FSRN Weekly Edition – January 16, 2015
As many as two thousand feared dead after Boko Haram attack on Nigerian town Cross-border Boko Haram attacks displace students in Cameroon’s Far North Region Senate set to pass Keystone XL bill; Obama vows...
Monthly Archive: January 2015
Senate set to pass Keystone XL bill; Obama vows to veto
The controversial Keystone XL pipeline continued to wend its way through Congress this week. Download Audio Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski introduced the bill that would approve the cross-border permit necessary to build the...
New York City to reform policies on solitary confinement for prisoners
New York City officials announced a plan this week that would amount to long sought-after changes in Rikers Island, one of the largest prisons in the United States. Linda Perry Barr has more from...
Cross-border Boko Haram attacks displace students in Cameroon’s Far North Region
Information about the Boko Haram attack on the northeastern Nigerian town of Baga and its surrounding villages is slowly seeping out, confirming reports issued last week of large-scale destruction. The death toll has been...
Previously defeated cyber-surveillance bill is back before Congress
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act – or CISPA – is back. The controversial bill, which would allow companies to share individuals’ personal information and Internet traffic with the U.S. government in the...
Gaza engineer has a plan for rebuilding homes without scarce cement and steel
Efforts to rebuild Gaza remain slow as the raw materials necessary trickle in past tightly-controlled border entry-points. A local civil engineer is reviving a plan to advance reconstruction with available materials. The project, put...
As many as two thousand feared dead after Boko Haram attack on Nigerian town
Amnesty International says hundreds – possibly as many as two thousand – civilians were killed when Boko Haram laid siege to, and eventually overran, the town of Baga in northeastern Nigera. Baga, which hosted...
Je suis Charlie march draws 3.5 million to French streets
More than 3.5 million people marched throughout France Sunday, with between 1.2 and 1.6 million in Paris. They came out in response to a call for unity by French President Francois Hollande, in defense...
FSRN Weekly Edition – January 9, 2015
Suspects in Charlie Hebdo massacre dead after Paris-area standoffs Survivors of Peshawar school attack grapple with severe trauma St. Louis County grand juror seeks to remove lifetime gag order on Ferguson case FBI investigates...
Suspects in Charlie Hebdo massacre dead after Paris standoffs
Thousands took to the streets with pens aloft in France this week after a shooting attack on the Paris offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo left twelve people dead and another 11 injured. FSRN’s...
