Hundreds of Wagner troops arrived in the Central African Republic just before the President’s constitutional referendum to abolish term limits. The Wagner Group is the private army of Putin’s once-close ally, the late Yevgeny Prigozhin, and arrived to “provide security” ahead of the July 30th referendum. “Russian instructors will continue
Ethnic clashes between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo peoples have killed more than 140 and displaced more than 50,000 people in the span of two months in the remote Himalayan state of Manipur. The conflict broke out after courts considered granting the Meitei the Scheduled Tribe status extended to the Kuki-Zo,
The United States is taking steps to ban products made with minerals mined through child labour from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The majority of the mines targeted are in areas where China has an enormous stake. The nation owns the bulk of the D.R.C.’s cobalt mines – a position
On the 73rd anniversary of the Korean War, more than 120,000 North Koreans participated in rallies pledging “merciless” revenge against the United States and praising North Korea for expanding its nuclear weapons and missile programmes. Attendees were photographed holding signs which read “Let’s eradicate U.S. imperialist invaders” and “The entire
Gabriela Castellanos, one of Honduras’ leading anti-corruption advocates, said that she left Central America after receiving threats just weeks after accusing President Xiomara Castro’s government of nepotism. Working as the executive director of the National Anti-Corruption Council (C.N.A.), Castellanos investigated public corruption in Honduras for nearly a decade before abruptly
The Nicaraguan government froze accounts of the Catholic church following accusations of money laundering. The investigation around money laundering was launched just one day after local media reported that accounts across the country had been frozen. The incident is one example of many exemplifying the tension and resulting conflicts between
The United States expressed concern that the Cuban government may be hosting Chinese spy operations. The news broke at the White House’s daily press briefing and was delivered by John Kirby, who serves as the Co-ordinator for Strategic Communications for the National Security Council. According to a report published by
