On June 13, the first person to be elected as President from the Pacific islands was elected at the UN General Assembly’s 71st Session. Fiji’s ambassador to the United Nations, Peter Thomson, was elected after beating out Andreas Mavroyiannis, of Cyprus, by four votes. This was a rare occasion […]
We naively think that we understand everything about the current refugee crisis that encapsulates Europe and the Middle East. Yet, the publication of UNICEF’s most recent report suggests otherwise, reminding the public that the refugee crisis is possibly even more complicated than we realized. UNICEF, the United Nations […]
Reports of violence between Eritrean and Ethiopian military forces along their shared border surfaced on the morning of Monday June 13th. The fighting, which included artillery strikes is said to have begun on Sunday in the highly contested Tsorona area. Both sides claim to have inflicted casualties upon the other, […]
