World’s Newest Country Teeters on Edge of Civil War
A standoff between the president and his deputy is threatening to tip the world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, into a fresh ...
The smell of death still lingers in the town at the epicenter of Myanmar’s earthquake
As the road shook beneath him, Ko Zeyer sped past crumbled buildings, buckled roads and gaping sinkholes toward his hometown ...
Opinion
Myanmar military’s ‘ceasefire’ follows a pattern of ruling generals exploiting disasters to shore up control
But Myanmar’s military demurred. Just hours after the quake, as rescuers continued to dig through rubble in search of survivors, the generals ordered airstrikes on enemy positions in Shan state and ...
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Ethiopia’s civil war: What’s fueling the Amhara rebellion?
Ethiopia is in the grip of a civil war between federal government forces and the Fano, a loose alliance of ethnic-based ...
The things you learn making a film about the Revolution
The birth of our country may feel like a familiar story. But in making a documentary about it, we found plenty of revelations ...
For Black people, the Revolution was full of paradoxes
There were Black soldiers fighting for the British. But others went to war for the colonists — who compared their own plight ...
Myanmar's military declares a ceasefire to ease quake relief as deaths pass 3,000
Myanmar’s ruling military has declared a temporary ceasefire in the country’s civil war to facilitate relief efforts ...
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Religious Institutions, Conflict, and Peacebuilding in Ethiopia
Religion has been a driver of violence, as demonstrated in several incidents across the country. 25 According to the ...