The African Union has voted to suspend Burkina Faso following the country’s military coup. The A.U.’s Peace and Security Council released a statement announcing their decision “to suspend the participation of Burkina Faso in all A.U. activities until the effective restoration of constitutional order in the country.” A military faction
Following the drone attack on the Tigray region of Dedebit on January 7th, 2022, United Nations secretary-general António Guterres released a statement through his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. Guterres calls for an end to the deadly conflict that has continued to rage on in northern Ethiopia. In response to the news
The Blue Diamond Affair reached a diplomatic resolution last week when Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomed Thai prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to Saudi Arabia for the first time in more than 30 years. The restoration of full diplomatic relations is a historic event with many implications for Saudi
French lawmakers from France’s ruling party received death threats from anti-vaccination protestors over a bill that imposes further restrictions on unvaccinated people. The new bill went into effect mid-January despite tens of thousands of unvaccinated people protesting throughout France, according to Euro News. The backlash against French politicians came from anti-vaccination protestors
Crescendoing concern over Russia-Ukraine tensions has prompted many nations to order their foreign service representatives to evacuate the region. Russian President Vladimir Putin insists that he has no intention of invading the former Soviet State, according to a report from Reuters. However, the growing military presence in Belarus – which
The presidential election in Brazil is underway and there are implications on who takes office in October, one of them being how each candidate will affect the relations between China and Brazil. The relations between the two countries will surely improve if Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is elected in
An annual UN report circulated on the 29th of January found that almost 2,000 child soldiers, aged between 10 to 17 years old, have died in battle since the beginning of 2020 while fighting for the Houthi rebels in Yemen’s brutal, ongoing civil war. The UN has described the conflict
Kurdish-led forces raided a prison seized by Islamic State fighters in northeastern Syria and forced at least 300 militants to surrender. The Islamic State seized this prison in an attempt to free thousands of fellow jihadists and is using hundreds of imprisoned boys as human shields. Around 180 inmates and
