On Wednesday, 9 February 2022, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Uganda to pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) $325 million as reparations over the five-year-long war which began in 1998. Uganda is ordered to pay the amount in five yearly instalments of $65 million; the payments
Last Monday, Spain’s socialist party proposed a plan to investigate the sexual abuse of minors within the Catholic Church. The Prime Minister has tasked the ombudsman with compiling interviews with victims, members of the clergy, experts, historians, and members of the judicial system to conduct a full-scale investigation of the
Jair Bolsonaro, the right-wing nationalist president of Brazil, commented on the Ukraine-Russian crisis last Monday, saying, “We hope that everything will be solved with tranquility, in harmony.” With a scheduled official trip in February, Bolsonaro expressed intentions of discussing economic topics and agribusiness with President Vladimir Putin. Brazil and Russia
The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, urged all countries to put people living with disabilities “front and center” of their nation’s post-COVID recovery frameworks on Wednesday while giving the opening remarks at the Global Disability Summit. Hosted by the Government Of Norway and Ghana, this year marks the second annual
On February 11th, the U.K. government joined the U.S. in calling for all its nationals to leave Ukraine immediately. In a press release, the U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office also advised against all travel to Ukraine. This comes as the U.S. warns that Russia could invade Ukraine ‘at any
On February 7th, the current administration of Mali’s government released a statement urging the West African Economic and Monetary Union to lift sanctions placed on its economic activity. These sanctions include suspension of all commercial and financial transactions except for food products, pharmaceutical products, medical supplies and equipment, materials for
A new report from the United Nations Development Programme stated that by mid-2022, 97% of the Afghanistan population could be in poverty. A UNICEF report also stated that by the end of the year, up to 1 million children under the age of 5 could die, a severe issue compounded
As of this week, representatives of Iran are set to meet with world powers in Vienna to pick up the pieces of 2015’s nuclear deal and engage in final negotiations that began in April of last year. Al Jazeera reports that delegates from China, Iran, France, Russia, Germany, and the
