Muslims Flee After Separatists Kill 32 in India
The northeastern state of Assam, India is severely gripped by ethnic violence. The tensions between the Bodo ethnic group and migrant Muslim religious minorities over control of land and settlements...
View ArticleTwo People Are Driving Around Europe to Find What It Means to Be European
[All links lead to French-language pages unless otherwise noted.] Twenty European countries. Thirty-two cities. One 1970s VW Bulli. That's Claire Audhuy and Baptiste Cogitore's plan for the next six...
View ArticleAfter Six Months, Typhoon Haiyan Victims Continue to Demand Relief and...
Typhoon Haiyan caused a ship to ran aground in Leyte, destroying houses in a crowded coastal village. Photo by Alessandro Pavone/ Save the ChildrenAlso see Haiyan Devastates the Philippines, our...
View ArticleAustralia's Deal to Resettle Refugees in Cambodia Faces Opposition
Education in Cambodia is still at low levels. Photo by Ahmad Zikri Mohamad Zuki, Copyright @Demotix (2/9/2014)A proposed refugee deal between Australia and Cambodia to resettle Australia's successful...
View ArticleApocalyptic Scenes in Andranondambo, Madagascar as Villages Fight Over Land
L'Express Mada reports that the entire village of Andranondambo in the South of Madagascar was destroyed [fr] during an inter-village conflict that stems from a dispute over land rights. The civilian...
View ArticlePHOTOS: One Palestinian Museum's Artistic Message to the Pope
The Pope's visit to the Holy Land (today's Jordan, Palestine and Israel) has been the focus of many activists hoping to get the Catholic pontiff to speak out in favor of the Palestinian cause. One such...
View ArticleInformation Hub for Humanitarian Aid for Bosnia and Herzegovina Floods
POINT, the international conference on political accountability and new technologies in Sarajevo, has used its skills to aid in relief of the ongoing disaster affecting three Balkan countries – Bosnia,...
View ArticleIslamic Militants Seize Control of Mosul, Second Largest Iraqi City
Thousands of Iraqis flee their homes as Mosul falls under ISIS control today. Photo source: Twitter user @mohsinani Iraq's second largest city Mosul fell into the hands of Islamist militants today...
View ArticleHeartbreak for Ibrahim and Djouma in the Central African Republic
Ibrahim and Amadou – screen capture of UNHCR video on YouTube Djouma and Amadou Moussa are Ibrahim's parents. Djouma and Ibahim are the two lone survivors of an incredibly violent attack by militiamen...
View ArticleThe Unintended Consequences of Pakistan's Operation Zarb-e-Azb
On June 15, 2014, the Pakistan Army launched Operation Zarb-e-Azb, a joint-military operation involving Pakistan against armed insurgent groups such as the Taliban (TTP), al–Qaeda, the East Turkestan...
View ArticleThai Coup Leads to Exodus of More Than 180,000 Cambodian Migrant Workers
A Cambodian migrant family onboard a truck that will take them to the border where they will leave Thailand. Photo by Lee Craker. Copyright @Demotix (6/17/2014) Hundreds of thousands of Cambodian...
View ArticleOnline Networks Help Relief Flood-Plagued Côte d'Ivoire
Abidjan and other regions of Côte d'Ivoire have been plagued by heavy downpour and floods for the past weeks [fr]. Local residents got organized on social networks to bring relief to stranded citizens....
View ArticleNeed a Primer on What's Happening in Israel and Gaza Right Now? These 5...
A doll lies on the rubble of a destroyed building on July 11, 2014, following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. Photo by Marco Bottelli. Copyright Demotix. Israel took up its deadly bombing campaign...
View ArticleSri Lanka Plans to Deport 1,500 Pakistani and Afghan Refugees
A Christian man stands inside his destroyed house in Gojra, Pakistan. Image by Muhammad Tahir. Copyright Demotix (4/8/2009) Facing persecution in Pakistan, many Ahmadiyya Muslims and Christians have...
View ArticleCamera Phones vs. Kalashnikovs in Ukraine's Separtist-held Luhansk
This article is part of an extensive RuNet Echo study of Russian-language blogosphere in Eastern Ukraine. Explore the complete interview series on the Eastern Ukraine Unfiltered page. Ukraine's media...
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