• Nigerian military defends attack on Shiite marchers

    Jan 01

    The Nigerian military has responded to charges of unjustifiably killing Shiite protesters on the outskirts of the capital Abuja, with senior officials defending the military's actions. 

    In their response they cite US President Donald Trump’s remarks regarding migrants heading towards the American border, stating, “they want to throw rocks at our military, our military fights back”.

    Footage released by the New York Times however reveals that the soldiers were unprovoked and fired indiscriminately at unarmed demonstrators, many of whom were trying to flee. This contradicts the military’s claims they had employed violence justly.

  • Suicide bombing kills BLA commander wanted for an attack on the Chinese Consulate
    <p>A suicide bombing in Kandahar, Afghanistan, has killed a separatist commander who was wanted for organising a suicide bombing attack against the Chinese Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan.&nbsp;</p> <p>No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing that took his life.</p>
  • Chinese police crackdown on Marxist student society
    <p>Chinese police has detained a number of students protesting over the take over of their Marxist society by university officials and members of the student association, following the&nbsp;detention of the leader of their society on the birthday of Chairman Mao.</p>
  • Syrian Kurds call in government forces to fend off Turkish offensive
    <p>Syria’s state agencies reported that its army entered the Kurdish-held city of Manbij, on the invitation of the Kurdish YPG to protect it from a threatened Turkish offensive.</p> <p>However US military officials and some locals have refuted the claim.</p>
  • France drops criminal investigation of Rwandan officials over 1994 plane crash
    <p>French investigators have dropped charges against nine Rwandan officials, including former defense minister James Kabarebe, who were suspected of playing a role in the 1994 plane crash which killed President Juvenal Habyarimana’s plane alongside the French crew.&nbsp;</p> <p>The crash preceded the Rwandan genocide against the Tutsi minority which saw an estimated 800,000 people killed.&nbsp;</p>
  • Russia sends fighter jets to Crimean base
    <p>Russia has sent over one dozen fighter jets to Belbek military base in the Ukrainian region of Crimea, which it has occupied since its annexation in 2014.&nbsp;</p> <p>Witnesses told Reuters that they had seen Su-27 and Su-30 fighter jets arrive in the air base on December 22.&nbsp;</p> <p>The United States, United Kingdom and Lithuania have offered military assistance to Ukraine against the onset of Russian advances.&nbsp;</p>
  • US bars former Serbian police chief over war-time abuses
    <p>A former Serbian police chief and current official within the ruling Progressive Party, Goran Radosavljevic, has been banned from entering the United States due to allegations of human rights abuse.&nbsp;</p> <p>In a statement the US State Department announced that they were publicly designating Radosavljevic under Section 7031(c) of the FY 2018 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Act.&nbsp;</p>
  • Catalan’s separatist leaders on hunger strike appeal to EU for help
    <p>Four imprisoned Catalan leaders who are currently on a hunger strike have sent letters to over 40 European heads of state, calling for their case be heard by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).&nbsp;</p> <p>The four leaders, Jordi Sànchez, Jordi Turull, Josep Rull and Joaquim Forn, alongside 14 other separatist activists face accusations of engaging in rebellion, sedition, disobedience, and the misuse of public funds.&nbsp;</p>
  • Zimbabwe post-election violence decried as 'disproportionate and unjustified'
    <p>Zimbabwe's post-election violence, following the victory of Emmerson Mnangagwa, which included the use of live bullets, has been criticised as "disproportionate and unjustified" by an investigation launched by the government.&nbsp;</p> <p>The investigation, headed by the former South African President, Kgalema Motlante noted the “deaths of these six people and injuries sustained by the 35 others arose from the actions of the military and the police”.&nbsp;</p>
  • Nigeria’s military suspends UNICEF operations, alleging terrorist sympathies
    <p>The Nigerian military has released a statement calling for the suspension of operations carried out by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in the North East of Nigeria, accusing the organisation of having terrorist sympathies.</p>
  • Gandhi statue removed from Ghana University campus

    A statue of Mohandas K Gandhi has been removed from the Legon campus on the University of Ghana in Accra on Tuesday night. 

  • US Senate calls for end to military support in Yemen war
    <p>The US Senate approved a resolution calling for an end to United States military support in the Saudi-UAE led campaign in Yemen.</p> <p>The final vote was 56-41 with seven Republicans defying their party by voting in support of the motion on Thursday.</p>
  • Chile pulls out of UN Migration Pact
    <p>Chile announced this weekend it would be pulling out of the UN Migration Pact.&nbsp;</p> <p>The pact, whilst non-binding, offers guidance on how to protect migrants, help them integrate into society, and to help them return to their home countries when it no longer poses a risk.&nbsp;</p> <p>So far 150 nations have agreed to be signatories of the pact.&nbsp;</p>
  • Israel joins anti-illegal funding body
    <p>Israel has become the 38th member of FATF (Financial Action Task Force), a Paris-based international organisation which aims to tackle issues of money laundering and terrorism financing.&nbsp;</p> <p>Israel has stated that it has been an observer in the organisation since February 2016 but has now decided to follow up with membership after “successful mutual evaluation”. This would allow it a voice in setting the rules and agenda.&nbsp;</p>
  • France arrests Central Africa Republic war crimes suspect
    <p>French authorities have arrested Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, a senior leader and the National General Coordinator of a Anti-Balaka militant group in the Central Africa Republic.&nbsp;</p> <p>Ngaissona is charged with having led targeted attacks on the nation’s Muslim’s population in 2013-14.&nbsp;</p>
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