From Somalia’s Garowe Online, Nov. 15: Chad has imposed a 12-day curfew in its capital to counter growing tension between Arab tribes and local inhabitants. Three regions besides N’djamena come under the scope of the curfew, Al Jazeera said on… Read moreState of emergency in Chad
It is a real sign of hope that there is more to be lost than gained from overt racism (at least) in American politics, even in Dixieland. Former senator George Allen’s foot-in-mouth routine brought to light a particularly anachronistic epithet…. Read moreSo, what was up with that “macaca” jive anyway?
No surer sign of creeping (or galloping) totalitarianism. From AP, Nov. 5: ASMARA, Eritrea — Gospel singer Helen Berhane, who belonged to a banned evangelical church in Eritrea, has been released after more than two years in detention, a human… Read moreFear of music in Eritrea
From The New Times, Kigali, Nov. 12 via AllAfrica: An unprecedented public inquiry into France’s role in the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda held hearings in Kigali last week, where the French army was accused of complicity in the massacre of… Read moreRwanda probes French link to genocide
The election results from the Democratic Republic of Congo are in—and predictably contested. The incumbent Joseph Kabila (and son of the late Laurent Kabila, leader of the 1996 revolution) has been declared victor, while supporters of contender Jean-Pierre Bemba, a… Read moreAussie mining company implicated in Congo massacre
It was inevitable, but that doesn’t make it any more probable. How can the GWOT propagandists buy this thesis while Tehran’s agents and al-Qaeda’s local franchise are locked in a death struggle for control of Iraq? Maybe it’s because they’re… Read moreNext: Iran-al-Qaeda link?
From the AP, Nov. 14: ISTANBUL — Turkey warned Tuesday that allowing Iraq to split apart would force its neighbors to act and would usher in “an unbelievable new era of darkness.” Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul was responding to predictions… Read moreIraq: “new era of darkness” if country fractures
From the Capital Times of Madison, WI, Nov. 8: Organizers of a movement to bring U.S. troops home from Iraq are lauding success at the ballot box from Wisconsin to Massachusetts. Nine Wisconsin communities weighed in on measures calling for… Read moreAnti-war referenda pass in heartland, New England
Classes resumed at Oaxaca’s state university Nov. 13, even as 1,700 delegates of the leading coalition of protest groups emerged from a “constitutive congress” vowing to step up their actions. The Popular People’s Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO) announced that its… Read moreOaxaca: APPO pledges renewed resistance
From EFE, Nov. 12 via Chiapas95 (our translation): OAXACA – A group of 250 indigenous from the community of Acteal in Chiapas state marched today in the city of Oaxaca and held a religious ritual in support of peace for… Read moreLas Abejas arrive in Oaxaca
From El Universal, Nov. 14 (our translation, links added): OCOSINGO, Chiapas — The organization Maderas del Pueblo [Timber for the People], which has a presence in the Selva Lacandona, confirmed that up to nine campesinos were assassinated in the comunity… Read moreEthnic warfare in Chiapas rainforest?
From AP, Nov. 12 (links added): OAXACA, Mexico — Four youths wearing masks tossed gasoline bombs at a McDonald’s restaurant in the conflict-torn city of Oaxaca on Sunday, damaging the windows, seats and play area, police said. Security personnel at… Read moreOaxaca: McDonalds fire-bombed
