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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) signaled on Monday that it had rejected a proposal by Niger’s military junta to hold elections within three years, raising the political tensions which have lingered since the country’s July coup. A delegation from ECOWAS, West Africa’s main regional bloc, arrived Saturday in Niamey to discuss diplomatic paths [...]

Marjorie Cohn is a professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California. She has authored publications arguing against the legality of the 2003 US military intervention in Iraq as well as the US-led NATO interventions into Afghanistan and the former Yugoslavia. Professor Cohn is also a national board member of Assange [...]

A Pakistan spokesperson announced the arrest of two Christian brothers for blasphemy Friday, according to Reuters. The two were accused of ripping pages from the Quran. Chapter XV of Pakistan’s Penal Code outlines several different forms of blasphemy against Islam. These criminalize conduct such as making derogatory remarks about Muhammad or the desecration of the [...]

The CEO of Quramax Medical stated in court Wednesday that he gave an Uzbekistan official $33,000 after prosecutors alleged that the company paid a bribe to circumvent the mandatory testing of a contaminated Indian cough syrup that killed 65 children. The company that manufactured the cough syrup was India’s Marion Biotech, and the medicines were sold by [...]

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced Thursday that it will end its financial support of Afghan hospitals. In a statement to Reuters, the ICRC commented that their program in Afghanistan is expected to be phased out at the end of August. “The ICRC does not have the mandate nor the resources to [...]

Hundreds of South Korean activists gathered on Saturday in Seoul, South Korea, in public protest following reports earlier this week that Japan will begin releasing radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. According to Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, Japan will begin their operation to release “contaminated” radioactive water which has been stored in the region since [...]

Former South African president Jacob Zuma was reportedly released from prison on Friday after incumbent South African president Cyril Ramaphosa approved a remission (i.e. early release) of non-violent offenders. Zuma was sentenced to 15 months prison in July 2021 for refusing to testify before a panel that investigated financial corruption and cronyism under his presidency. [...]

Rhissa Ag Boula, a former rebel leader and politician in Niger, launched a movement called the Council of Resistance for the Republic (CRR) on Wednesday to oppose the junta that took power in the country after the July 26 coup. The new movement aims to restore former President Mohamed Bazoum to power.  CRR marks the [...]

Norwegian data protection agency Datatilsynet told Reuters on Monday that Meta will be fined 1 million kroner per day starting from August 14 if it does not comply with the agency’s requests. This comes after Norway’s public broadcaster reported that Meta Platforms (Meta) is seeking to block a forthcoming fine from the agency, which was [...]

Ethiopia’s government Friday declared a state of emergency in Amhara, resulting from ongoing clashes between military and local Fano militiamen. This came in the form of a press release issued by the office of the prime minister, Abiy Ahmed. The press release outlined a recent Council of Ministers resolution. It noted that the Amhara region [...]