Last Wednesday, a Chinese-state firm won a multi-million-dollar contract to build an international port in the Solomon Islands, solidifying its ties with the Micronesian nation following the security deal both parties signed last year including the “maintenance of [the islands’] social order.” A day later, the Biden administration announced its
The West African nation of Burkina Faso faces increasing international isolation while the threat of Islamist insurgency grows larger. The junta government is at odds with the United States, France, and U.N. over various grievances, including discontent over the junta’s legitimacy and its promises to restore democracy. Leaders from 2022
Despite the ceasefire agreement signed on November 2nd, reports continue to emerge from the Tigray region of Ethiopia regarding continuing abuse of the population. This while the Ethiopian government says it has no timeline for restoring promised services to the beleaguered region. The Associated Press said that the movement of
Protests, outrage, and condemnations are rampant across Pakistan as journalist Arshad Sharif’s body is brought back from Kenya, where he was shot dead by Kenyan security forces in an apparent case of mistaken identity. Thousands of Pakistanis were present at his funeral at the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad, with Al-Jazeera
Mixed reactions from media and politicians have appeared in Japan and South Korea following Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s meeting in New York last week. Though the thirty-minute discussion received some praise in international media, the reception in South Korea and Japan show that
Four political prisoners have been executed by the military junta of Myanmar, the first official executions by the state since 1976. This includes two political activists – writer Kyaw Min Yu and politician under the pre-coup civilian government Phyo Zeya Thaw – as well as Hla Myo Aung and Aung
After ruling by decree for months after dissolving the Tunisian parliament and dismissing the prime minister in July of 2021, Tunisian president Kais Saied is now building a committee to rewrite the 2014 Constitution as more elements of Tunisian society array against him. Saied argues that all his actions have
Instances of communal violence between Hindu and Muslim groups have steadily increased across India, including a clash this week in Delhi during a Hindu religious procession. This incident in the capital is only the most recent in a string of increasingly intense sectarian clashes that have broken out between Hindus
In a virtual summit held Thursday, the leaders of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (shortened to Quad), the United States, Australia, Japan, and India, agreed to prevent the expansionist aggression plaguing Ukraine from coming to the Pacific, in a thinly veiled reproach towards Chinese designs on Taiwan. In a joint statement
As hundreds of athletes from around the world compete for glory and prestige in Beijing, world leaders also gather in the Chinese capital, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Argentinian President Alberto Fernández. On Sunday the two politicians released a joint statement agreeing to support each other’s contentious territorial claims
The crisis in Yemen has shown itself to be far from over, with attacks this week from both Houthi forces and the Saudi-backed Yemeni government harboring deaths in amounts not seen since 2019. On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia targeted the Yemeni capital of Sanaa with airstrikes that left at least 20
Ethnic divisions in Bosnia-Herzegovina have continued to widen this week as Bosnian Serbs, encouraged by their leaders, reportedly harassed Bosniak Muslim neighborhoods, sang songs in the streets celebrating war criminals, and even fired shots near mosques. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe released a statement blaming Bosnian Serb
Anti-government protests have broken out across western Kazakhstan, including its largest city of Almaty. Regional and neighboring states have begun moving to support the beleaguered regime of Kazakhstani President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Though sparked by the removal of price caps on fuel that caused rising prices, the protests have widened into
Outrage erupted in the northeast of India after security forces killed more than a dozen Nagaland locals who they mistook for insurgents, spiking protests in a region already aggrieved with the Indian military. According to Reuters, a senior police official reported that security forces misinterpreted intelligence about militants in the
Despite a statement made earlier this week on Wednesday, officials from the Democratic Republic of the Congo confirmed their military cooperation with neighboring Uganda will include Ugandan troops in the DRC, despite the uneasy history between the two states. Reuters reported eye-witnesses claiming hundreds of Ugandan troops have crossed the
Protestors in Bangkok marched to the German embassy, flanked by riot police and soldiers, to express grievances with the King of Thailand and a court ruling last week declaring that advocating for reform was tantamount to overthrowing the King. Blocked from reaching the Constitutional Court, the body which made this
Saber rattling echoes across Eastern Europe as Poland accuses Belarus of stoking a migrant crisis as each calls upon the EU and Russia respectively for support. The Polish border was reinforced this week with thousands of riot police and military personnel after several attempts were made to cross the border
After nearly a week of intense pressure, both internally and internationally, UN representatives are opening talks between the military forces of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who seized power in a coup last Monday, and the deposed prime minister Abdulla Hamdok in hopes of finding a peaceful resumption of civilian authority.
The Republic of Azerbaijan has sued the Republic of Armenia in the International Court of Justice to provide maps of landmines planted in the territory exchanged during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War and calls on Armenia to cease what it describes as “ethnic cleansing.” This follows several escalating accusations and lawsuits
In a meeting in Belgrade, members of both the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the United Nations (U.N) called on developed nations to do their part in global efforts to combat COVID-19 and climate change. Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo spoke at length about the inequity the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent
