Is Catalonia now on its way to independence? Even with the pro-secession parties gaining the upper hand in regional elections,…
The Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar has experienced three anti-government protests so far this year; the latest, in mid-October, saw one police officer killed, roads blocked and shops closed across the capital, Zanzibar City.
After months of deadly violnce from Kurdish rebels in response to Turkish policies, the Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has signaled that he will negotiate with rebels in the hope of peace and progress.
There is much talk of a possible upcoming civil war in Dagestan, a Russian republic located next to Chechnya in the North Caucasus after days of subversive acts, murders and attacks in the region.
Jakarta has demonstrated that they will deal with the Papuan separatists’ insurgency with lethal force rather than negotiation, but will the Papuans be able to follow East Timor and find independence from Indonesia?