“Stage 6” Power Blackouts Hit South Africa Amid Labor Unrest
By Tyler Durden South African state power utility Eskom has been hit with labor unrest contributing to widespread blackouts after ten generation units went offline….
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Food Riots Continue In Sri Lanka As The Military Begins Shooting
By Mac Slavo The starving and hungry people of collapsing Sri Lanka have been rioting over the cost of food and lack of energy. As…
“The Summer Of Starvation”: Soaring Fertilizer Prices Unleash Chaos, Hunger Worldwide
By Tyler Durden One of the most pernicious consequences – if primarily for the anti-Russia West – resulting from the Ukraine war, has been the…
UN Food Head Warns Conditions “Worse” Than Arab Spring As Inflation Riots Spread
By Tyler Durden Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, David Beasley, executive director at the UN World Food Programme, warned the…
Sri Lanka To Run Out Of Oil Today As Streets Break Out Into Chaos
By Thomas Lambert “We have run out of petrol … At the moment, we only have petrol stocks for a single day,” said newly elected…
Food Riots In Sri Lanka Turn Deadly As Protesters Beat Up Police, Burn Down Politicians’ Houses
By Tyler Durden Two months ago, we noted the first Arab Spring 2.0 incident when, as a result of soaring food, energy (and everything else)…
Inflation Protests Erupt Across Peru As President Imposes Curfew, Calls In Military
By Tyler Durden Inflation poses severe challenges for emerging market economies. The latest example is in Peru, where social unrest spreads across the country, forcing…
Social Media Platforms in Sri Lanka Briefly Restricted Amidst Curfew and Protests
By Rezwan On the evening of Sunday, April 3, 2022, global Internet monitor NetBlocks reported that access to major social media platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter,…
Sri Lanka Cabinet Offers To Resign As Out-of-Control Inflation Sparks Widespread Social Unrest
By Tyler Durden Update (1535ET): Bloomberg reports that Sri Lanka’s cabinet has submitted its resignation, a ruling party member said, amid rising public anger about…
“Arab Spring” Risks Flourish As Global Food Prices Jump To Record High
By Tyler Durden Global food prices soared to a new record high in February, led by a massive jump in vegetable oil and dairy prices…
Dozens Killed As Kazakh Police Battle For Control Of Streets In “War Zone” – Banks Being Looted
By Tyler Durden Security officials in Kazakhstan admitted they’ve killed dozens of anti-government rioters in the large main city of Almaty, after alleging the protesters…
State Of Emergency Declared In Kazakhstan’s Largest City After Fuel Price Riots, Internet Cut
By Tyler Durden Large-scale protests in Kazakhstan are growing more fierce by the day, with video emerging from major cities showing police vehicles being attacked…
The CEO Of Blackstone Is Warning That “A Real Shortage Of Energy” Will Cause Social Unrest All Over The Planet
By Michael Snyder We are facing an unprecedented global energy crunch. Demand for energy is continually rising, and the production of energy is not keeping…
All Hell Breaks Loose in South Africa
By Fabian Ommar If you’ve been following the news this week, you know the crap is hitting the fan ugly and fast in South Africa….