On Saturday, 24 April 2021, Iran published a formal letter protesting against the European Union’s (EU) sanctions and blacklisting of eight Iranian military commanders and security officials, over their roles in the deadly crackdown on protests in 2019. Significantly, this is the first time the EU has imposed sanctions on
After a day of demonstrations by civil society groups in N’Djamena, peace returned to the capital of Chad after the army stepped. These protests were sparked by the sudden death of long-time President Idriss Déby who had served for 30 years. He was succeeded by his son, Mahamat Idriss Déby,
A clash at the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border has killed 31 people, Kyrgyzstan reports, but Tajikistan has not yet officially acknowledged any casualties. This lack of official recognition raises fears of a larger potential conflict. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, when Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan regained sovereignty, the border’s location has
According to a United Nations report issued on April 30th, the unrest in Myanmar following the military coup, along with the consequences of COVID-19, could result in up to 25 million people – nearly half of the country’s population – living in poverty by early 2022, a level of impoverishment
