Almost a week of riots followed the fatal police shooting of a teenager with North African roots on June 27, once again exposing fractures along… Read More »France sees itself as colourblind – so how to talk about race?
Australian Jai Hindley crossed the line alone to win stage five of the Tour de France on Wednesday to take the overall leader’s yellow jersey… Read More »Hindley takes Tour de France lead with stage five win; Pogacar suffers in Pyrenees
Paris Saint-Germain fired coach Christophe Galtier after a disappointing season on Wednesday and replaced him with former Spain and Barcelona manager Luis Enrique.
Since the start of the ongoing conflict in Sudan, large numbers of women, children, the elderly and other vulnerable groups have been internally displaced, with… Read More »Women are leading the humanitarian response in Sudan
President Emmanuel Macron’s government faced a backlash Wednesday after the centrist leader called for powers to “cut off” social media in case of widespread violence… Read More »Macron’s call to ‘cut off’ social media during riots sparks backlash in France
Senior United Nations officials today voiced shock and condemnation at increasing reports of gender-based violence in Sudan – including conflict-related sexual violence against internally displaced… Read More »Press release: Sudan – Top UN officials sound alarm at spoke in violence against women and girls
Racial tensions in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax flared into violence targeting migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, dozens of whom were forcibly evicted from the… Read More »Tunisian mobs target African migrants in Sfax to ‘avenge’ deadly stabbing
On July 7, 2021, Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated by a commando of mercenaries in Port-au-Prince. Two years on, his widow Martine Moïse, who… Read More »Martine Moïse, widow of slain Haitian president Jovenel Moïse: ‘The truth will come out’
Hundreds of flights were cancelled at one of Europe’s busiest air hubs and roads were blocked on Wednesday as the strongest summer storm on record… Read More »Schiphol grounds hundreds of flights as deadly storm lashes the Netherlands
On the morning of July 4, Elena Milashina, a journalist with the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and Alexandre Nemov, a lawyer, were beaten on… Read More »Russian journalist and lawyer beaten in Chechnya: ‘The investigation will no doubt be unsuccessful’
