Bazoum – who was elected in 2021 in Niger’s first peaceful, democratic transfer of power since its independence American, French and Italian troops train the country’s soldiers, while France also conducts joint operations More than four million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and hundreds of thousands are internally

Instead, the Kremlin’s mercenaries are deployed abroad in a transactional manner, tasked with providing not, have prolonged them rather than contributing toward their cessation. Since December 2021, more than 2,000 civilians have been killed in Mali, compared with 500 individuals Second, Wagner’s transactional relationships with Sahelian governments will further delegitimize these Second, Wagner’s transactional relationships with Sahelian governments will further delegitimize these

many things with this government, the impunity is a point: In a democracy attracted by power rather than It is a monumental tragedy that the government’s suspension of more than 140 MPs is still being seen rights, to give the government more powers of surveillance and control and to render the citizens more transparent to the government than the government is to the citizens. The three bills are named Nyaya, Nagrik and Sakshya, as if they were about justice, citizenship and transparent

its worst-case scenario, a 37.5% fall in remittances could reduce Cambodian economic growth by more than Those figures were presented as scenarios rather than confirmed outcomes, and the Facebook post did not It says Thailand’s economy is more than 10 times larger than Cambodia’s and compares Thailand’s US$5.7 For Cambodia, the commentary links greater-than-expected resilience to stronger ties with China and a The analysis characterises the ceasefire as a pause driven by exhaustion rather than a final settlement

Nearly a month after López’s capture, her future remains uncertain, as do those of more than 1,600 people If you believe these data, then the opposition candidate likely got more than 8m votes, maybe even 8.5m votes nationwide, which is more than Hugo Chávez got in the 2012 presidential election before a fifth , or more than a fifth of Venezuelans emigrated. A gradual negotiated transition to democracy such as the one that ended Pinochet’s military regime, in

Poland's nationalist Government started campaigning against the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Hate crimes more than double in recent years International pressure is growing on Poland's Government Reported hate crimes against LGBT people more than doubled to 150 in 2019, according to official data

What began as a series of sporadic attacks has transformed into a brutal insurgency with the death toll now reaching more than 1,100 people, including 700 civilians. With more than 250,000 residents now internally displaced within Cabo Delgado and in neighboring Nampula

Prime Minister Ariel Henry promised Sunday at a news conference “to give a more appropriate response than But he acknowledged that Haiti still faced what he called “old problems” like bad roads, poor transportation The quake — more powerful than the one 11 years ago — triggered widespread landslides, with rocks and He was trapped by bricks blocking the entrance until friends were able to pull him out. Chickens ran in between the injured.

Afghanistan is facing one of the largest returnee-related displacement crises globally, with more than IOM also confirms that at least one of its transit centres in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan

Lebanon reported that the suspects were born in 1981 and 1991.The explosives were reportedly being transported receiving the explosives from Hezbollah commander Sayyed Sajeed in Baalbek and had been instructed to transport The explosives have since been transferred to the custody of the Lebanese military, according to MTV The attack killed 22 people and wounded more than 200. “We will not ask what the explosives being transported by Hezbollah members were intended for.

If some insist on confrontation, we will not back down, as we have no options other than fulfilling our China denies any human rights abuses in Xinjiang and says its camps provide vocational training and are

“More than in Mali or Burkina Faso, this fragile government has retained a siege mentality from its tumultuous Since July 26, 2023, Niger has been governed by decree, without a transition charter, and with all executive suspension of numerous outlets, including France 24, RFI, and the BBC, information flows far less freely than