Special Report: The Persecution of Afghanistan’s Hazaras
By August Wyma and Sophia Khan Girls read from their textbooks at the Dasht-e-Barchi Education Centre in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Credit:UNICEF/Shehzad Noorani) Afghanistan is a religiously and ethnically diverse country whose modern history has been shaped by attempted intervention, political instability, and national identity struggles. Within such circumstances, the Hazara people in Afghanistan have endured over a century of systematic persecution because of their distinct eth
Genocide Watch
Oct 3
At least 49 dead after airstrike in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
By The Associated Press Sept. 29, 2026 The Arakan Army, the powerful ethnic armed group based that controls Kyauktaw, Myanmar, said it "will take effective retaliatory measures soon." AFP via Getty Images An airstrike carried out by Myanmar’s military near a market in territory controlled by a powerful rebel group killed at least 49 people and wounded 58 others Monday, the group and a rescue official said. The attack in western Rakhine state was the latest in a series of dead
NBC News
Sep 29
Exile has not broken young Rohingya people
By Ajas Khan September 28, 2026 Rohingya in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, mark the ninth anniversary of the attacks that forced them to flee their home in Rakhine State, Myanmar, 25 August. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images Nine years ago, I was forced to flee my home in Maungdaw township, Rakhine state, Myanmar. I was 13 years old. I remember how quickly an average day turned into a day when life felt extinguished, leaving behind the place where I grew up with my family. Even now,
The Guardian
Sep 28
Why Spain’s new Sahrawi citizenship law matters to Morocco
By Al Jazeera September 13, 2026 The new citizenship bill for Sahrawis touches a sensitive fault line in Madrid’s ties with Rabat. Spain’s proposed citizenship route for Sahrawis is bringing its colonial legacy in Western Sahara back into the political spotlight and testing its delicate ties with Morocco [Hannah McNeish/Al Jazeera] Spain’s Congress has approved a bill that would open a special route to Spanish citizenship for Sahrawis born in Western Sahara while the disputed
Al Jazeera
Sep 23
North Macedonia's independence should not be commemorated by glorifying war criminals
By Bardhyl Jashari September 6, 2026 Gravestones at the Srebrenica Genocide Memorial, commemorating 8,372 Bosniak Muslim victims of a massacre committed by Bosnian Serb forces under the command of Ratko Mladić in 1995. Photo by Michael Büker, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). Death does not erase the verdict. When a war criminal is placed on a pedestal by government officials, it undermines the dignity of the victims, weakens the rule of law, harms the very idea of North
Global Voices
Sep 16
Southwest Somalia conflict risks spiraling into inter-clan war, ACLED warns
A political and military standoff in Somalia's Southwest state risks escalating beyond a power struggle into a protracted inter-clan conflict that could destabilize the wider Bay region, the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) said in a new report. The conflict pits federal government forces and their regional allies against Darwish forces loyal to ousted Southwest State President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed Laftagareen. According to ACLED, the two sides have fou
Somali Guardian
Sep 14
Securitization and Radicalization in France
Part Two: How Securitization Drives Radicalization By Vladimir Kovtun Genocide Watch The mother of Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old of Algerian descent who died in 2023 after being shot by a policeman, on top of a van during a demonstration in Nanterre (France). Photo by Bertrand Guay (AFP) Introduction France has a well-resourced approach to combat radicalism through educating students to value France's republican values, French secularism, and laïcité (in layman’s terms, freed
Israel prepares for military operations in the West Bank
By Abeer Salman, Kara Fox, Eugenia Yosef and Ibrahim Dahman July 24 2026 Smoke billows after settlers set fire to homes and businesses in the West Bank village of Faraata on Friday. *Obtained by CNN The Israeli military began preparations for a large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank on Friday after four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes there. The military said a group of settlers entered an area of the West Bank restricted to Israeli civil
CNN 1
Jul 26
Exclusion and Radicalization in France
Part One: Context on France’s Muslim Community By Vladimir Kovtun Genocide Watch French Muslim woman debates Rally National Leader Marine Le Pen on the issue of the hijab. Image - Associated Press Introduction The Muslim community in France consists mainly of immigrants from the Maghreb (Morocco, Tunisia, Algeria, and other parts of northwestern Africa) and their descendants. Over the past few decades, the community's significant growth has coincided with an uptick in incid
Ethnic Groups & Political Boundaries in Africa
By Fauwaz Khan Genocide Watch Mapping Team intern Fauwaz Khan has created an interactive web map that allows viewers to see the ethnic composition of Africa. Selecting an ethnic group, signified by different colors on the map, will show their geographic distribution, present-day countries, and areas where multiple groups overlap, if applicable. To view this interactive map, see the embedded map below or click the image above to open it in a new tab.
Genocide Watch
Jul 21
What are Black July massacres that triggered Sri Lanka’s 26-year civil war?
Long-simmering ethnic tensions between the mainly Buddhist Sinhalese and the largely Hindu Tamil minority led to the civil war.
Al Jazeera
Jul 21
31 years since Sri Lanka bombed church full of Tamil refugees
Jul 10, 2026 The 31st anniversary of the bombing of St Peter's Church in Navaly, Jaffna, was commemorated on Thursday evening, as relatives of those killed, members of the public and clergy paid tribute to the victims of one of the deadliest attacks on civilians of the entire armed conflict. The remembrance was held at St Peter's Church, where the parish priest led religious observances, after which relatives of the dead and members of the public laid flowers and lit candles
Tamil Guardian
Jul 14
