A new flock of migrants from Cuba are seeking asylum in Greece after fleeing from the economic crisis and political repression in their home country. Greece has been a European port for most refugees who come from Africa and Asia. However, the recent trend has witnessed more Cubans coming to
After months of contentious fighting, Tigrayan forces claimed the capture of the strategic town of Dessie in the Amhara Region that borders Tigray, according to Al Jazeera. The Ethiopian government, however, denies Tigrayan forces gaining control of the region and claims that Dessie is still under full government control. Residents
This Sunday, the Libyan coastguard intercepted two boats carrying more than 550 migrants heading to Europe. This marked the latest sea interception amid a surge in sea crossing attempts by many people from North Africa. This event took place two days after Tripoli detained 4,000 people in a massive crackdown,
President Biden announced new sanctions against the prolonged fighting and humanitarian crisis in Tigray, Ethiopia. This Friday, an executive order was signed to allow the U.S. Treasury and State Department to sanction parties involved in the crisis if they do not soon take any steps to stop the violence, according
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana of the Philippines is urging Washington to review its mutual defense treaty with the Philippines in the light of new Chinese maritime legislation. China has claimed most of the South China Sea and has been in maritime disputes with many Southeast Asian countries, including the Philippines,
After an unverified video showed Guinean President Alpha Condé surrounded by soldiers, it remains unclear whether the coup attempt has successfully dissolved the government. On Sunday morning, an elite army appeared on national TV, claiming that it deposed the Guinean President. This event follows hours of gun fights near the
The Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was shot dead in the early morning of July 7, in the bedroom of his residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince. The New Yorker reports that according to the Haitian officials, the president was assassinated by a band of foreign mercenaries. The authorities also claim
Afghanistan’s government has collapsed after President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, leaving the presidential palace and the capital city of Kabul under the control of the Taliban. President Ashraf Ghani left Afghanistan saying that he wanted to avoid war and bloodshed. This event marked the end of a “20-year Western
Ethiopia has finished filling the reservoir of its huge Renaissance dam on the Blue Nile River for a second year which causes tensions to rise in Egypt and Sudan: the two main downstream neighbors. According to Al Jazeera, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project, which has cost four billion
Aid groups have warned that the continual struggle to send relief to Ethiopia’s plagued region of Tigray could worsen the humanitarian crisis there. Since November, Tigray, the Northern region of Ethiopia, has witnessed thousands of its civilians facing violence and famine with no access to aids or peaceful intervention. Due
