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At time of publication, President Erdogan declared victory in a controversial constitutional referendum that would greatly expand his hold on power.  “Erdogan supporters say replacing the parl...

https://undispatch.com/consequential-day-one-consequential-country-region/

Some 100,000 people have been displaced since September. “Violence against civilians in Central African Republic, including summary executions and mutilations, is reaching levels not seen since...

https://undispatch.com/msf-violence-civilians-surging-car/

”Venezuelans in poor areas blocked streets and lit fires during scattered protests across the country on Tuesday night, and two people were killed during the growing unrest in the midst of a cr...

https://undispatch.com/protests-spread-venezuela/

Also, Germany surpassed the UK as the number two donor in absolute terms. “Development aid from 29 of the world’s wealthiest countries hit $142.6bn (£114bn) in 2016, a 9% increase from 2015....

https://undispatch.com/latest-data-global-development-assistance-released/

”Despite daunting challenges, United Nations agencies and partners in war-torn Yemen have completed a major nationwide polio inoculation campaign, vaccinating nearly five million children under...

https://undispatch.com/vaccinators-vaccinate-war-torn-yemen/

Will this bellicose rhetoric by President Trump and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley lead to a change in policy? “Mr. Trump said the images of death inside Syria in the aftermath of the chemical attac...

https://undispatch.com/chemical-weapons-attack-syria-threats-washington/

“At least 60 people have been killed in northern Syria after being exposed to a toxic gas that survivors said was dropped from warplanes, an attack that sparked comparisons to the most infamous...

https://undispatch.com/new-chemical-attack-syriaemergency-unsc-meeting-today/

“Credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has downgraded South Africa’s rating to junk status, as the country’s currency continued to slide following a major cabinet reshuffle. In a...

https://undispatch.com/south-africa-junk-bonded/

“Colombian rescuers have been searching frantically for hundreds of missing people after the southern city of Mocoa was engulfed on Saturday by a huge landslide of mud, rocks and gushing waters...

https://undispatch.com/tragedy-in-colombia/

Kony 2017? (Without the USA At Least)…”The Ugandan military says an aide to Lord’s Resistance Army chief Joseph Kony has surrendered, a day after the United States said it will withdraw fro...

https://undispatch.com/kony-2017/