Who Is Holding Salvadoran Troops Accountable Haiti?
By Jacqueline Charles November 3, 2026 An armored personnel carrier of Haiti's UN-backed Gang Suppression Force (GSF) patrols an area after El Salvador announced a rescue mission for four air force members in the GSF that went missing after a gang ambush, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 23, 2026. Patrice Noel REUTERS The United Nations is distancing itself from El Salvador’s unprecedented military buildup in Haiti, confirming that the vast majority of the Central American n
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How Kabila Went From President To Rebel Leader
Ondiro Oganga October 31, 2026 Source: Getty Joseph Kabila was a commander in the rebel alliance that brought his father to power in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997, went on to succeed him as president and now, at the age of 55, he is a rebel leader once again. In an even stranger twist, the man he has sworn to topple is the very man he handed power to after 18 years at the helm, and with whom he had formed a coalition government after stepping down. While one of the
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Salvadoran families demand fair trials, mourn prison dead
By Wilfredo Pineda October 31, 2026 Credit: REUTERS/Jose Cabezas SAN SALVADOR, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Relatives of people detained under El Salvador's controversial state of exception gathered at the San Salvador metropolitan cathedral on Saturday to leave offerings for inmates who have died behind bars, demanding justice. Participants arrived carrying yellow and red flowers, banners and photographs of jailed family members. Inside the capital's cathedral, they knelt in prayer
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Bolivia Close Gaps Exploited by Organized Crime
By: Guillermo Saavedra/Diálogo Published: October 30th, 2026 Officers with Bolivia’s FELCN guard the border with Brazil in Guayaramerín, Bolivia, August 13, 2026, during the launch of the Secure Borders plan. The initiative strengthens intelligence sharing and coordinated operations between Bolivia and Brazil to combat transnational criminal organizations operating on both sides of the border. (Photo: Aizar Raldes/AFP) Key Points Bolivia and Brazil launched the Secure Borders
Guinea-Bissau Country Report - September 2026
By Iradj Ipaktchi Umaro Sissoco Embaló - seen here voting in Guinea-Bissau's presidential elections last month - is now in neighbouring Senegal (Credit: AFP via Getty Images) Guinea-Bissau Country Report September 2026 By Iradj Ipaktchi Intermittent political violence and decades of corruption in Guinea-Bissau increase the risk that authorities and powerful actors will persecute targeted groups. Guinea-Bissau won independence from Portugal in 1974. President Luis Cabral's Afr
Genocide Watch
Oct 29
The authoritarian future is already here in Uganda
The Authoritarian Future is Already Here in Uganda The New York Times Oct. 8, 2026 By Megan K. Stack Plainclothes thugs frog-marching a radio commentator from the microphone midbroadcast. An opposition activist dying after reportedly being barricaded in his house, which was then set on fire. Security forces raiding a powerful independent media company, cutting electricity and imposing a monthlong closure. General Kainerugaba inspecting a military parade at his father’s inaugu
Yemenis cross Red Sea to Djibouti to flee Houthi war
Their overland routes to safety blocked off, several thousand people have boarded boats to escape gunfire, bombing and a dire humanitarian situation. By The Guardian October 20, 2026 Madinah Abdullah (in pink) and her family members at the Markazi humanitarian site in Obock, Djibouti, on 6 October. Photograph: Carlos Mureithi/The Guardian Abubaker Saeed was fishing in the Red Sea off Yemen’s coast last month when he noticed explosions in the distance. His mind turned immediat
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Authorities arrest main suspect in Baniyas mass killings
By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and Anadolu 15 October, 2026 Syrian officials apprehended Ali Kayali, also known as Mihrac Ural, as he tried to cross the border, SANA reports. Several former officials from the regime of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been arrested since he was toppled in December 2024 [File: Baderkhan Ahmad/AP] Syrian authorities have arrested a suspect accused of involvement in the mass killing of civilians in the coastal city of Baniyas in 2013, acco
West Africa Monthly Report: August 2026
Across West Africa, countries face a range of challenges, including political repression, human rights abuses, humanitarian crises and insecurity, while several have also become destinations for US deportees under third-country agreements, raising concerns about their protection and legal status.
Genocide Watch
Oct 14
Israel Demolishes Dozens of Bedouin Homes
By AFP 13 October, 2026 Men salvage scrap from the rubble of destroyed buildings of the Abu Wadi Bedouin community that were demolished for lack of construction permits, in the village of al-Dhahiyah near Rahat in Israel's southern district on October 12, 2026. (AFP) Approximately 400 people were affected by the demolitions in the Negev desert. Residents say they have nowhere else to go after their homes were destroyed. RAHAT: Under an overcast sky in southern Israel, Bedouin
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Mass Trials Put Hundreds in One Dock in El Salvador
By James Wagner October 7, 2026 Lawyers warn that the mass trials of people imprisoned during President Nayib Bukele’s gang crackdown are marred by vague evidence and restrictions on a proper defense. Credit: Alex Peña/Getty Across El Salvador, hundreds of inmates appear in court by video simultaneously for a single, joint hearing. Some lawyers say that they are first meeting their clients on the same day as their trial. And individual anonymous witnesses are testifying again
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U.S. Troops Fighting The Drug War in Ecuador
By Ryan Dubé 25 September 2026 U.S. Military Personnel and Ecuadorian Police in an operation to dismantle a gang in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Thursday. (© EPA/Shutterstock) Ecuador’s security forces carried out a series of raids this week around the country, killing three alleged drug traffickers and capturing dozens more. At their side was a contingent of heavily armed American soldiers. The operations, which were announced by the Ecuadorean government, signal a deepening of U.
