Photo credit: CNN Burundian soldiers deployed to the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo spend days shelling civilians, according to Rwandan President Paul Kagame.   AA reports that the Rwandan leader was highlighting Burundi’s military involvement in the conflict in South Kivu province. However, there was no immediate reaction from Burundi. Burundi formally deployed its troops to Congo in 2023, ostensibly…

Photo credit: AP News As sympathy for immigrants erodes around the world, European nations agreed on Wednesday to consider changes that rights advocates say would weaken migrant protections that have underpinned European law since WWII.   The AP reports that the consensus coalesced as mainstream political parties across Europe have adopted tougher migration policies as a way to blunt…

Photo credit: CNN People traffickers are posting promotional videos featuring innocent young British women flirting to entice male migrants to go to Britain.  Daily Mail reports that clips of the women posted without their consent are being used by criminal gangs to advertise their services, providing irregular migration routes to the UK and Europe, it…

Photo credit: the Guardian In much of West Africa, democracy survives not because citizens defend it, but because soldiers occasionally tolerate it. And you can take that to the bank because it is the brutal truth behind the region’s expanding map of military rule. from Mali to Niger, Burkina Faso to Guinea, coup-makers do not need tanks…