Guinea-Conakry: standing up to a power-hungry President [via GV/WITNESS]

[Originally published here as part of WITNESS’s collaboration with Global Voices Online - this post was written by Gavin Simpson]
The technological revolution that enables ordinary citizens to capture and upload video footage on the web has been slow to take root in West Africa. Up to now we haven’t featured any video content from [...]

Forced evictions in Guatemala: whose land is it anyway? [via GV/WITNESS]

[Originally published here as part of WITNESS’s collaboration with Global Voices Online - this post was written by Gavin Simpson]
Land ownership and occupation are complex and highly contentious issues in many parts of Latin America, and the tropical, resource-rich plains of northeastern Guatemala are no exception. On the one hand, legal title to land [...]