The Women Wage Peace Group ended their 2-week long march through Israel with a triumphant rally in Jerusalem, attended by 30, 000 people. The organisation, which boasts a membership of 24,000 women, started their rally in the settlement Sderot in the Negev desert, which is well-known for its proximity to
On October 2, 2017, another man committed suicide in the Australian Detention Centre on Manus Island. Staff described the man’s mental illness as “acute” in the months leading up to his suicide. In fact, he had a failed suicide attempt three days earlier. Ian Rintoul of Refugee Action Coalition points
After a crushing vote of “no confidence” in the Peruvian government, Prime Minister Fernando Zavala has stepped down to make way for his successor, Mercedes Araoz. The no-confidence vote passed last week by a 123-4 margin, prompting Zavala to resign along with the 19 members of his cabinet. Though the
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is about to step down after 12 years in office, leaving the post to one of the 20 or so candidates vying for the position. Elections are scheduled for the 10th of October and they are expected to pass peacefully. These will be the third round of
Reports are currently being investigated for the murder of tribesmen in the Amazon. Gold miners were overheard in a bar bragging about having killed 8-10 tribesmen and carried a hand-carved wooden paddle and a small food bag which they alleged they had stolen. They reportedly boasted that they disposed of
In the ongoing Angolan elections, opposition parties have rejected the preliminary results. This gave the current ruling party, the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), 61.05% of the vote, and the next most popular party, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), just over 20%.
Amongst the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Russia, Belarusian citizens have drawn the short straw. The limitation on U.S. diplomatic staff in Russia has led to the closure of certain facilities, including the issuing of non-immigrant visas to nationals from outside Russia. Currently, Belarusians must travel to the embassy
On the 7th of August, Mauritania announced the results of its constitutional referendum, abolishing the Senate. The measures proposed by the current president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz were approved by 85% of the voters and also included changes to the flag and the national anthem. The indirectly-elected Senate will now
With growing tensions on the Sino-Indian border, a recent Supreme Court judgement has received limited international attention. On the 28th July, the Indian Supreme Court issued a set of directives altering the implementation of Section 498a, the anti-dowry law. The law currently allows wives to incarcerate their husbands and in-laws
Political space is closing ahead of the elections on the 16th and the 30th of July, and with many opposition leaders in jail, the election results themselves seem set to turn out the incumbent President, Dennis Sassou-Ngeusso, as the winner. According to the CIA World Factbook, the importance of the
