Jordanian websites went offline yesterday [August 29, 2012] in protest against proposed government censorship plans and new restrictions on the Internet.
In less than 20 years, the number of registered sex workers in Madagascar’s main port city of Toamasina has climbed from 17,000 in 1993 to 29,000 in 2012 due to rising poverty and the city’s proximity to the recently opened Ambatovy nickel mine.
Government troops opened fire on around 3000 protesters at a rally against the murder of an opposition figure in Khorog, Tajikistan
The lethal force used by police at a Lonmin mine in Marikana, South Africa which resulted in 34 dead and 78 injured has caused many in South Africa to re-evaluate their country and the inequality found within.
While conflict rages just kilometers away in Syria, the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan Heights remains quiet. But there are signs that the 17-month old conflict has touched the areas’ Arab residents