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Big Tech is not much help when fighting a junta, nor is FOSS
The Register· 6 days agoBig Tech isn't much help if you're an activist trying to work against a military junta, and FOSS tools aren't a great alternative either, according to opponents ...
Burkina Faso extends military rule by five years
BBC via AOL· 16 hours agoBurkina Faso's military ruler Capt Ibrahim Traoré seized power in September 2022 [Reuters] Burkina Faso's military government has announced it will...
‘The entire town is burning.’ Fires rage as Rohingya caught up on the front lines of Myanmar’s civil...
ABC17 NEWS· 4 days agoSince seizing power in a coup in February 2021, the military has been fighting a widening civil war against ethnic armed groups and people’s resistance forces across Myanmar. In the western ...
After talks with China, Benin eases oil export ban against Niger
South China Morning Post· 6 days agoCNPC has invested US$4.6 billion in Niger’s petroleum industry, and its subsidiary PetroChina owns...
US Military To Pull Out All Assets From Niger By Mid-September, Says Pentagon
International Business Times· 6 days agoAfter what is deemed as highly-intense negotiations, the U.S. military will be withdrawing all...
The ripple effects of the coup in Niger
Washington Post· 2 days agoNiger has been a key U.S. ally in West Africa in the fight against growing threats from Islamist extremist groups. But a military coup last July soured that relationship. Now, the U.S. says it will withdraw from the country by mid-September.
Myanmar’s ‘genocidal’ junta forcing Rohingya youths to fight as ‘human shields’
South China Morning Post· 2 days agoThe May 20 incident at Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in which more than 1,000 refugees, mostly...
Armies of young insurgents are changing the course of a forgotten war
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoHere in Hpasang and across Karenni state, across much of the country, battles and stalemates have...
Juntas do not belong here
Observer-Reporter· 5 days agoIf you were to ask me whether Donald Trump fomented this uprising on purpose, my honest answer would be, “I believe so.” If you were to ask me if he could have prevented this attack on our government, belief is not a consideration.
Young people leaving lives behind for secret jungle missions
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA revolutionary radio station, Federal FM, broadcasts from outside the town - using a mobile...
