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2019 International Year of Indigenous Languages
1960 January 1: Independence Day in Cameroon
1993 January 1: Velvet Divorce: Czech Republic and Slovakia
1804 January 1: Haitian Declaration of Independence
1962 January 1: Samoan Independence Day
1956 January 1: Sudan Independence Day
1948 January 4: Myanmar Independence Day
1918 January 8: Woodrow Wilson’s 14 Points on free trade, democracy and self-determination
1991 January 13: Freedom Defenders Day in Lithuania
1990 January 19-20: Azerbaijan: Black January
1991 January 20: The Barricades in Latvia
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Norway sets world record with electric cars sold last year
He Was Shot But Survived The Srebrenica Massacre At Age 7. Now He’s Rebuilding His Life.
Taiwan will never accept China’s ‘one country, two systems,’ says President Tsai
Taiwan president calls for international support to defend democracy
Thousands march in Hong Kong for democracy and independence from China
Tibetan leaders on India tour to seek support
Chinese policies damaging the ecology, says Tibetan govt-in-exile
China Orders Tibetan Pilgrims to Return Within 3 Days
Tibetan Students Are Forbidden ‘Extra’ Activities During Winter Break
Dalai Lama Returns to Dharamshala, Congratulates Nancy Pelosi
Tibet independence call made at annual Jan 1 Hong Kong demonstration
Tibet included in new law enhancing US leadership in the Indio-Pacific Region
Chairman Xi Jingping Orders Chinese Army to be Battle Ready
Insert the Tibetan flag emoji – because representation matters
2019: Optimism for Kurdistan Region, but worry for Rojava
Where do the Kurds fit into Syria’s war?
KDP returns to Kirkuk, Hashd forces to withdraw under new deal
Kurdistan Region Tourism Board says tourists tripled during 2018 New Year celebrations
PKK attacks Turkish military base, killing one soldier and injuring two
Turkish-backed rebels pushing for further mass displacement from Afrin
Christians fear Turkish attack could end Christianity in northeast Syria
Syria’s Yazidis will suffer the consequences of US withdrawal, activist
Bolton: US won’t leave until Turkey guarantees to protect Syria’s Kurds
7 Kurdish parties join forces with HDP for Turkey provincial elections
Indonesia destroys and steals the offices of West Papuan campaign for self determination
Twelve uplifting stories from Indigenous Peoples in 2018
Empowering the world’s indigenous people
First Native American congresswomen embrace after being sworn in
Brazil’s Bolsonaro targets minorities on 1st day in office
Brazil’s indigenous agency acts to protect isolated Kawahiva people
Murkowski’s broken promises grow as Arctic Refuge oil development barrels forward
Yearstarter2019: Preserving wealth of culture among Dayak community
Adivasis plan protest in national capital
U.S. to Investigate Discrimination Against Native Students on Montana Reservation
Australia’s adoption crisis: Just NINE Aboriginal children found new family homes this year
Wickham mural of Aboriginal boy’s face demolished
For Inuit, Arctic research left a troubled legacy
Western Sahara: Is One of Africa’s Oldest Conflicts Finally Nearing Its End?
Centre says it cracked down on 18 Khalistani terror modules, arrested 95 suspects over two years
Lawyer’s fears for ‘innocent’ Scot Jagtar Singh Johal
Court Grants 51 Jewish Indigenous People of Biafra Members Bail
Samoa and Kiribati first countries to celebrate 2019
Guinea Bissau Weaver Takes Pride in Traditional Creations
Fate of two nations: Cambodia and East Timor
French court orders sending Central African Republic war crimes suspect to ICC
Dozens killed in ethnic violence in Burkina Faso
Violence, gangs cast pall over life in Honduras
Netanyahu Mediating Between Honduras, U.S. in Exchange for Jerusalem Embassy Move
Palestine TV offices in Gaza ransacked, equipment destroyed
Jordan’s Trade Unions to Place Israeli Flag in Building Entrances for All to Step On
Why most new immigrants to Israel aren’t considered Jewish
Lungu’s eSwatini girlfriend pregnant
Cuba’s Castro blasts United States on 60th anniversary of revolution
Belgium’s Flemish Region Bans Jewish and Muslim Methods of Ritual Animal Slaughter
“The Walloon language can be saved – but there’s not much time”
Kosovo: “Serbia is little Russia, taxes to remain forever”
Serbian demonstrators resume anti-president protests
Laos plans 12 new hydropower projects this year
Ukrainian Orthodox Church Officially Gains Independence From Russian Church
Belarus Is Standing In Line For Tomos
There Will Not Be Another Crimea In Belarus, There Will Be Another Afghanistan
Hanseatic League 2.0 reflects changing shape of EU
Kapitan’s Last Stand? Tajik Army Sticks With Russian Terms For Now
Sudan and South Sudan: The Tale of Two Economies
Mauritania’s anti-slavery opposition MP released
Somaliland protests Mogadishu expulsion of top UN envoy
Somalia Expels SRSG Haysom, Somaliland Invites Him in
Somaliland and Somalia Could Go to Sea War in 2019
Oil Keeps Oman on Debt Binge With $6.2 Billion Plan for 2019
Modern witch-hunts terrorise Papua New Guinea highlands
Rwanda gets first public coding school
Costa Rica Is On The Brink Of An EVolution
Emperor Nero Of Turkmenistan Sees Out 2018
Montenegro launches scheme offering citizenship for investment
Taiwan signs agreement with Marshall Islands to promote Austronesian language, culture
‘Men Kill Women Because They Can’: Inside El Salvador’s Devastating Femicide Crisis
Why did Russia’s new language bill draw flak from the Caucasus?
Quran Interpretation in Braille to Be Published in Tatarstan
Gang killed Ingush religious leader Belkharoev
Ramzan Kadyrov’s unchecked power in the Caucasus
UAE, Bahrain send activists to jail for speaking up
Is Armenia Playing a Dangerous Game with China?
Chad frees nearly 60 amnestied ‘political’ prisoners
Rohingya refugees left stranded in repatriation purgatory
Russia builds fence completely cutting occupied Crimea from Ukraine
Crimean Tatars See Budapest Memorandum as Key to Recovery of Their Homeland
‘Patriotism’ of not speaking Uyghur
Dozens Detained As Muslims Resist Mosque Closures in China’s Yunnan
China Sentences Ethnic Kazakh Artist to ‘Re-education’ Camp
China Targets Prominent Uighur Intellectuals to Erase an Ethnic Identity
China unveils plans to ‘sinify’ Islam amid signs of spreading crackdown
Organ Harvesting Tribunal Finds Overwhelmingly Against China
Guyana government to challenge no-confidence vote in court
Tensions Roil Bolivia as Electoral Court Says Morales Can Run Again
How an unlikely friendship has grown out of Jeremy Vine’s Welsh language Twitter row
Voice recognition project offers big opportunity to Welsh language
Brexit has already created more than 4,500 jobs in Ireland
Moving back to Ireland was one of the hardest things we’ve ever done
Brexit sends Britons seeking Irish passports up 22 per cent in 2018
Is Ireland still no country for young people?
The Irish war of independence as seen by the international press
It may not seem so but Scotland is closer to leaving toxic UK
Angus Robertson urges Scots to back second Brexit vote
Balochistan: Youth abducted from Picnic point killed in custody
Balochistan: Aged Baloch man killed in custody, his body found in Hub
Violence by Spain is not just limited to Catalonia
Elizegi: I would like to see the Basque Country in the European Championship
Classic jerseys: No.6 Euskaltel
Here’s what happened in Catalan politics this year
Torra urges Spain to engage in “credible, honest and bold dialogue”
Referendum case trial to mark Catalonia’s near future
What will happen in Catalonia in 2019?
Clara Ponsatí: I fear I’ll not be able to go home until Catalonia is independent
PP and Cs insist Spain must suspend Catalonia’s self-rule again after Torra speech
Several events outside prisons remember jailed leaders during festive season
People’s Party wants to prevent Puigdemont from earning public money
Classics remain most translated Catalan books in 2018
Gerard Pique’s investment group completes FC Andorra takeover
Jailed leaders to defend ‘legitimacy’ of referendum in trial
Candidate Manuel Valls attacks literature award winner over ‘political prisoners’
With journalists jailed and activists in hiding, Nicaragua enters a new ‘reign of fear’
Timeline Nicaragua: Eight Months of Civic Rebellion
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