With the general election approaching, two major issues have dominated the news cycle during the first half of December. First, the increase in attacks on facilities run by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Nigeria’s election management body. These attacks have raised concerns about the safety of electoral officials, as well as the feasibility of holding elections across the country. Second, the electoral campaign has further polarized the media environment, with attacks against allegedly partisan outlets.
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Last week in the United States and Canada, demonstrations led by labor groups calling for better pay and working conditions made up the largest share of events in both countries. Demonstrations in solidarity with the anti-lockdown movement in China were also recorded in both the United States and Canada last week.…
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Last week in the East Asia Pacific region, fighting broke out between the Myanmar military and the Myanmar National Truth and Justice Party/Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNTJP/MNDAA) in northern Shan state.…
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Last week in Europe, Caucasus, and Central Asia, fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces continued in Ukraine, with Russian forces forcibly relocating Ukrainian civilians from occupied regions. Meanwhile, several Ukrainian embassies in Europe received packages being investigated as threats, including letter bombs at the Ukrainian embassy in Spain.…
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Last week in Africa, Al Qaeda-affiliated Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) continued offensives in Mali and Burkina Faso. An aerial strike hit a military and Wagner Group base in the Central African Republic. In Somalia, a two-day siege by Al Shabaab at a hotel near the Presidential Palace left civilians dead, while in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the March 23 Movement (M23) was accused of war crimes.
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Heightened levels of political violence continued into the presidential runoff in Brazil, raising concerns over further outbreaks of unrest beyond the election period.
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Last week in South America, several incidents of violence targeting social leaders and political figures were reported in Colombia, and armed clashes took place in the country’s southwest region. In Brazil, gang-related violence continued unabated.…
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Last week in South Asia and Afghanistan, students of a religious school were killed in an attack in Aybak city, Afghanistan as the former prime minister and militia leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was attacked in Kabul city.…
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