Author Archives: seanbaxter

Kenyan police fire tear gas as anti-government protests resume

Kenyan police arrested 46 members of a protest against the Kenyan president. The protesters had organized three days of continuous protests and had paused them because their leader had agreed to meet with some of the president’s representatives. However, the protests resumed because the leader accused the reps of not negotiating in good faith. This led to the police firing… Read more »

South Africans call for UK to return diamonds set in crown jewels

The Cullinan I, the world’s largest cut diamond weighing in at 510 carats was placed in the British royal families scepter due to the stone being discovered when South Africa was colonized under the british. South Africans are now calling for the stone to be returned from the royal jewel following a recent social movement calling for the return of… Read more »

Unhappy return: Sudan crisis forces South Sudanese refugees back to troubled home

Fighting in Sudan has led to many people fleeing to the bordering country South Sudan. In many cases, many that left South Sudan because of how troubled the country is are now being forced to return as a consequence of Sudan’s increasing violence. The UNHCR currently has refugee camps set up in Renk County in South Sudan and is facing… Read more »