a disregard for human rights and has created an “open field for murderous leaders,” warns human rights group official. Human Rights Watch has released a 2018 annual report focusing on human rights practices around the

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