Reuters
- Aug 31, 2022
New front opens in Ethiopia's resurging Tigray war
Members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) prepare to head to mission in Sanja, Amhara region, near a border with Tigray, Ethiopia November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri NAIROBI, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Fighting in Ethiopia's nearly two-year Tigray war has erupted along a new front near Sudan, the government said on Wednesday, after a ceasefire collapsed a week ago. Medics also reported fresh air strikes on Mekelle, capital of northern Tigray region, where local forces
Genocide Watch
- Aug 31, 2022
Jihadist Genocide of Christians in Nigeria
To watch, click on photo. On August 24th, In Defense of Christians hosted an expert panel event exploring Jihad and Christian persecution in Nigeria. Max Prowant, Philos Project Research Fellow at IDC, moderated the panel. Expert panelists included: Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, Stephen Enada of the International Committee on Nigeria, Lela Gilbert of the Hudson Institute, Dr. Gregory Stanton of Genocide Watch, and former Congressman Frank Wolf. Click here to watc
New York Times
- Aug 30, 2022
At Least 12 Killed in Street Clashes in Iraq
The violence erupted after the powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said he is leaving politics. Protesters supporting Mr. Sadr took to the streets of the capital, Baghdad, and security forces opened fire. Supporters of Mr. Sadr and the police in Baghdad’s Green Zone on Monday. Security forces closed roads south of the capital to prevent more protesters from arriving.Credit...Ahmad Al-Rubaye/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Iraq sank deeper into political chaos on Monday
National Public Radio
- Aug 30, 2022
30 people killed as militias fight each other in Tripoli
A man surveys the damage from clashes in the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Sunday. CAIRO — Militias patrolled nearly deserted streets in Libya's capital Sunday, a day after clashes killed over 30 people and ended Tripoli's monthslong stretch of relative calm. The fighting broke out early Saturday and pitted militias loyal to the Tripoli-based government against other armed groups allied with a rival administration that has for months sought to be seated in the capital. Residen
Al Jazeera
- Aug 30, 2022
Last Member of Brazilian Indigenous Group Dead
‘Man of the hole’ had lived in isolation for 26 years after other members of his tribe were killed by illegal loggers and miners. The man, whose name was never known, had lived in isolation for 26 years after other members of his tribe were killed by illegal loggers and miners in Tanaru territory, Brazil [File: National Indian Foundation via AFP] The last of his people, a Brazilian Indigenous man known only as “the man of the hole”, has been found dead, decades after the rest
Grace Condon | Genocide Watch
- Aug 30, 2022
Country Report: Mexico
Mexico’s defense secretary deployed the national guard to reinforce a security operation to curb violence in Tijuana. Photograph: Jorge Dueñes/Reuters In 1969 US President Nixon declared an American “War on Drugs.” Since then, the US has spent over one trillion dollars on this “war.” In 2006, Mexico joined the “war” to take political control away from drug cartels. Through its Mérida Initiative the US appropriated $1.4 billion from 2008 to 2010 to Mexico for military and law
Reuters
- Aug 29, 2022
Indonesia to Investigate Officers in Papua Killings
Source: Flickr JAKARTA, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Authorities in Indonesia's Papua region have detained six army officers and launched an investigation into their alleged involvement in the brutal killing of four civilians last week, military officials said on Monday. Teguh Muji Angkasa, a senior military officer in Papua, told a televised news briefing the military and police would conduct a joint investigation. "We have been given the order to investigate the incident," said Teguh
OHCHR-UN
- Aug 25, 2022
UN expert calls for action against Myanmar military
GENEVA (24 August 2022) – Five years after Myanmar forces began a genocidal attack against Rohingya men, women, and children in Rakhine State, a UN expert today urged the international community to redouble its efforts to hold perpetrators accountable and deliver justice to the Rohingya inside and outside Myanmar. “It is long past time for the entirety of the international community to call these attacks what they are – genocide. The Myanmar military has yet to be held to acc
Africanews/AFP
- Aug 25, 2022
Chad: New Clashes between Herders and Farmers
A camel herder puts down his animals for the night, in a village in the Mao region. Copyright © Africanews - Rebecca Blackwell/AP. Nine people were killed Friday in clashes between farmers and herders 500 km south of Chad's capital N'Djamena, which has been plagued by deadly inter-communal conflicts, the region's governor told AFP on Monday. The violence between communities is frequent in central and southern Chad, where many inhabitants are armed. They mainly pit nomadic Ara
BBC
- Aug 24, 2022
Russia Strikes Railway Station, Kills 22, Injures Dozens
A residential house was also destroyed in strikes on Chaplyne - Reuters A Russian rocket strike on a Ukrainian train station has killed 22 people, Ukraine says, on the day marking six months since Moscow's invasion began. It says five of the victims of the attack in the eastern town of Chaplyne burnt to death in a vehicle. An 11-year-old boy also was killed. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the strike in the middle of a UN Security Council meeting. He said about 50 peop
ABC News
- Aug 24, 2022
ICC prosecutor: UN should help deliver justice in Darfur
EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is urging the U.N. Security Council to accelerate action to help deliver justice for thousands of people in Sudan’s western Darfur region, which was wracked by bloodshed in 2003 ICC Prosecutor Khan speaks to the ICC member from Khartoum on August 23, 2022 UNITED NATIONS -- The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court urged the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to accelerate a
