12 Mar 2021 – Despite the removal after 30 years of power of the Sudanese military dictator Omar Al-Bashir and his subsequent arrest; stability has not returned to Darfur; where fighting began in 2003. Although the Darfur conflict has faded from the headlines;
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by Rene Wadlow. On 13 March 2011 in Derra, in the south of Syria; 15 teenage boys were arrested by Syrian security police; for having written hostile graffiti against President Bashar Al-Assad on a school wall. The arrests led to non-violent protests
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Photo by Taylor Wilcox on Unsplash. By Rene Wadlow. On 4 March 2021; at the United Nations, Mark Lowcock; the U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs; warned that a campaign of destruction is taking place in Ethiopia’s Tigray Provence; saying that nearly five million of the
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This map describes the current situation in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The region is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but mostly governed by the de facto independent state, Republic of Artsakh. Image is a modified version of MarshallBagramyan’s map. File:Artsakh Occupation
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Photo by xiaochi1989 in Pixabay By Rene Wadlow. May all living beings recognise others as part of the same family; and so develop kindness towards all. May we contribute to peace in the world. May peace-loving people, East and West; accomplish their goals
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Photo by Mohamed Tohami on Unsplash. By Rene Wadlow. With the death on 26 November 2020 of Sadeq Al-Mahdi; a major figure of modern Sudanese politics; leaves the scene at a time of deep transitions within Sudan. Sadeq was the great grandson
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Pete Souza, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. By Rene Wadlow. The 8 November 2020 elections; for the two houses of the Myanmar Parliament were carried out with little violence. The National League for Democracy (NLD); headed by Aung San Suu Kyi won
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Without a doubt; we are living the most interesting moments of our lives. We are human beings with a global vision of the world; and we are concerned about events that take place in countries; that are very different and far from
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Photo by Sarin Aventisian on Unsplash From bitter searching of the heartQuickened with passion and with painWe rise to play a greater part.This is the faith from which we startMen shall know commonwealth againFrom bitter searching of the heart.— Frank Scott (1899-1985) 9
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