News Digest

NSA spying France, Haiti arrests lawyer, Saudi Women, #SudanRevolts and #Strike4Sudan

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: French Condemn Surveillance by NSA.; Haiti arrests key anti-corruption lawyer; Saudi Women Go For A Spin In Latest Challenge To Driving Ban; Sudan’s NCP warns against opposition calls for UN inquiry into protest killings;...

Peacekeeping Helicopter attacked, No support for Abyei referendum, Indonesia, WWF…

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Peacekeeping Helicopter attacked in Congo; United States denies supporting Abyei unilateral referendum; Indonesia seeks to get back its manufacturing mojo; Setting a solar sail by WWF. - Congo-Kinshasa: Attack On...

Greenpeace activists detained, Violence against women & girls, Dr. Denis Mukwege, Malaria, Journalist Intimidation

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Greenpeace activists detained in Russia; Violence against women and girls; Two Peace Awards for Dr. Denis Mukwege; Leveraging soccer to take shots at malaria; Stop Journalist Intimidation! - Concern for health of...

Special #SudanRevolts – September 28, 2013 to October 3, 2013

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. Top Stories concern exclusively recent events in Sudan. Below, the News Roundups we published this week: - Press has a duty to inform on #SudanRevolts, and so have we. - #SudanRevolts – News roundup September 28-29,...

Uprising in Sudan: Protests Test Bashir, Internet Blackout, Brutal suppression of protests…

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed. This week,  Top Stories concern exclusively recent events in Sudan: The Sudanese are doing it again “Graphic” by Zeinobia; Uprising in Sudan: What we know now by Eric Reeves; Rising Death Toll of Peaceful Protesters and...

UN Secretary-General’s investigation, The Crisis in Abyei, Yemen: End child marriages

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: the report of the UN Secretary-General's investigation into the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic; The Crisis in Abyei, four months after the assassination of Kuol Deng Kuol; Yemen: End child...

Free solar power in Peru, al-Bashir and Museveni, UN intervention brigade in Congo

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Peru and free solar power; Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni don't get along; Can the UN intervention brigade bring lasting peace and stability to the war-torn country, Congo? - Peru to...

Activists want Sudan leader arrested, Climate change denial, South Sudan

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Activists want Sudan leader arrested; Is the Season for Climate Change Denial Finally Over?; South Sudan: Army Making Ethnic Conflict Worse. - Activists want Sudan leader arrested - July 15, 2013 - Is the Season for...

Web monitoring devices in Iran, Sudan, Greenpeace activists, Hina Jilani and Ernesto Zedillo

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Web monitoring devices made by U.S. firm Blue Coat detected in Iran, Sudan; Greenpeace activists scale London's Shard tower; Kofi Annan announces two new Elders: Hina Jilani and Ernesto Zedillo. - Report: Web monitoring...

Anti-NSA Rallies, Zimbabwe, The coal industry, Solar Powered Plane, South Sudan

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Thousands to Join 'Restore the Fourth' Anti-NSA Rallies, Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Streaks Ahead, The Coal Industry Knows That Enviros Are Winning, Solar Powered Plane Finishes Final Leg Of Flight To New York City, and the 2nd...