In a move distinguished from recent action toward individuals in transit, Mexico announced on Thursday that it would grant humanitarian visas to pregnant women and children, part of the most recent group traveling from Central America and the Caribbean through Mexico. These visas will last a year and enable access
On October 18th, week-long military drills took place near the Tajik-Afghan border. The Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization exercises saw over 5,000 Russian, Tajik, and Uzbek troops engage in various training scenarios amidst spiralling tensions between Dushanbe and Kabul. Tajik president Emomali Rahmon still refuses to acknowledge the Taliban as
On Monday the 25th, a coup in Sudan has upended endeavours into developing the country’s democracy, fracturing arrangements and connections that had been made between military and civilian factions across Sudan. Abdel Fattah al-Burham, a Sudanese politician and former member of the Sovereignty Council, detained the civilian Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and other leaders, firing numerous ambassadors and
COP26, the 2021 United Nations climate change conference, begins on Sunday 31 October in Glasgow. Ahead of this, climate activist, Greta Thunberg, is in London attending protests calling on the financial system to stop funding fossil fuel projects. The protests in London are part of a more global effort, with
With about six months to go, the 2022 presidential election is already the main talking point in France. The majority of the French media is no longer focused on Emmanuel Macron’s chances of becoming the first president to be re-elected since Jacques Chirac in 2002, but rather on the rise
The Ethiopian government has been accused of launching air strikes on the northern city of Mekelle, which is the capital of the Tigray region of the country. The city is controlled by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the strikes reflect a continuation of conflict between the rebel group
