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08Oct/17

On Putin’s birthday, opposition activists protest, call for him to quit

October 8, 2017PoliticsAlexei Navalny, Alexei Navalny mayoral campaign, Alexei Navalny presidential campaign, Anti-Corruption Foundation, Dissenters' March, Moscow, Opposition to Vladimir Putin in Russia, Pascale Davies, Politics, Politics by country, Politics of Russia, Presidents of Russia, Russia, Russian law, Russian protests, St. Petersburg, Vladamir Putin, Vladimir Putin, Yekaterinburgsmbale

Police detain more than 200 opposition activists on Saturday for taking part in a wave of anti-Kremlin protests across Russia, according to a monitoring group. Report by Pascale Davies. Continue reading →

01Oct/17

Hundreds injured as police shut down Catalan vote

October 1, 2017Catalonia Referendum2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis, Carles Puigdemont, Catalan independence movement, Catalan independence referendum, Catalonia, Europe, Generalitat de Catalunya, Geography of Europe, Independence, Independence referendum, Legislatures, Madrid, Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, Parliament of Catalonia, Pascale Davies, Politics, Politics of Catalonia, Secession, Spain, War/Conflictsmbale

Over 400 are injured in Spain after police used force to try to prevent voting in Catalonia’s independence referendum on Sunday. Pascale Davies reports Continue reading →

01Oct/17

Spanish police move to prevent Catalonia independence vote

October 1, 2017Politics2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis, Barcelona, Carles Puigdemont, Catalan government, Catalan independence movement, Catalan leader, Catalan nationalism, Catalonia, Generalitat de Catalunya, Girona, Government of Spain, Independence, Independence referendum, International law, Madrid, Pascale Davies, Politics, Politics of Catalonia, Secession, Sovereignty, Spainsmbale

Spanish national police moved to shut down a banned independence referendum in Catalonia on Sunday, confronting crowds of angry voters at some polling stations. Pascale Davies reports. Continue reading →

24Sep/17

Anglea Merkel wins fourth term – exit polls

September 24, 2017German ElectionsAngela Merkel, CDU party, Chancellor, Christian Democratic Union of Germany, Country: Germany, European people, Federal Government of Germany, German federal election, German Lutherans, Germany, Hans-Peter Friedrich, Interior ministers of Germany, Legislatures, Martin Schulz, Pascale Davies, Politicians, Politics, Politics of Germanysmbale

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been re-elected for a fourth term in federal elections, exit polls suggest. Pascale Davies reports. Continue reading →

20Aug/17

South Africa grants immunity to Grace Mugabe despite assault claim

August 20, 2017CrimeAfrica, AfriForum, Countries, DEBBIE ENGELS, Democratic Alliance, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Gabriella Engels, Gerrie Nel, Government of Zimbabwe, Grace Mugabe, Harare, JOHANEESBURG, Johannesburg, Law/Crime, Oscar Pistorius, Pascale Davies, Politics, Pretoria, Robert Mugabe, Shona people, South Africa, VARIOUS, ZANU–PF, Zimabwe, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean coup d'étatsmbale

Zimbabwe’s first lady Grace Mugabe returned home from South Africa early on Sunday (20 August), state media reported, pursued by demands she face prosecution over an alleged assault of a 20-year-old model in an upmarket Johannesburg hotel room. Pascale Davies reports. Continue reading →

08May/17

Teenagers death sparks violence in S.Africa

May 8, 2017CrimeApartheid, Bail, Coligny, Coligny, North West, Crime, Criminal law, Criminal procedure, Identity politics, Jonas Mosweu, KHETHENI MUDAU, Law, Law/Crime, Pascale Davies, Phillpp Schutte, Pieter Dorreward, Politics, Race and society, Social Issues, South Africa, War/Conflictsmbale

Houses were set alight on Monday (May 8) as racial tensions flared in South African town of Coligny in North West province after a court granted bail to two white farmers who were accused of killing a black teenage boy. Report by Pascale Davies. Continue reading →

29Apr/17

EU leaders agree to a tough stance on Brexit

April 29, 2017BrexitAftermath of the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, Belgium, Brexit, Brexit negotiations, British MPs, Brussels, Country: United Kingdom, Disaster preparedness, Donald Tusk, Enda Kenny, European Union, Euroscepticism in the United Kingdom, Foreign relations of the European Union, Government of the United Kingdom, Ireland, London, Michel Barnier, Negotiation, Northern Ireland, Pascale Davies, Politics of the European Union, Politics of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister, Theresa May, United Kingdom, United Kingdom and the European Union, Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Unionsmbale

EU leaders meet for the first time since British Prime Minister Theresa May formally triggered a two-year countdown to Brexit to finalise divorce guidelines. Pascale Davies reports. Continue reading →

13Apr/17

Russia blocks U.N. condemnation of Syria attack

April 13, 2017WarAnti-Americanism, Bashar al-Assad, China, Country: Russia, Country: Syria, Criticism of the United States, Ethiopia, Foreign relations of Syria, France, Geography of Asia, IDLIB, International reactions to the Syrian Civil War, Kazakhstan, Khan, Nikki Haley, Pascale Davies, Politics, Politics of Syria, Russia, Syria, Syrian Civil War, United Kingdom, United States, War/Conflict, Western Asiasmbale

Russia blocks a Western-led effort at the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday (April 12) to condemn last week’s deadly gas attack in Syria. Pascale Davies reports.
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