The police-besieged offices of the divided Aymara indigenous organization CONAMAQ in La Paz were turned over to leaders of the faction aligned with Bolivia's ruling party.
A clash between Fulani herdsmen and Berom farmers in Nigeria's Plateau state follows growing ethnic violence and vigilantism across the country's northern plains.
In the wake of the Volgograd terror blasts, Putin is preparing a new offensive against Chechen insurgents seeking to rebuild the 19th century "Caucasus Emirate."
Subcomandante Marcos of the Zapatista rebels released a new communique reflecting on the history of the movement since the New Year's Day 1994 uprising.
Eight municipalities in southern Mexico's Chiapas state were declared territories free of mineral or hydro-electric development, asserting principles of local autonomy.
Followers of Bolivian Aymara organization CONAMAQ blocked the highway between La Paz and Oruro after being evicted from their office in La Paz by riot police.
Ex-CIA director Michael Hayden says Bashar Assad is the best option for stability in Syria—while the White House now considers arming jihadist rebels.
The death of a US national in Benghazi thrust Libya briefly into the news—as lawless militias, ethnic conflicts and labor strife daily claim lives across the country.
Two weeks after a devastating cyclone struck Somalia’s autonomous enclave of Puntland, nomadic pastoralists are especially at risk, with much of their livestock wiped out.
Indigenous leaders in Ecuador's rainforest accuse the army of forging evidence in the death of a Shuar man during an operation against outlaw gold-miners.
Tuareg rebels of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA) announced that they are ending their ceasefire with the Malian government following new clashes.
A Tibetan monk in China’s Sichuan province was sentenced to four and a half years in prison after he led a public prayer session for self-immolation martyrs.
