In response to alleged abuses from Myanmar military officials against the minority, the Rohingya Muslims, the UN has decided to launch investigations to hold the abusers accountable. Rohingya Muslims have been fleeing into neighbouring Bangladesh in response to the attacks, which is creating a significant refugee problem in the area. […]
Aid workers in South Sudan have faced attacks and opposition in the past week. In the midst of the attacks on the humanitarian officials, the East African country is ridden with famine and civil war, making the country particularly vulnerable. The UN has called the attacks “reprehensible and unacceptable” and […]
What needs to happen in order to restore the government and prevent continued crisis in Yemen?
The UN has criticized Sri Lanka in recent days due to their failure to investigate war atrocities. The government’s failure to do so reflects a fear of punishing their own soldiers for civil war-era crimes, a brutal conflict lasting from 1983 to 2009. The war had detrimental effects on the […]
NGOs are honing in on the refugee crisis taking place as a result of the Greece-Turkey migrant deal. Last year, an accord between Turkey and Greece was signed in an effort to limit the overflow of refugees into the EU. Although an attempt at a long term solution, the deal […]
Since the end of World War II and the creation of Israel, conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has characterized the geopolitical climate of the region. Numerous attempts at peace and intervention from foreign powers, particularly the United States, are frequent in the history of the area along with flare-ups of […]
Several Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the worst outbreak of military violence in roughly a year. Armenia and Azerbaijan blame each other for the attack. The Nagorno-Karabakh region is situated in western Azerbaijan, despite its population being predominantly Armenian. Tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia have […]
The UN has a newly appointed Head of Peacekeeping Operations, appointed by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The current Head of Peacekeeping Operations, Hervé Ladsous, has declined to stay on and will be replaced by Jean-Pierre Lacroix, a french diplomat with a wealth of knowledge and experience regarding diplomacy and multilateral organizations. […]
40 former Turkish soldiers, supposedly linked with the unsuccessful coup against President Recep Erdogan, are currently seeking refuge in Germany. The July 2016 coup was a response to Erdogan’s wavering commitment to democracy. Military forces attempted to seize major areas of Istanbul and Ankara, but were ultimately unable to keep […]
