The African Union has voted to suspend Burkina Faso following the country’s military coup. The A.U.’s Peace and Security Council released a statement announcing their decision “to suspend the participation of Burkina Faso in all A.U. activities until the effective restoration of constitutional order in the country.” A military faction
The U.S. government extradited an ex-Colombian soldier and charged him in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. NPR reported that Mario Antonio Palacios was on a layover in Panama, on his way back to Colombia, when he was informed by Interpol that the U.S. was extraditing him.
South Korean and U.S. military forces began joint aerial drills following North Korea’s firing of a ballistic missile. North Korea has launched a string of weapons tests in the last few months, heightening tensions in Northeast Asia. The military drills have begun amid calls from a special U.S. envoy to
“One month ago, everything ran out,” Girmanesh Meles, mother to an 18-month old baby, told Al Jazeera. “It became normal to spend four days eating nothing.” Meles is from the Ethiopian region of Tigray. Tigray has been embroiled in a civil war since November of 2020. Currently, the area faces
Major General Abbas Ibrahim, head of an elite Lebanese security agency, firmly told officers to steadfastly continue their duties in the face of national chaos. Ibrahim warned that the country’s institutions have been undermined by “the great collapse.” Lebanon’s financial crisis has continued for two years and the currency has
Dozens of people died in a fire at Al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq. There are various reports disputing the death toll, from the Health Ministry saying 60 to Iraq’s state news industry reporting 92 deaths. This is the second deadly fire to occur in one of Iraq’s coronavirus wards
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated and his wife, Martine Moïse, was wounded in an overnight raid. Interim prime minister Claude Joseph released a statement calling the killing a “hateful, inhumane and barbaric act.” Security forces engaged in an intense battle with gunmen while they attempted to flee the scene.
Turkey has officially withdrawn from the 2011 Istanbul Convention, an international treaty that protects women from violence. This is the first time a European Council member has pulled out of an international human rights convention. Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International’s Secretary-General said “[T]urkey has set the clock back ten years on women’s
The Nicaraguan government has ordered the arrest of two more members of President Daniel Ortega’s opposition. With an upcoming presidential election, Nicaraguan authorities have carried out numerous attacks against Ortega’s political opponents. Most recently, sixteen people have been detained, including potential presidential candidates. Ortega’s administration passed new legislation in December
353,000 people in Ethiopia are estimated to be suffering catastrophic food shortages, according to the UN-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC). Additionally, UNICEF reported 33,000 malnourished Ethiopian children at a high risk of death. Currently, starvation in Ethiopia is more widespread than anywhere else in the world. The nation
Lebanon’s financial crisis might be one of the world’s worst economic crises in 150 years, according to a recent report by the World Bank. The crisis, which began in 2019, was exacerbated by the pandemic and last summer’s Port of Beirut explosion. Ongoing economic woes are accompanied by social instability
Belarusian authorities continued its brutal media suppression efforts last week, shutting down the country’s largest independent news organization, Tut.by. The government took Tut.by offline, and raided the office and several homes of reporters. The Belarusian Association of Journalists reported that 13 journalists were arrested and are currently being held in
On Thursday, May 6th, Brazilian police launched an anti-gang raid in Jacarezinho, a favela located in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. The purpose of the operation was to stop one of Brazil’s largest criminal organizations from continuing to recruit minors. Jacarezinho is dominated by the Brazilian gang, Comando
Last week, German officials accused Russia of provoking conflict with Ukraine following a large movement of Russian troops to the Ukrainian border. Russia has mobilized tens of thousands of troops along Ukraine’s eastern border and in the annexed region of Crimea. N.A.T.O. Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg noted that it was “the
