On Friday, July 15th, the U.S. government announced that further funding for CTSAMM and R-JMEC, two peace monitoring bodies in South Sudan, will be ceased. Citing a lack of engagement of the Sudanese government with the peace process and political stagnation as reasons for the withdrawal of funding, Spokesperson of
The Biden Administration announced in the third week of July that the U.S President was to host a virtual summit including officials from Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and India. The group is known as I2U2, the “I2” for Israel and India, and the U2 for the U.S. and U.A.E.
On Wednesday, 13th of July, US President Joe Biden landed at Ben Gurion International Airport, in Israel, where he started his first presidential visit to the Middle East. Biden’s decision to embark on this trip has been coldly welcomed by both US politicians and the general public, and the President
It has been well-established that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused severe conflict with member countries of the European Union, and has led to the cutting of commercial ties with Russia’s oil and gas producers. While it is great that these European countries took a stand against the senseless violence
Russia has vetoed the UN Security Council’s resolution to keep the Bab al-Hawa border crossing open for another twelve months. Bab al-Hawa is the last cross-border aid corridor into the Idlib region of north-western Syria, and by closing it, almost four million people would be at risk of starvation. 97%
Armed assailants killed at least 22 civilians in northwest Burkina Faso last week. This is the latest deadly attack in a region struggling with long-term militant activity. The attackers raided a rural commune in the province of Kossi, which is approximately 55 kilometers from the country’s border with Mali. According
