Worldwide Armed Conflict Is Rising While Peace Is Fading
By Mel Gurtov Photos: Wikimedia Commons A Record-Setting Pace Wars in Iran, Ukraine, and Israel have drawn attention away from a stark fact: armed conflict is on the…
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Manufactured Crises And Political Theater: Analyzing Trump’s Christmas Day Bombing In Nigeria
By Jared O. Bell Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons For anyone paying even modest attention to the current administration’s foreign policy posture, a Christmas Day bombing justified as “protecting…
Starvation cannot be a weapon of war, says Sierra Leone President
As Sierra Leone assumed the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council this week for the second time in its two-year term, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio…
Sudan: UN Rights Chief Calls For Urgent Action To Protect Civilians In El Fasher
By United Nations Photos: YouTube Screenshots UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday warned that civilians in Sudan’s El Fasher face the imminent risk of large-scale atrocities,…
Reform Or Die: Is The United Nations Relevant To The 21ST Century?
By Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa Photos: Wikimedia Commons When the United Nations was founded in 1945, it carried the hopes of a weary world emerging from the rubble of…
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam To Officially Opens Sept. 9 Amid Ongoing Controversy Over Nile River And National Security
By Semafor Africa Photos: Wikimedia Commons Ethiopia will tomorrow inaugurate Africa’s largest dam, a major source of electricity and national zeal for the country, but one that threatens…
Sudan’s El Fasher Siege: UN Humanitarians Killed As Refugee Crisis Intensifies
By United Nations Photos UN\YouTube Screenshots The ongoing conflict in Sudan - particularly around besieged El Fasher – and a growing refugee crisis on the South Sudan border,…
Sudan Trapped In A “Nightmare Of Violence” UN Chief Tells Security Council
By United Nations Photos: YouTube Screenshots UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday the people of Sudan are trapped in a “nightmare of violence, hunger, disease and displacement”,…
Sudan: Intense Fighting In Darfur Is “A Crisis For Children”
By United Nations News YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons The brutal war in Sudan continues to affect children across the country, including in North Darfur where there has been a…
Trump vs Biden: What Impact Will U.S. Presidential Election Have On Africa?
Biden seems headed to narrow Electoral College victory and sizable win in popular votes. Photos: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons History is cyclical. The United States is this week a…