Une semaine après la rencontre entre le président Ouattara et son rival Henri Konan Bédié, le processus de négociation est lancé mais il faudra encore du temps avant la réconciliation. Publié par Le Monde le 19 novembre 2020. Le président ivoirien Alassane Ouattara (à droite) et Henri Konan Bédié (à gauche), le 11 novembre 2020. (AFP/Issouf Sanogo) Mardi 17 novembre à l’hôtel Ivoire d’Abidjan, Alassane Ouattara est l’inévitable vedette du premier conseil politique post-électoral de son parti, le Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix (RHDP). La réélection du président ivoirien a été validée dix jours plus tôt par le Conseil constitutionnel, mais aussi – et cela l’inqu
The post presidential-election period in Guinea has been marred with violence and repression, with at least 12 people dead.
Pakistan submits UN chief a dossier accusing India of ‘stoking terrorism’ a day after New Delhi gave a dossier to some UNSC members against
Violence erupted in several towns in Côte d’Ivoire in the lead up to the presidential election and has continued following the vote.
Turkish tank in Afrin, northern Syria 2018 (Credit: Photographer: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images) After the failed coup d'etat of July 2016, President Erdoğan declared a state of emergency that lasted until July 2018. Police incarcerated thousands of people without credible evidence. They were accused of supporting the Fetullah Gülen movement. Severe restrictions on freedom of expression were imposed, including on social media accounts. Disappearances, torture, and arbitrary arrests rose drastically. Police brutally dispersed protests and demonstrations. President Erdoğan has openly expressed his intention to recreate the regional domination of the Ottoman Empire. He has turned the Ha
Peru's interim president has resigned, a day after two people died during protests against his government.
AIMIM makes a foray into Muslim-majority areas, tapping into Muslim frustrations about opposition parties. Owaisi, a four-time MP, has emerged as a face of Muslim politics (File: Aijaz Rahi/AP Photo] Hanan Zaffar 24 Nov 2020 Mudassir Nazar’s family has traditionally voted for opposition parties that espouse secularism but in the recently concluded elections in the eastern Indian state of Bihar they instead cast their ballot for the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) party which advocates for the rights of Muslims and other marginalised groups. “Our village [Bohita] almost unanimously voted for AIMIM,” said Nazar from Muslim-majority Kishanganj district in Seemanchal region of Bi
November 21, 2020 23:29 GMT Preliminary Central Election Commission results showed Georgian Dream dominating in all 17 districts. Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party will hold a wide majority in parliament after sweeping second-round elections on November 21 that were boycotted by the opposition, preliminary results showed. Opposition parties have been demanding repeat October 31 parliamentary elections, staging regular protests against results they describe as illegitimate and unfair. Georgian Dream, founded by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, came in first in the October 31 elections with 48.15 percent, while the United National Movement bloc had 27.14 percent and European Georgia was th
Tear gas fired outside Cape Town school after graduation party, allegedly organised by parents, was attended only by white students and teachers. People run away from tear gas during protest against alleged racism outside Brackenfell High School in Cape Town [Mike Hutchings/Reuters] The South African police have fired tear gas at opposition activists protesting against alleged racism at a Cape Town school after a so-called “whites-only” year-end dance party was organised off-site, reportedly by parents. Anti-riot police on Friday fired tear gas and water cannon at nearly 2,000 members of the radical left Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party who gathered near the school. “Police fired tears,
Eritrean refugees face threats of violence, harassment and food shortages amid conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region. Eritrean refugee woman in the Mai-Aini refugee camp near the Eritrean border in Tigray [File: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters] As fighting continues in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the United Nations is calling for the opening of routes to four refugee camps sheltering Eritreans, who are almost fully reliant on humanitarian aid. Ann Encontre, UNHCR representative in Ethiopia, said that while refugees live “in harmony” with northern Ethiopians – with whom they share a language and similar culture – “any breakdown of normal life puts those in camps at higher risk, particularly in an area wher
RISK LEVEL: CURRENT CRISIS 16 UNSC vetoes blocking action and accountability Populations continue to face war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by various state forces and non-state armed groups in Syria’s ongoing conflict. BACKGROUND Since the war between the government and opposition groups in Syria began in 2011 at least 580,000 people have been killed. Nearly 13 million people have been displaced – the largest number displaced by any conflict in the world – including 6.7 million Syrian refugees. An estimated 12 million Syrians are in need of humanitarian assistance. After nearly ten years of fighting, every party to the conflict in Syria continues to perpetrate serious violati
Genocide Watch recognizes the situation in Cabo Delgado as Stage 9: Extermination.
Kosovo was an autonomous region of Serbia in Former Yugoslavia. Kosovar Albanians held leading positions in the economy and government. After Tito’s death, Yugoslavia disintegrated and Slobodan Milosević became the President of Serbia. He stripped Kosovo of its autonomous status. As a result, thousands of Kosovar Albanians lost their jobs in government, police, media, and educational institutions to Serbians. In response, Kosovar Albanians established a non-violent separatist movement and began boycotting public institutions. Albanians built their own parallel political and social institutions, including schools and hospitals. From 1995 to 1999, the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), an ethnic Al
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has hailed the recent statement of Genocide Watch founding president and chairman Dr. Gregory Stanton regarding Muslims’ genocide in India. Pakistan had expressed its concerns over the matter at several international forums, but the situation was further deteriorating in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJ&K), said FM Qureshi in a statement issued on Friday. He said Muslims were being maltreated not just in the occupied territory but entire India. “What happened in Gujarat and Delhi is before everybody,” he said. Pakistan had already presented irrefutable evidence regarding Indian involvement in acts of terrorism inside Pakis
Posted by The Africa Report on November 2, 2020. A MONUSCO delegation in Fizi, one of the territories affected by recent violences, March 16 2019. (MONUSCO/Jacob de Lange) On 28 September, a high-level political, military and diplomatic delegation attended the installation ceremony of the burgomaster (mayor) of the commune rurale – a non-customary local governance entity – in Minembwe, in the South Kivu highlands in eastern DRC. While the burgomaster had already been in function since his nomination in February 2019, the ceremony created a backlash, sparking heated debate about the commune’s creation in all corners of Congolese society and the diaspora. Members of parliament interpolated the
Anti-balaka militias in Gamba, south-east CAR in 2017. (AFP/Alexis Huguet) Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Emergency for the Central African Republic (CAR), where 80% of the country is controlled by armed groups. Conflict between largely Muslim ex-Séléka rebels and Christian anti-Balaka militia endangers all civilians. Muslims have been disproportionately targeted, as have the Fulani within the Muslim population, and are hence facing persecution (Stage 8). Other vulnerable groups in the CAR include the Ba’Aka and Bofi forest people, the Mboum, and the Biaka, who all face discrimination (Stage 3) and cultural genocide. The current CAR conflict began when Muslim Séléka rebels took control
Hundreds of people have been killed and some 25,000 have fled to Sudan since the start of the government’s military operation against Tigray’s rulers almost two weeks ago. Ethiopian fighter jets have bombed the capital of the restive Tigray state, several sources have said, as the federal government resisted international pressure for mediation in the conflict with forces loyal to the regional governing party. Ann Encontre, the representative of the United Nations refugee agency in Ethiopia, said colleagues in the city of Mekelle, on Monday, reported witnessing “an airstrike, not far from them”. “We don’t know the target and who was targeted,” she told Al Jazeera from Ethiopia’s capital, Add
WASHINGTON DC, 18 November - Jubilee Campaign releases their report Genocide is Loading: Finding Reasonable Basis to Believe Crimes Against Humanity Occurred during Ministerial Event on Nigeria's Invisible Genocide hosted by Save the Persecuted Christians. The report counters the farmer-herder clashes narrative that has been used to describe the violence in the Middle Belt and northern Nigeria, noting the casualty asymmetry. The report clarifies that the research and focus are on the armed, violent, radical Fulani militant groups and the violence cannot be attributed to the entire Fulani ethnic community. The report notes that attacks by Fulani militants often happen at night or in the early
Image Source: (Reuters: Murad Sezer) Genocide Watch is issuing a Genocide Emergency Alert for the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) of China. For decades, the Chinese government has systematically restricted the religious, cultural, and social practices of Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities in Xinjiang. Xinjiang is a region located in the northwest of the People’s Republic of China. Xinjiang is home to several ethnic minorities including Turkic Uyghurs, Kazakhs, and Kyrgyzs. In recent decades, the migration of Han Chinese into the region and religious persecution of Uyghurs has led to growing discontent and support for separatist movements. In July 2009, after a series of riots i
Lift Access, Communication Restrictions; Avert Looming Humanitarian Disaster Ethiopian women who fled fighting in Tigray region at a refugee camp in the Sudanese border town of al-Fashqa, November 13, 2020.© 2020 REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig (Nairobi) – The Ethiopian government and Tigray regional authorities should protect people and property at risk from the fighting. Amid credible reports of increasing casualties, the authorities on both sides should facilitate access for humanitarian groups, stop interrupting essential services, and immediately restore communication services in the region. Early on November 4, 2020, the Ethiopian government began military operations in Tigray, one of the cou
