Indigenous activists came to Washington, D.C. on Indigenous People’s Day, holding a rally outside of the White House, calling for President Joe Biden to declare a national climate emergency and to take more serious action to curb fossil fuel projects and cut greenhouse gas emissions. Protesters sang, danced, and prayed during the rally, as tensions... Continue Reading →
Italians are protesting the government's introduction of a health screening system known as "GreenPass" in Rome. Beginning Oct. 15, all public and private workers must have a digital COVID-19 health certificate, or face fines and lose employment. Demonstrators say the system impleads their freedoms. Italy and other governments with similar systems say the certificate is... Continue Reading →
Bolivian Coca leaf growers clashed with police in La Paz’s main coca market, Adepcoca. About 90% of Bolivia’s legal coca passes through Adepcoca, according to the United Nations and coca growers are fighting over who should control the market. The disputes involve two groups, one loyal to the government and another loyal to the opposition.... Continue Reading →
Press statement on Humanitarian aid trucks to Tigray - 22 Sept 2021 On September 16, 2021, UN Ethiopia, on its official twitter account, expressed concern that aid trucks that had come to Tigray have not returned yet. This statement was issued on the heels of an official statement from, among others, the Ministry of Peace... Continue Reading →
Migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. walk in the Rio Grande river near the international bridge between Mexico and the U.S., in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, September 17, 2021. U.S. officials have closed traffic at the only border crossing in Del Rio, Texas, as the Biden administration is reported to be preparing for the wide scale... Continue Reading →
As per an OLA officer- source on the ground, some of the most forward Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) units besieging Negelle, have entered one side of the city. While on the other side government, officials are fleeing in civilian and NGO labelled vehicles, to avoid OLA checkpoints. After besieging it earlier & controlling some strategic... Continue Reading →
The Oromo Liberation Army, that operates in Ethiopia’s Oromia region has warned, that it could cut off a major highway that links Ethiopia to Kenya, in what could directly affect trade between Ethiopia and Kenya. Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) is using blockage of key roads, as its military strategy. Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) Freedom fighters,... Continue Reading →
Learning new skills was one of the most important activities of our life in the guerrillas, because it represented a personal and collective commitment and achievement. If someone learned something new, that benefited all of us. Andrés Mendez Ex-Farc guerrilla in Colombia. FARC, abbreviation of Spanish Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia)... Continue Reading →
In a declaration, the Lay Coordination Committee, reacting to the establishment of the Municipality of Minembwe, in South Kivu, calls on the Congolese people to remain vigilant in the face of what 'he calls a new challenge and a new provocation. Therefore, the CLC asks the Government, the suspension, all cases ceasing, of the provision... Continue Reading →
On this day in 1983, socialist revolutionary Thomas Sankara became president of Burkina Faso at the age of 33. He only lasted 4 years, because he was killed in a military coup, suspected to have had support from the US and France. Sankara gained the love of his people because of his humble lifestyle, socialist... Continue Reading →
The tension is high this Monday, January 6, 2020 at the University of Kinshasa, (UNIKIN). For good reason, students are demonstrating against the increase in the price of academic fees for the year 2019-2020. To contain these demonstrations, the elements of the Congolese National Police, (PNC), deployed on ground make use in particular of tear... Continue Reading →
The Rebel Leader of FLN (Front de Libération Nationale) , a Rwandan Rebel outfit-Gen.Wilson Irategeka was yesterday badly injured and unable to walk. He was being carried on the back by his escorts. He was shot with an arrow by a Mai Mai (local defence) activist at Ninja in Fizi , South Kivu. This was... Continue Reading →
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