News Clips- February 10, 2017

On Wednesday, four protesters were arrested in the United States while protesting the Dakota Access pipeline at a bank in Chicago. [Chicago Tribune]
On Wednesday, human rights groups in Israel petitioned a high court to block a law that enables the seizure of private Palestinian land for Jewish settlements. [Washington Post]
Following recent mass protests in Romania, the country’s justice minister resigned this week. [Al Jazeera]

On Wednesday, six International Committee of the Red Cross aid workers were killed in Afghanistan by unknown attackers, prompting ICRC to suspend its operations in the region. [Al Jazeera]
This weekend in the Central African Republic, violent clashes between two rival factions occurred in the towns of Djoubissi and Ndassima, resulting in dozens of deaths and the thousands displaced. [International Business Times]
On Tuesday, 19 people were killed as a result of a suicide bomb attack on Afghanistan’s Supreme Court. [Washington Post]
On Monday, Turkish officials reported that they detained 820 people during a week-long raid because of the detainees’ alleged ties to the Islamic State. [Washington Post]

On Tuesday, United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide Adama Dieng reported 52,000 people fled violence in South Sudan in January 2017. [Africa News]
This week, the United Nations and other aid organizations in Haiti announced a two-year Haiti Humanitarian Response Plan intended to impact 2.4 million Haitians. [UN News Centre]
This week, three UN agencies announced that Somalia faces a “very real risk” of famine. [Guardian]

This week German Chancellor Angela Merkel expressed an intent to facilitate a strengthened “national effort,” to deport migrants with unsuccessful asylum claims. [Washington Post]
On Wednesday, Irish minister Ged Nash reported ongoing allegations of abuse and exploitation of migrant fisherman in Ireland. [Guardian]

Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo won Somalia’s presidential election this week. [Washington Post]
After winning the November elections, Jovenel Moise was sworn in as Haiti’s new president this week. [Al Jazeera]
On Wednesday, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was found guilty of embezzlement. [Washington Post]