Janessa Schilmoeller

Janessa Schilmoeller is a Mint Press correspondent and staff writer based in Southern Africa. Janessa has worked with intercultural education programs for several years and focuses on topics of international relations, social change and human rights. She has previously lived in Jordan and has traveled to various countries in the Middle East. Janessa is currently reporting from Southern Africa where she coordinates study abroad programs focused on nation building, liberation theology and decolonizing the mind while reporting on social and political issues in the region. Follow her on Twitter at @jschilmo

30+ Dead After Police Clash With Islamic Hardliners In Bangladesh

Clashes took place between police and tens of thousands of protesters who demanded the passage of an anti-blasphemy bill.

NAMIBIA - More than 30 people were killed in Bangladesh on Sunday and Monday in clashes between police and tens of thousands of protesters who demanded the passage of an anti-blasphemy bill in the Islamic state, ruled under a secular penal code dating back to 1860.

As many as 36 people had been reported killed in protests across

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Thousands Of Refugees Return To Somalia As New Government Struggles To Rebuild

Janessa Schilmoeller   NAMIBIA — As many as 14,353 Soma […]

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NAMIBIA — As many as 14,353 Somali refugees have returned home from Kenya since January, the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) reported over the weekend. Up to 1,029 people reported to have moved to Somalia thus far in April — a sign that increased security operations in the Horn of Africa appear to

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Bahrain Moves To Increase Penalties Against Protesters Ahead Of F1 Grand Prix

Janessa Schilmoeller NAMIBIA – Bahrain’s governme […]

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NAMIBIA - Bahrain’s government has proposed an amendment to increase punishments for anyone found guilty of insulting the Gulf nation’s king just one week before the nation hosts the Formula One Grand Prix.

According to

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African Nations Divided On Support For “Colonial” International Justice System

J Schilmoeller NAMIBIA – Foreign Minister Louise […]

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NAMIBIA - Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo of Rwanda blocked the U.N. Security Council from adopting a non-binding statement this week that would recommend

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Western Neocolonialists Compete With Local Powers For Influence Across Africa

In this photo taken March 8, 2013 by the French Army Co […]

NAMIBIA - Decades after most African nations gained independence, mineral-rich countries like Mali and the Central African Republic still find themselves tangled in a web of outside intervention by former colonial powers and newly-emerging local powers hoping to secure complex political, economic and security interests in the region. Less than

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Egyptian Satirist Latest Victim In Attacks On Free Speech

A bodyguard secures popular Egyptian television satiris […]

NAMIBIA - A Cairo court dismissed a lawsuit hoping to ban Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef’s popular TV show over the weekend — a move that may set a positive precedent for the comedian facing pressure for openly criticizing the government on his show, “El-Bernameg.” Judge Hassouna Tawfiq said the court dropped the complaint, filed by an

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DRC Awaits First-Ever Offensive UN Peacekeeping Mission

Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, President of the Republic of Tan […]

NAMIBIA - The United Nations Security Council authorized its first-ever offensive peacekeeping intervention on Thursday, approving a deployment of up to 3,000 peacekeepers to “neutralize armed groups” and “make space for stabilization” in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The intervention brigade will carry out targeted offensive

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