On Wednesday this week, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) suspended operations in Afghanistan following an attack on eight ICRC aid workers earlier in the week. An ICRC convoy was ambushed and six ICRC employees have been killed while two are still missing. The aid workers, carrying livestock
In the fifteen years since the US-led intervention in Afghanistan the Taliban are rapidly retaking territory in Afghanistan. This past Wednesday, a US watchdog agency released a report claiming that the Afghanistan government controlled less than 60 percent of the country after security forces retreated from many strongholds last year. Foreign
Last Monday President Donald Trump, in a bid to uphold his election promises, signed a decree to reinstate a policy on abortion and international aid funding. The policy, more commonly known as the Mexico City Policy, was originally created under U.S President Ronald Reagan in 1984. Being a controversial policy,
This week there has been a focus on women’s rights and gender equality. In the spirit of promoting gender equality and to bring to light the different roles of women around the world, this article will focus on gender inequality in Egypt. The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report
On the 12th of January, at the London School of Economics the head of Save the Children International, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, gave a speech addressing the violation of children’s rights across the world. In her speech, she has demanded an increase in funding from the United Nations. The increase in funding
Earlier this week, Oman confirmed its move to join a Saudi-led coalition of Muslim countries to fight terrorism. This move has been praised by other Gulf Arab states. The Omani Foreign Ministry hopes the move will bring peace and security to the region. In December 2015, Saudi Arabia announced the
On Wednesday the United Nations General Assembly elected to establish a special team to prepare cases on the war crime and human rights abuses committed during the conflict in Syria. The war in Syria has seen 22 million people uprooted and 400,000 people killed. The war has lasted almost 6
According to a report released by UNICEF, hunger amongst Yemen’s children is at an all-time high. The report, which was released on Monday, warns that 2.2 million children are in urgent need of care. In early 2015, a conflict broke out in Yemen between a Saudi Arabia-led coalition and the
Earlier this week, a group of 6 lawmakers filed a A. The criminal complaint accuses al-Assad of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Syrian city of Aleppo between April 24th and November 19th of this year. This move came after a recent, major government offensive, backed by
Last Saturday, Syrian peace talks took place in Lausanne. However, despite the pressing need for a ceasefire in Syria, the peace talks on Saturday were unsuccessful in delivering this outcome. The conflict in Syria is entering its sixth year and has claimed approximately 300,000 lives. In September of this year,
