International

How the UN Can Make the Most of the New Agenda for

Thursday, November 30, 2023
The UN Secretary-General has encountered resistance to many of the ideas for strengthening international peace and security he laid out in a July policy brief. Achieving consensus on large-scale multilateral reform will be hard, but a summit in 2024 is a focus for limited innovation. ...

Settler Violence Rises In The West Bank During The Gaza War

Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the West Bank are spiking with attention focused on Gaza. In this Q A, Crisis Group expert Mairav Zonszein explains what is behind this dangerous phenomenon and what can be done to stop it. What is happening in the West Bank? Since Hamas rsqu ...

Hamas Frees Two US Hostages

Saturday, October 21, 2023
Gaza rsquo;s Hamas rulers have released two Americans on Friday, The Nigerian Voice learnt. The released victims were among some 200 hostages the group abducted in brutal October 7 attacks in Israel. Judith Tai Raanan and her daughter Natalie Shoshana Raanan were back in Israel late Fri ...

Military Junta Foil Escape Attempt By Outed Niger President

Friday, October 20, 2023
Military leaders in Niger Republic have said they had aborted an attempt by Mohamed Bazoum, the former president who was ousted in a coup in July, to escape their custody on Thursday. ldquo;At around three in the morning, the ousted president Mohamed Bazoum and his family, his two cooks and two ...

Israel-Hamas War: Putin Slams Biden’s $100m Aid To Gaza, As Russia Sends Rice, W

Thursday, October 19, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin has again taken a dig at his United States counterpart, Joe Biden, following the latter rsquo;s $100 million humanitarian aid to the West Bank and Gaza, a Palestine exclave, in view of the ongoing conflict between Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas militants. A ...

Death Toll Increases above 1,000 In Israel-Gaza War

Monday, October 9, 2023
Israel, reeling from the deadliest attack in half a century, formally declared war on Hamas Sunday as the conflict rsquo;s death toll surged above 1,000 after the Palestinian militant group launched a massive surprise assault from Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu steeled the shocked and gr ...

Hamas-Israel War: ‘The United States Stands With Israel’ – US President, Biden

Saturday, October 7, 2023
The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden has addressed the situation in Israel. Biden while speaking on the Hamas-Israel war on Saturday at the White House said, ldquo;The United States stands with Israel. ldquo;There is never a justification for terrorist attacks. rdquo; ...

Mali, Niger, Burkina Form Sahel Alliance To Tackle Insurgency

Saturday, September 16, 2023
The military leaders in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have signed a charter establishing a defence alliance, ministerial delegations from the three Sahel countries . This was announced at a press conference held on Saturday. ldquo;Today, together with the Heads of State of Burkina Faso and Nig ...

UK Declares Russian Mercenary Group As Terrorist Organisation, Vows 14 Years Jai

Saturday, September 16, 2023
The United Kingdom has proscribed the Russian mercenary group, Wagner Group, as a terrorist organisation, accusing the group of being a proxy military force for Russia President Vladimir Putin. The UK government also disclosed in an official statement on Friday that any citizen who joins the grou ...

Confusion As Wagner Boss, Prigozhin Dismisses Reports Of His ‘Elimination’

Thursday, August 31, 2023
Russian Wagner mercenary group chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has resurfaced in a new video ldquo;dismissing reports of his elimination rdquo;. According to reports, the warlord insisted that ldquo;Everything is fine rdquo; in a video filmed in Africa during ldquo;the second half of August. rdquo; ...
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