South Sudan: ‘Disappeared’ Critic Resurfaces

The reappearance in a South Sudan court of a former refugee who had been forcibly disappeared more than a year ago points up the urgent need to reform the National Security Service (NSS). Read More

South Sudan opposition leaders urge inclusion in Sudan peace process

April 7, 2024 (JUBA) – A South Sudanese opposition ... Sudan’s ongoing conflict before its spillover effects are witnessed. Lam Akol Ajawin, the National Democratic Movement (NDM) leader ... Read More

Jailed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest 'because of very hot weather'

Suu Kyi spent about 15 years under house arrest ... live in a world where facts and fiction get blurred Who we choose to trust can have a profound impact on our lives. Join thousands of devoted South ... Read More

South Korean lawmakers vote to lift hunger striking opposition leader’s immunity to arrest

SEOUL--In a surprise outcome, South Korea’s opposition-controlled ... the United States and Japan. Under law, courts cannot hold hearings on requests for arrest warrants for lawmakers during ... Read More

Myanmar's ousted leader Suu Kyi moved from prison to house arrest due to heat, military says

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s jailed former leader ... to house arrest as a health measure due to a heat wave, the military government said as it freed more than 3,000 prisoners under an amnesty ... Read More

Indicted Opposition Leader Is South Korea’s Political Winner

(Bloomberg) -- The victory of South Korea’s main opposition party in parliamentary elections has made its leader a top contender for president in 2027, as long as he can manage a fickle public ... Read More

Indian opposition leader's arrest before elections draws international rebuke

“The sole purpose of the arrest is to humiliate and incapacitate the AAP,” Kejriwal’s lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi told a court hearing. State prosecutors, however, insisted they had proof to nail the ... Read More

Israel Opposition Leader, in Washington, Calls Hostage Deal Hard but 'Doable'

Israel Opposition Leader, in Washington ... Lapid, who will also meet White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan, is visiting Washington as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces ... Read More

South Africa fragmented opposition jostles for visibility

they continued before introducing Songezo Zibi, the head of Rise Mzansi -- a small party among a cohort of new groups competing in an increasingly fragmented opposition ... South Africa remains ... Read More

Posthumous memoir by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be published Oct. 22

“Patriot,” which publisher Alfred A. Knopf is calling the late Russian opposition leader's “final letter to the world,” will come out Oct. 22. Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya, said in a ... Read More