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Russia Launches Military Exercises In Crimea, Abkhazia, Day After Presidential Vote
Crimean Tatars sacked from jobs for refusing to vote in “election”
The attack on media freedom in Crimea threatens to stop coverage of rights abuses
FSB professional ‘denouncers’ used for multiple political trials in occupied Crimea
Little green men: the annexation of Crimea as an emblem of pro-Kremlin disinformation
Bolton’s appointment ‘a positive signal for Ukraine’
Donors in fundraising bid for G/Bissau elections
In Haiti, no one is surprised by the Oxfam scandal
EU signals opening of accession talks with #Albania likely to start by the summer
Turkmen Elections Look Like Next Step Toward Dynasty
Begmurad Otuzov, ‘Disappeared’ Man in Turkmenistan, Dies
Hmong Raises Awareness of Their Plight in Laos
Anti-smoking activists call Austria the ‘ashtray of Europe
Vienna is again the world’s most liveable city and we should all move there
Austria recalls embassy employee from Israel over Nazi shirt
US targets South Sudan oil firms with sanctions
Burundi on brink again as president wants to rule until 2034
Tajikistan and Nowruz: Renewal, Forgiveness and Solidarity
Mali PM makes rare government visit to Tuareg-held northern city
Xinjiang Authorities Up Detentions in Uyghur Majority Areas of Ghulja City
Xinjiang Authorities Targeting Uyghurs Under 40 For Re-Education Camps
Beijing also persecutes the Uyghurs abroad
U.N. Closes up Liberia Peacekeeping Mission After 15 Years
Papuan teen Rico Ayomi dies hours after release from Indonesia jail
Rwanda among top spenders of Internet connectivity funds
The U.S. and Both Koreas Wrap Up ‘Constructive’ Talks in Finland Ahead of Landmark Summits
American Indian teens head to Vatican, hoping to overturn historic papal decrees
Bolivia Takes Sea Access Dispute With Chile to World Court
There’s Never Been a Native American Congresswoman. That Could Change in 2018.
Navajo Nation to Celebrate Justice Day
State Elections Division Holds Alaska Native Language Summit
Native language preservation: Alaska cannot rely solely on the state to save these languages
Indigenous States: Native theatre in the U.S.’s two non-contiguous states, Alaska and Hawai’i
Indigenous Awareness Week honours Indigenous ways of knowing, doing, connecting and being
Sovereignty runs deep in farewell to Indigenous warrior Sugar Montour
Marichuy: How an indigenous woman left her mark on a tumultuous presidential campaign in Mexico
March declared Missing Persons month by Navajo branch chiefs
Trump administration pursuing overly aggressive timeline for Arctic Refuge drilling
West Hartford Changes Columbus Day To Indigenous Peoples Day
Olympic Legend Billy Mills Names 10 Recipients of $10,000 Native Youth Dreamstarters Grants
Canada’s cultural genocide of Indigenous Peoples
Washington state Senate petitions FBI on safety of Native women
Inuit research strategy launched to promote Inuit ownership, control
50 years ago: Navajos flood corporate trade school
What the 2018 midterms could mean for Native voting
Inuit girls and women in Nunavik preyed upon by some workers from the south
Latin American Indigenous People Fight New Plunder of Their Resources
Indigenous Peoples: Indigenous Corporate Training Guide to Terminology
1916 March 20: Mbuti pygmy Ota Benga exhibited at Bronx Zoo commits suicide
How FIFO activists are doing down Indigenous Australia
When Indigenous Girls are Raped and Assaulted in Bangladesh, a Queen Rises Up in Solidarity
Australia to Export Celebrated Aboriginal Education Program to Africa
The lost children of the Empire and the attempted Aboriginal genocide
Adivasistan: A Separate ‘Independent’ Area Where Indian Constitution, Laws Don’t Apply
Māori voters get to choose between Māori and general rolls
Barack Obama gets a traditional nose-rubbing welcome in New Zealand
Spanish police question four over homage to late ETA member
‘Polar Silk Road’: Greenland’s courting of China for airport projects worries Denmark
How Namibia gained its independence from South Africa in 1990
How Cornwall is preparing for life outside of the EU
El Salvador Debates Best Way to Counter MS-13 Gang Violence
Vietnam halts South China Sea oil drilling project under pressure from Beijing
Antigua and Barbuda ruling party wins vote
Meet 2 Ottawans working to keep ancient Irish language alive
Irish in Nottingham: ‘We created a little Gaeltacht by the games cabinet of an old English pub’
Queen’s University Belfast row shows the bilingual signs debate must not get lost in translation
Máirtín Ó Direáin remembered: patrols, paramilitaries and poetry
If I lose my language, I lose my identity, I’m not being dramatic
Gaelic Football is thriving in west Galway
Armenia: Getting Many Things Right
Armenian Outgoing President Says May Become PM
Armenia: Balancing act between Russia and Europe
Corsica: A restless outlier in France’s grasp
The Many Layers of the Ethiopia Crisis
Angry islanders: why France faces protests overseas
EU launches new External Investment Plan in Georgia
New charges brought against journalist in South Ossetia
Georgia to ‘sanction rights violators’ in Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Jamaica extends state of emergency covering Montego Bay
Connectivity boost accelerates Moldova, EU and Eastern Partnership science collaborations
Work Welsh programme to receive £2.5m funding for language target
Tributes, anti-Welsh bigotry and that lagoon again
Action to end #language #inequality in Europe
Impact on England ‘stops Welsh news’ on Radio 1 and 2
Comoros passport scheme was unlawful, abused by ‘mafia’ networks
Comorosians urged to attend Paris meeting to expose Azali’s misrule
China throws sinking Brunei a lifeline
Croatia Pushes Treaty on Violence Against Women Despite Protests
Patrick Harvie renews Greens’ independence pledge after Spring Conference
An independent Scotland would stand up to Russia
Scotland sends Westminster clear message – Hands Off Holyrood
We were all at the #HOOP protest – but where was Scotland’s media?
Fiji’s Green Bond used to inspire emerging markets
Nicolas Sarkozy formally placed under investigation in Libya financing scandal
UN urges Libya rivals to end political crisis
Human Rights Watch: Libya ‘incapable’ of holding elections
Executions, Torture and Slave Markets Persist in Libya: U.N.
How the United Arab Emirates, a Country of 90 Percent Immigrants, Handles Immigration
Samoa MPs consider bill to make voting compulsory
Biafra Heats up as Trials Resume, Elections Loom, and Kanu Is Still Missing
Nnamdi Kanu’s co-defendants charged for establishing Radio Biafra
Agitations For Secession Not An Offense Under Nigerian Laws, Says IPOB
Kiribati: The endangered island republic that many have never heard of
Trinidad and Tobago’s first female president sworn into office
NZ appoints new Niue High Commissioner
Maldives police arrest 139 opposition protesters under emergency rule
Is Abdulla Yameen Handing Over the Maldives to China?
Maldives president lifts state of emergency after 45 days
Maldives, fast becoming a pawn in the new Great Game
Putin’s Pals, The Night Wolves, Troll Bosnia And The Region
As Western influence recedes, Russia looks to fill Lebanon’s power vacuum
UN mission on Lebanon-Israel border marks 40th anniversary
UN gives strong backing to Lebanon’s political independence
Hezbollah leader says Lebanon public finances threaten disaster
Eastern Caribbean: LGBT People Face Bias, Violence
Investigators Say ‘No Crime’ In Tatarstan Deputy Health Minister’s Sudden Death
Court In Tatarstan Fines Poet Lilia Gazizova For Tearing Up Ballot In Polling Station
‘Landslide victory’ for Putin in the North Caucasus
Dagestan: A wrestling culture that helps keep boys away from fighting
Yakutia’s National Library promotes Kazakh literature
The tale of a Circassian mother, grandmother and inspirer of hope
Oyub Titiev Waiting for Freedom in Chechnya
Ukraine refuses asylum to a Tatar facing certain persecution in Russia for his faith
Kremlin plans ‘selective’ resignation of governors
Tatarstan Prosecutors Reject Complaint Alleging Language Discrimination
Russian Nerve Agent Scientist Admits Selling Deadly Toxin to Chechen Mobsters
Aslan Gaisumov’s Chechen Stories
Free Idel-Ural Movement takes shape in Kyiv
Xi warns Taiwan will face ‘punishment of history’ for separatism
Taiwan says should educate its youth on dangers of China
Death of Paraguay teen rape victim in childbirth fuels abortion debate
When Tiny Benin Shook Dictators Across Africa
Coordinator of European Belarus civil campaign Yauhen Afnagel Arrested
‘Trust No One’: Exiled Azerbaijani Reporter Says He’s Being Hunted In Kyiv
Slovakia Government’s Collapse Not Enough To End Protests Over Journalist’s Murder
Qatar looks to Asia for investment in its new post-blockade era
How Belgium Overcame the Threat from Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters
US-funded counterterrorism training center opens in Jordan
Kosovo parliament ratifies Montenegro border deal despite tear gas
Serbia Expelled From Handball Event for Cancelling Kosovo Match
Montenegro Seeks To Stare Down Fancy Bear As Election Looms
Trump, Saudi leader discuss Houthi ‘threat’ in Yemen
Chad: Government Fails Previous Dictator’s Victims
Chad considers current president’s term limits but the opposition is sceptical
How Hungary Became a Tool of Kremlin Foreign Policy
Switzerland lives by selling to the whole world
Kurdish troops fight for freedom — and women’s equality — on battlegrounds across Middle East
Turkey: Dozens Held During Kurdish Spring Festival Newroz
British PM in Newroz statement highlights freedom of expression for Kurds
Turkey-backed forces capture Syrian Kurdish town of Afrin
Nearly 170,000 displaced from Afrin need urgent assistance
US: We will remain in Manbij for as long as necessary
PKK announces withdrawal from Shingal, handover to Iraqi forces
Yezidi MP calls on Iraqi parliament to prevent Turkish operation in Shingal
Islamic State brainwashes Yazidi children into fighting in Syria
US National Security Adviser John Bolton Supported Kurdistan Independence Referendum
France’s Macron phones Erdogan to express ‘concern’ over Afrin developments
UN presses on with bid to restart Western Sahara talks
AU ready to settle Western Sahara dispute
Köhler: My mission consists in reaching solution ensuring self-determination to Saharawi people
UK expresses support to Western Sahara people’s self-determination
Security Council expresses full support for Kohler’s efforts
Kohler suggests direct, unconditional negotiations in 2018
Jewish candidate for Muslim party breaks barriers in Tunisia
Police station torched in Tunisia mining region protest
Gambia to switch from glass marble voting to use of ballot papers
Gambia arrests 10 with possible links to activist’s death during Jammeh’s dictatorship
Togo: How Happy Is The Country With The Biggest Gains In Happiness?
Talks resume between Togo govt and opposition
Slovenia govt’ formally ends term after leader resigns
Caledonia to vote on independence from France
New Caledonian independence referendum set for Nov 4
Electoral law change approved for New Caledonia referendum
Free to Express: Meet the Artists of Cuba
Cuba Cracks Open Wholesale Food Sales for State-Linked Cooperatives
Tibet and India’s China Policy
Release of Tibetan Poet Shokjang an Overdue Welcome Development
In Pictures: Life in Tibet, Overshadowed by China Since 1959
Tibetan Man Detained After Villagers Protest Chinese Mine Plans
US Congress Confirms Support For Funding For Tibet programs in 2018 Budget
Dozens of Chinese police storm monastery in brutal crackdown on Tibetan butter sculpture festival
“A window of opportunity awaits the Tibet cause”: CTA President tells Tibetan Parliamentarians
Amazigh Cultural Revival In North Africa – Analysis
Sweden to tighten rape legislation, outlawing non-consensual sex
Critics Round on Malta After Banker Charged in U.S. With Evading Sanctions
Malta Freezes Pilatus Bank’s Operations After Chairman’s Arrest
Whistleblower fears for life as US arrests Malta bank chair
British knight suspended by Order of Malta for writing “The Dictator Pope”
Spanish prosecutor requests seizing passports of Catalan leaders abroad
January record month for Catalan exports
UN High Commissioner asked to explore violations of rights in Catalonia
Barcelona wholesale market closes 2017 with record figures
Catalonia needs Scottish-style solution, Carme Forcadell
Jordi Sanchez renounces candidacy to lead Catalan parliament
Deadline for appointment of president set for May 22
Pro-independence Esquerra party leader Marta Rovira goes into exile
25 Catalan officials sent to trial for independence case
Spain wants to ‘bring an end to independence as political option,’ says Puigdemont
Spain to try Catalan separatist leaders for rebellion
Spanish judge jails Jordi Turull, the 3d presidential candidate, hours ahead of planned inauguration
Outrage as Spain charges Catalan leaders with rebellion and jails five
Protests erupt in Spain following detention of Catalan leaders
Puigdemont detained in Germany
Sierra Leone capital Freetown elects female mayor, the first since 1980
Sierra Leone police and elections body clash ahead of presidential runoff
Barbara Jatta, the First Woman to Head the Vatican Museums, Is Bringing Change to the Eternal City
The Latest: Palestinian teenage protester Ahed Tamimi gets 8 months
Tough on Iran, Critical of ‘Palestine’: Meet John Bolton, Trump’s New National Security Adviser
Cheti Chand 2018: Significance, Feast and Celebrations of the Sindhi New Year Festival
Call to declare Sindhi official language
Conference on human rights in Sindh, Balochistan held in UN
Pakistan Army supports jihadis, uses them against minorities: MQM
Removing ‘Sindh’ from India’s anthem will strip away another layer of Sindhi community’s identity
Sindh: Politicians Decry Irregularities and Exclusion in 2017 Population Census
Balochistan: Experts Ring Alarm Bell on Water Scarcity in the Region
Pakistan: Government Remains Silent over Hundreds of Disappearances
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