The Andes
Peru: new mobilization against Conga project
Campesinos in Peru’s northern Cajamarca region began the year with a renewed campaign against the pending Conga mining project, pledging to occupy the concession area.
The Amazon
Peru: new incident at Bagua
A new clash between army troops and locals left two injured at Bagua in the Peruvian Amazon—as prosecutors seek life terms for indigenous leaders in the 2009 violence there.
Greater Middle East
Riots rock Egypt on revolution anniversary
Protesters calling for the fall of President Mohamed Morsi clashed with police clashed in Cairo on the eve of the the second anniversary of the uprising against Hosni Mubarak.
North Africa
Mali: US airlifts French forces
In a mission slated to last two weeks, US Air Force C-17 transport planes are ferrying troops and material from France to Mali for the offensive against jihadist rebels.
East Asia
Shanghai workers seize electronics plant
More than 1,000 migrant workers in Shanghai went on strike and held 18 managers hostage for a day and a half following the introduction of a draconian speed-up policy.
Africa
East, West Africa top global piracy: report
The International Maritime Bureau hailed progress against Somali pirates, but urged the world’s navies to keep up the pressure—and warned of growing piracy off West Africa.
New York City
Bill Weinberg leads walking tour of Lower East Side alternative culture
World War 4 Report editor Bill Weinberg will be leading a weekly walking tour highlighting struggles over urban space on New York's Lower East side over the past generation.
Africa
Attempted coup d’état in Eritrea?
Some 200 disaffected soldiers with two tanks surrounded Eritrea’s Ministry of Information, forcing the broadcast of a statement calling for the release of political prisoners.
Watching the Shadows
Islamist mujahedeen in northern Mali
Islamist mujahedeen fighters in northern Mali. Even as jihadist militias surge south from their territory in Mali’s desert north towards the capital Bamako, the movement is splintering—and French military intervention raises the stakes. Writer Andy Morgan, famous as co-manager of… Read moreIslamist mujahedeen in northern Mali
Watching the Shadows
Obama’s fourth year: a World War 4 Report scorecard
World War 4 Report offers its annual annotated assessment of Obama’s moves in dismantling, continuing or escalating the oppressive apparatus of the Global War on Terrorism.
Central America
Honduras: deadly DEA raid —again
A suspected drug trafficker was killed in the first DEA-backed drug raid in Honduras following a five-month suspension in radar intelligence sharing between the countries.
The Andes
DEA back to Venezuela?
In the first sign of a thaw in relations between the US and Venezuela, Caracas is weighing a request from Washington to allow a return of DEA officials to the South American country.