[IFEX]On 18 April, 2013, members of Guinea's National Police Force fired tear gas and live bullets to disperse a large group of opposition demonstrators who were protesting against the selection of a South African software firm, Waymark, to compile a new voter register. The incident occurred close to Gbessia Airport in Conakry. […]

A huge tornado with winds of up to 200 miles per hour tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday killing dozens of people. The Associated Press reports hospitals are treating more than 120 patients including about 70 children. The storm ripped up at least two elementary schools and a hospital. On Tuesday morning Democracy Now! will report on th […]

The rescue effort after the Oklahoma twister that killed 24 people nears an end, as it emerges the storm was more powerful than thought. […]