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Nigeria: oil spills in the Niger delta
11 Mar 2016
Oil giant Shell is being sued over oil spills in the Niger delta by communities which want Shell to clean up their land. Some of the claimants are the Ogale, a community of 40,000 farmers or…
Afghanistan: militants refuse fresh peace talks
11 Mar 2016
The Taliban have been rebelling against the Afghan government since 2001, and will not participate in new peace talks until international forces leave the country. Peace talks have been on hold since last year. The Quadrilateral…
Algeria: pray for a church under threat
04 Mar 2016
Kabylie church, affiliated to the Protestant Church of Algeria, received a letter from the district authorities last week requiring them to cease all religious activities on the grounds of breaching a 2006 decree regulating non-Muslim worship.…
Egypt: Al-Sisi’s defective political reality
04 Mar 2016
President Al-Sisi is making Egyptians live through a nightmare. Their currency is deteriorating, investments are declining, there are no employment opportunities, and security is poor. Al-Sisi is either marginalising or criminalising his opponents. In return these…
Israel: video of axe assault goes online
04 Mar 2016
The family of Israeli security guard Tzvika Cohen, critically injured in a West Bank terror attack last week, expressed dismay as security camera footage of the attack was shared via social media and on the internet.…
Haiti: refugees in the Dominican Republic
04 Mar 2016
Haiti and the Dominican Republic share both the island of Hispaniola and a painful and controversial history. On Tuesday the former Guatemala president said that the international community has abandoned Haiti to its fate and left…