March 23, 2023

Welcome, Peace

The Ethiopian parliament agreed Wednesday to remove the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) from an official list of terrorist groups, a key step to advancing a peace process following the two-year civil conflict in the country’s north that killed hundreds of thousands, Bloomberg reported. Lawmakers approved...

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March 23, 2023

Scrapping the Bottom

Lebanese riot police clashed with protesters in the capital Wednesday, the latest unrest to grip the beleaguered nation amid an economic collapse and a plummeting local currency, the Associated Press reported. Authorities fired tear gas at demonstrators – many of them retired soldiers and police officials...

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March 23, 2023

Don’t Tell

Uganda passed a law on this week making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ, handing authorities broad powers to target gay Ugandans who already face legal discrimination and mob violence, NBC News reported. While more than 30 African countries, including Uganda, already ban same-sex relations, the new law...

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March 22, 2023

Green Light

A Swedish court ruled Tuesday that hundreds of climate activists, including well-known advocate Greta Thunberg, can sue Sweden’s government for having an “insufficient climate policy,” Al Jazeera reported. In November, Thunberg and 600 other young activists in a group called Aurora brought a class action lawsuit...

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March 22, 2023

Stumbling Forward

Sudan’s army leaders and main pro-democracy forces will establish a new civilian-led government next month in an effort to restore the African nation’s transition to democracy following last year’s military coup, the Associated Press reported. Officials said this week the two factions stated they will sign...

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March 21, 2023

A Little Give, a Little Take

The Israeli government plans to soften its judicial overhaul proposal following months of mass protests and international criticism over a controversial reform that critics say threatens the country’s democratic foundations, Reuters reported. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday that the government would amend a contentious bill...

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March 21, 2023

The Laundry List

Thousands of Kenyans took part in opposition-led demonstrations Monday to protest the government of President William Ruto over skyrocketing prices for basic goods and other economic woes, the Associated Press reported. Police arrested dozens of people, including at least three lawmakers, in the capital Nairobi. Police...

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March 20, 2023

Avec Moi, Le Déluge

Paris and other cities saw violent clashes between protesters and police over the weekend after French President Emmanuel Macron used executive privilege to adopt a deeply controversial pension reform, France 24 reported Sunday. Police arrested more than 300 people over the weekend, mostly in Paris where...

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March 20, 2023

The Golden Shackles

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant Friday for Russian President Vladimir Putin and another official over alleged war crimes during the Ukraine war, the first decision by the Netherlands-based court since the conflict began last year, USA Today reported. The international tribunal accused...

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March 20, 2023

The Stand

Pakistan’s police have filed terrorism and other charges against Imran Khan and scores of his aides and supporters following clashes Sunday outside the court in Islamabad where he was already due to face charges of selling state gifts and hiding assets, Sky News reported. Former and current...

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March 17, 2023

Breaking the Quiet

Senegalese police and protesters clashed in the capital Thursday ahead of a court case involving a prominent opposition leader, a trial whose supporters say is aimed at preventing the politician from running in next year’s presidential elections, Al Jazeera reported. The skirmishes came as authorities escorted...

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March 17, 2023

A Vote on Cows

A Dutch farmer’s protest party secured a major victory in this week’s provincial elections that will determine the make-up of the parliament’s upper house, a win that also underscores a setback for the environmental policies of Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Politico reported Thursday. Exit polls projected...

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March 16, 2023

A Most Wanted Man

A Pakistani court ordered police to temporarily suspend an operation to arrest Imran Khan on Wednesday, following violent clashes this week between authorities and the former prime minister’s supporters, the Guardian reported. On Tuesday, Khan’s residence in Lahore became the scene of a major scuffle when...

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March 15, 2023

No See, No Hear

Israeli lawmakers in a first vote approved a draft law that would overhaul the country’s judiciary, even as thousands have marched in the streets for weeks against the contentious bill, Agence France-Presse reported Tuesday. The proposed legislation – introduced earlier this year by the governing conservative...

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March 15, 2023

Family Valuations

The Indian government expressed its formal opposition to same-sex marriage in a key Supreme Court case this week, in what observers have described as the clearest statement by the country’s ruling Hindu nationalist party on an issue that has been increasingly debated in Indian society, the...

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