Although he was the victim of an attempted military coup, Benin’s president has not lost his faith in the armed forces.
Many unforeseen conflicts broke out, escalated, and concluded in 2025. This year is set to follow that same pattern.
Given aid cuts, often scant media attention, and lack of political will, many of those affected by these crises receive ...
Conflict-related sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has escalated while support to survivors has ...
Conflict-related sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has escalated while support to survivors has ...
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Silence and indifference are enablers of genocide

On December 27, 2025, just after Boxing Day—the world woke up to what should have been an unremarkable, festive interlude between Christmas and the New Year. It was the kind of noiseless global pause ...
Africa’s strategic minerals are no longer just economic assets. They are levers of power. Gold in the Sahel, cobalt and lithium in the DRC, fuel alliances, arm militias and shape global partnerships.
The path to Caracas – and potentially next to Colombia, Cuba, and Greenland, other targets of Donald Trump’s colonial greed – ...
The President Nicolás Maduro he was captured together with his wife by Delta Forcethe main one US Army special unit, ...
Nathan Nandala Mafabi entered the race as a seasoned legislator, technocrat, and party organiser, betting that experience, ...