Global Conflict Reporting

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  • Unrest in Cameroon

    By: Scott Jackson

    10.28.2025

    Violence has broken out across urban areas of the Central African country of Cameroon after a constitutional court decision giving president Paul Biya another 7 years term.The country’s opposition parties claim the election was rigged citing high numbers of people who voted in a region where armed separatist conflict is currently ongoing. 

    This election will see Paul Biya, who first won the presidency in 1982, saying in office till 2032. Biya will be nearing 100 at that time. He is the oldest world leader currently serving anywhere. This is his 8th consecutive term as President of the country of 30 million people. 

    The results of the election and the vote of the constitutional court has sparked a number of large uprisings and protests which the government has responded to with force. Opposition supporters have defied a countrywide ban on protesting and have taken to the streets, lighting police cars on fire, burning car tires in the street and barricading roads. Before the results from the constitutional court were annonced  a number of supporters had come out for opposition leader,Issa Tchiroma Bakary the leader of the Front for the National Salvation of Cameroon party, those supporters were dispersed with police water cannons and tear gas. 

    Tchiroma claims he won the election with 55% of the vote which is not the official number which sits at 35.19%. Biya on the other hand ,officially, according to the constitutional court has 35.19%. 

    Tchiroma  is the candidate put forward by the political coalition “union for change” a group that brought together dozens of political parties and civil groups in an effort to oust Biya from power. Tchiroma has been a politician in the country for a long time and served as the government spokesperson during the years of fighting with Boko Haram. Considered by some to be a member of the “old guard”, he has promised change to come to Cameroon. 

    One candidate, Tomaïno Ndam Njoya who came out fifth in the election, said that the outcome of the election didn’t fairly represent the “sovereign will” of the country or its people. 

    “They reflect a weakened electoral system, undermined by irregularities, manipulation and repeated violations of the law,”Tomaïno Ndam Njoya

    The governor of the Wouri River Estuary, Samuel Dieudonne Ivaha Diboua, told the AFP news agency that protesters had attacked and burned police stations in several districts across the city of Douala, the economic capital of Cameroon. 

    As of yesterday four people had already been killed with dozens wounded. Videos being released online show riot police opening up with what seems to be live ammunition.

    (Video wouldn’t let me embed so here is the link.)

    https://twitter.com/l_kmer237/status/1982868989631164760?s=46&t=pPISHVltNhVr2rHvuYinRA

    The United Nations Secretary-General echoed concerns shared by the European Union regarding violence against the population. Both urge restraint and to not let hate speech and violence take over. Some human rights groups, like Amnesty International have launched investigations into the civilian deaths and “excessive use of force” against protesters. 

  • Nepal’s Prime Minister resigns as anti-corruption protest continues. Parliament building burns.

    By. Scott Jackson

    09/09/2025

    In Nepal, anti-corruption protest has raged for the second day in a row. The worst civil unrest in decades is currently taking place in the country as citizens take to the streets to fight corruption government censorship and mass poverty. The scene took a violent turn after Nepal’s government attempted to crack down on the protest by banning social media and YouTube. The internet ban was lifted but not before the situation turned deathly serious.

    Image showing thr Nepal parliament è

    Nepal’s parliament building in Kathmandu was set on fire by the protesters moments ago. Some of the crowd could be seen with guns in footage released online. The police are simply outmatched by the collective rage of the people, and have been unable to restore order. Fires have also been reported at the nation’s supreme court and special anti-corruption court. 

    The unrest and violence in Nepal has, so far,  left over 20 people dead and over 500 injured, including the wife of former prime minister Jhala Nath Khanal, Rabilaxmi Chitraka, who was burned alive in her home. Other scenes of violence have taken place across the city as the protest continues. The Vice-chairman of the Communist Party (UML), which is also the country’s Finance Minister, Bishnu Prasad Paudel was forced from his car into a river, where he was then forced to strip and beaten with sticks as hundreds watched from the banks.

    The military has started to respond and have shown little restraint in opening fire on the protesters. No open gun battles have been reported but citizens with long guns have been spotted on videos, with reports indicating some of the weapons may have been seized during the ongoing unrest.