Author: Sarah McArthur

Which First: The Climate Or The Conflict?

Over the last two weeks, world leaders have gathered once again to hash out goals, deals and action plans to mitigate the global threat to our climate. As delegates travelled to Sharm-el-Sheikh for COP27, commentators wondered whether 2022 is the year that climate change fell off the agenda. After the

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Leaders Speak Out As Conflict In The D.R.C. Intensifies

The past two weeks have seen the U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights and the Pope have highlighting the ongoing violence in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, in response to separate events instigated by different groups in the ongoing conflict. These statements have demonstrated perfectly the deep complexity of

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Central African Militia Leader On Trial At The Hague

On Monday September 26th, the International Criminal Court opened the trial of Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, a former militia commander from the Central African Republic (CAR). Said is the third of four individuals to be handed over to the ICC from CAR for war crimes and crimes against humanity, all

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Elections In Somalia: Building The State Over Keeping The Peace?

This month the Somali government named its new Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble, after the previous, Hassan Ali Khaire, was voted out of Parliament. Khaire was dismissed for failing to negotiate a one-person, one-vote system for the upcoming elections. The United Nations has advocated strongly for a transition to one-person,

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Floods In DRC: A Perfect Storm In Saké, North Kivu

On October 2nd, the town of Saké, North Kivu, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, was severely damaged by flooding. Heavy rainfall caused the Mutahyo river to burst its banks at Saké, approximately 25km west of the provincial capital Goma. At least 15 people have died and more are

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Meanwhile, In Burkina Faso: The War Against Civilians In The Sahel

This week in Burkina Faso, 2.3 million new voters were registered for the upcoming presidential election. However, following a new law that justified the cancellation of voter registration under “force majeure,” the least secure 17.4% of the country was excluded from registration. In the same week that 417,465 Burkinabè were

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