Peace

Nigerians based in South Africa protest outside their embassy in Pretoria on October 21, 2020 in solidarity with Nigerian youth who are demanding an end to police brutality in the form of The Nigerian Police Force Unit, Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). (Photo by Phill Magakoe / AFP) Hundreds of people…

Last Updated: 20th October, 2020 18:31 IST The first official delegate from the United Arab Emirates visited Israel on October 20. During the ceremony, UAE and Israel agreed on a visa free travel. The first official delegate from the United Arab Emirates visited Israel on October 20. According to the…

Assailed by Azerbaijan and Turkey, a place literally overlooked by the world struggles to maintain peace and human rights.STEPANAKERT, NAGORNO-KARABAKH - OCTOBER 17, 2020: A man walks near a residential house damaged in a shelling attack. (Photo by Sergei BobylevTASS via Getty Images)When I was six years old, I played…

LETHBRIDGE -- As the former director of emergency humanitarian relief worldwide, Trevor Page worked with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Africa and Asia. He also served as a head of mission in India and China. So when the WFP was awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize, Page…

Yesterday, we had the best news of 2020. After months of constant mobilization, the Indigenous people of Bolivia have taken back their power in a first round majority vote for the MAS (Movement for Socialism), the party previously led by Evo Morales and now by Luis Arce, former finance minister. From…

Ten days ago, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 to UN agency the World Food Programme (WFP).The prize is awarded to those who have “done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for…

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MARAWI CITY – Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM), led by its Chairperson Eduardo Del Rosario on Saturday, led the ground breaking for the new Bato Mosque and inaugurated the newly reconstructed Agus 1 Bridge to mark the liberation of Marawi from Islamic State-inspired terrorists three years ago. PHOTO BY BONITA…

Pro-democracy protesters show the three-finger salute as they gather demanding the government to resign and to release detained leaders in Bangkok, Thailand on October 15, 2020. Reuters/Jorge Silva Protests have erupted in Thailand as anti-government demonstrators demand democratic reforms, the removal of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha, and curbs on the…

Last August, a downtown Toronto mosque reported it was vandalised for the sixth time in three months. In Nova Scotia, a mob of 200 men prevented Sipekne'katik fishermen from leaving a lobster storage facility, hurling rocks and racist insults, making false accusations and destroying property. This is just one incident in a series of violent attacks after…