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Displaced persons at the Darfur border in Sudan. Screenshot from theFrance24 YouTube Channel For the victims of Sudan’s civil war, a humanitarian crisis and human rights violations have become part of their everyday lives. In the Republic of Sudan, there is an ongoing civil war between two opposing military factions: the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) under General Abdel Fattah al Burhan and the Rapid Support Forces (FSR) under General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemeti. This war stems from the country’s dark past and chaotic governance under former president Omar al-Bashir from 1989 to ...
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People in downtown Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul's capital, after the city was invaded by the Guaíba River's waters, this May 5, 2024. Photo by Gustavo Mansur/ Palácio Piratini, used under licenseCC BY-NC 2.0. On April 27, MetSul, a meteorology agency, posted on X (former Twitter) a warning about a cold front, heavy rain, gales, and hail, and risks of severe weather in parts of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil's southernmost state. This is the same state that endured three climate disasters in 2023 alone, with 80 people confirmed dead and many cities hit. The following day, the agency posted anothe...
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Bassirou Diomaye Faye, president of the Republic of Senegal. Screenshot from the Senegal7 YouTube Channel. Fair use. On March 24, 2024, Bassirou Diomaye Faye became the youngest elected president in the history of Senegal at just 44 years of age. Faye subsequently entered office on his birthday on March 25. This story is truly remarkable, given that just six months ago, Faye was still in the shadow of his former mentor, opposition leader and former presidential candidate, Ousmane Sonko. First career in state institutionsIn 2000, Faye graduated from Lycée Demba Diop in Mbour, a coastal town 80 ...
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Indigenous peoples protest and camp in Brasilia, Brazil, April 2024. Photo by Kamikia/Apib, used with permission. A group of Indigenous peoples from the south of Brazil traveled by bus to the capital, Brasília, and camped in front of federal government buildings to pressure for the demarcation of Indigenous territories. Among them, there were representatives of ethnicities such as Kaingang, Guarani, Xetá, and Xokleng. The president was Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the year was 2004, the second of his first term. Twenty years later, the group that started out with around 60 people had grown t...
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A mural on the separation wall in Bethlehem in tribute to Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was shot dead by the Israeli army in the West Bank city of Jenin. Photo by Dan Palraz via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. More than 100 journalists in Gaza have been killed by Israel since it launched its deadly war on the strip, following Hamas’s incursion into Israeli soil on October 7, 2023. Reporters Without Borders has filed multiple complaints with the International Criminal Court to investigate “intentional homicides” of several Gazan journalists. However, with all eyes on Gaza, viola...
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Imported cars from China on their way to a dealership in Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent. Photo by the author. Used with permission. At the beginning of April, over 400 businessmen voiced dissatisfaction with Uzbekistan's new regulations governing electric car imports. In the video addressed to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, they requested the withdrawal of the changes that practically bar individuals from importing electric vehicles (EVs) for resale, allowing them to bring only one car per year into the country. The new regulations allow only authorized dealers to import and sell foreign cars. H...
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Judith Suminwa Tuluka, DRC's prime Minister. Screenshot from France24 YouTube channel. OnApril 1, 2024, in a historic decision few nations worldwide can boast of, Judith Suminwa Tuluka was named prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). As prime minister, she will be responsible for running the day-to-day administrative tasks and implementing the policies set by the president, who oversees the executive functions of the government. WithJudith Suminwa Tuluka‘s appointment as prime minister, the Congolese people's wait for a new government has finally concluded. Three months ...
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Kuandyk Bishimbayev, who killed his wife Saltanat Nukenova, sitting in court in Astana, Kazakhstan. Screenshot from the video “«Шесть с половиной часов она меня мучила»: Бишимбаев рассказал, за что мстил Салтанат” from Informburo 31‘s YouTube channel. Fair use. This post contains mentions of domestic violence which may be disturbing to some readers. Since late March, Kazakhstan has been gripped by the ongoing jury trial of the former economy minister, Kuandyk Bishimbayev, who killed his wife, Saltanat Nukenova. A particularly disturbing detail of the case is that Bishimbayev beat her to death ...
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Paul Amegakpo, president of the Tamberma Institute for Governance (ITG) based au Togo. Photo by Jean Sovon, used with permission. Originally scheduled for April 20, 2024, Togo is getting ready to hold its combined legislative and regional elections on April 29, 2024. As this will be the first regional election to be held under the decentralization process, this election will be a first for this country of over nine million inhabitants. Togo is divided into five administrative regions and has 113 members of parliament elected for a six-year term (including the April 2024 elections). Following t...
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PTI Chairman Imran Khan in June 2023. Image via Wikimedia Commons by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. (CC BY 3.0). On April 1 this year, a Pakistan court suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan's 14-year jail sentence for illegally selling state gifts given to him by foreign dignitaries while in office. He was sentenced alongside his wife Bushra Bibi, on January 31, 2024, a week before the February 8 general elections, which Khan's party claims were rigged. Earlier, on February 3, 2024, Khan and his wife received a seven-year jail sentence for breaching Islamic marriage laws. Khan, who has been de...
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