President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka fled to the Maldives on July 13th, following a massive uprising of protesters frustrated with economic collapse. He has not yet resigned, but instead left Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the acting president. Parliament is expected to name a new full-time president on July
On June 20th, a 21-year-old Egyptian student, Naira A., was publicly stabbed to death by a fellow male student after rejecting his marriage proposal. Within the next 2 days, 2 more young Egyptian women were killed, both by their brothers. These murders are reflective of an overall increase in femicide
On June 20th, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, alongside his Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, decided to call for an early election and hold a vote to dissolve the Knesset. After the Knesset is dissolved Lapid will become the acting Prime Minister in addition to the Foreign Minister. In weeks leading
On May 30th, Taiwan reported the largest intrusion of China’s air force into its air defense zone in months. The flyover of the Taiwanese-controlled Pratas Islands included six J-11 and six J-16 fighter planes, in addition to two H-6 bombers. Taiwanese fighters were then sent up to monitor these activities
Turkey’s June 2023 general elections will be consequential for their 3.6 million Syrian refugees registered, with anti-refugee rhetoric and policies coloring debates. Last month, current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced a plan to resettle 1 million Syrians in safe zones in northern Syria. However, the resettlement areas identified are wracked
On June 3, outside of Douentza, a town in central Mali, an improvised explosive device (IED) killed two United Nations (UN) peacekeepers and injured two more. Two days earlier, in northern Mali, one peacekeeper was killed, and three were injured in a gunfire attack from suspected members of a terrorist
Mexican cartels are stepping into a bigger role in Colombian coca production, bringing more potent plants, more advanced weapons, and a greater risk for drug-related violence. For years, top Mexican cartels like Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generacion have purchased cocaine from Colombian groups but have traditionally taken a hands-off and
On May 16th, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau dissolved the nation’s parliament, justifying the decision by publicly accusing the Assembly of covering up member corruption and embezzling government funds. President Embaló plans to hold legislative elections on December 18th, 2022 and has kept both the prime minister and his
The war in Ukraine has raised food and fuel prices dramatically, producing a serious risk of unrest in many African countries, particularly those with pre-existing food security issues or political instability. These price hikes come on the heels of a turbulent 2021, which featured Covid-exacerbated economic slowdowns, a series of
