The government of Ethiopia is systematically kicking certain ethnic groups off their land, forcing them to settle in villages were they have no life, no farms and no future, in order to sell their land to foreign plantations.

When they object, they are tortured. Ethiopia's government has a close relationship with the US, and invaded Somalia for the US a few years ago.

I don't think the victims of this violence have any obligation to refrain from responding with violence.

Meanwhile, Nigeria plans to evict tens of thousands of people from urban areas, destroying their homes, for "redevelopment".

One of the causes of land conflicts like these is world population growth. Offering gratis contraception and abortion to all women will help to avoid some future conflicts.

Angola's principal investigative reporter, Rafael Marques de Morais, faces criminal charges for reporting on blood diamonds.

US Could Exploit Trade Deal to Expand Spying.

The "trade" deal in question, which is more about giving business more power than about trade in the usual sense, is TAFTA: Turn All Freedom To Ashes.

Recommending computing practices that partially resist surveillance is not enough to count as a solution to the surveillance problem. We need to make privacy safe for ordinary users.

During 2012, CIA repeatedly followed one drone attack with a second drone attack, targeting rescuers looking for wounded from the first attack. This tactic is a war crime.

It was used by Iraqi resistance fighters; maybe the US learned it from them.