Africa
Nigeria: pogroms target Shi’ites
Shops and homes belonging to Shi'ite Muslims in Nigeria's Kaduna state were destroyed by rampaging Sunni mobs in a wave of attacks that spread across several towns.
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The Andes
Peru expels guerilla leader to Chile
Chilean national Jaime Castillo Petruzzi, imprisoned for 23 years in Peru for his participation in the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA), was deported upon his release.
The Amazon
Peru: tense dialogue with pipeline protesters
Indigenous protesters lifted their blockade of the Río Marañon as Lima acceded to their demand that a high-level delegation be sent to their remote community of Saramurillo.
The Andes
Peru: one dead in clash over Chinese mine project
The first death due to a social conflict in Peru under new President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski came as campesinos clashed with National Police over the contested mine at Las Bambas.
Southeast Asia
Burma sanctions lifted amid ethnic cleansing
Villages are in flames and hundreds displaced in a new army crackdown on supposed Rohingya militants—days after President Obama lifted all sanctions on Burma.
North Africa
Tunisian fellahin resist land-grab
The farmers and agricultural workers of Tunisia's Jemna oasis have issued an urgent call for solidarity in defense of their communal property against a government-backed land-grab.
The Andes
Colombia: peace talks with ELN rebels announced
Representatives of Colombia's government and the rebel National Liberation Army met in Caracas to announce that they are opening formal peace negotiations.
Afghanistan
Afghanistan: terror targets Hazara —again
ISIS militants opened fire on Hazara Shi'ite worshipers celebrating Ashura at shrines in Kabul and Balkh, leaving nearly 50 dead and scores more wounded.
Greater Middle East
Growing internationalization of Yemen war
The US fired missiles at Houthi-controlled radar installations in Yemen after the rebels fired rockets at a US destroyer in retaliation for a deadly Saudi air-strike on a funeral.
The Andes
Colombians re-mobilize for peace
Thousands marched for peace across Colombia as President Manuel Santos was awared the Nobel prize for his accord with the FARC—despite its rejection in a plebiscite.
70,000 Syrian refugees stranded in ‘buffer zone’
Thousands of displaced Syrians are trapped between sand berms on the border with Jordan, denied entry—facing hostile soliders on either side, receiving no aid. A plan drawn up by the UN and Jordan's military calls for establishing a new aid… Read more70,000 Syrian refugees stranded in ‘buffer zone’
North America
Biggest prison strike in US history —amid media blackout
Amid a shameful paucity of media coverage, inmates at facilities in several states have organized work stoppages following a call for a nationwide prison strike.