In the broadest sense, Russia has thus far failed to secure its strategic objectives in Ukraine, said the undersecretary of defense for policy.
Colin Kahl spoke about the war in Ukraine and the pacing challenge of China at the Center for a New American Security’s National Security Conference Tuesday.
A soldier with the Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) was killed and six others were injured when SAMIM forces raided insurgents in the gas-rich Cabo Delgado Province.
The causalities occurred during a joint operation conducted by SAMIM, Mozambique’s Special Police, and the country’s Defence Armed Forces (FADM) on 9 June.
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee pressed the Sudanese military leaders to restore the civilian-led government adding that it was crucial for the resumption of economic aid.
A court refused two appeals Monday, clearing the way for Britain to begin implementing the controversial plan to process and resettle people who crossed the English Channel to get to England.
The British government planned to proceed on Tuesday with flying immigrants to Rwanda for processing and resettlement, after a court blocked two appeals to the contentious plan on Monday, according to Care4Calais, one of the aid groups involved in the appeal.
Plus de vingt-cinq mille personnes déplacées et retournées auraient été contraints de fuir les combats entre l’armée congolaise et les terroristes du M23 dans le territoire de Rutshuru (Nord-Kivu), dans la partie Est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC), ont indiqué lundi 13 janvier les Nations unies.
Le bilan des récentes violences au Darfour, dans l’ouest du Soudan, s’élève à plus de 125 morts et 50.000 personnes déplacées, affirme l’ONU dans un communiqué publié mardi.
Une arrivée à moto, des fouilles maison par maison et des exécutions sommaires: au Niger, des rescapés racontent le même scénario implacable de la terreur des attaques jihadistes.
“Les jihadistes sont arrivés au crépuscule. Ils ont rassemblé les hommes, en ont trié cinq et les ont exécutés par balle”, raconte Hawa, qui a fui le village de Bolsi (sud-ouest) tout proche de la frontière du Burkina Faso, pour se réfugier dans la ville de Torodi.
Starting on May 31, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov embarked on a tour to Gulf Cooperation Council countries, where he visited Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, among others. Lavrov’s main objective of these visits is to strengthen ties between Russia and GCC nations amid a global race for geopolitical dominance.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is producing secondary crises. Some are well publicised, such as the threat to world food supplies because the war has prevented Ukraine exporting millions of tons of grain from its Black Sea ports. The exodus of Ukrainian refugees crammed onto trains as they sought refuge in other countries was shown on every television screen in the world.
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) welcomed an unprecedented $150 million contribution from the World Bank to provide critical livelihood and life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable rural populations in Afghanistan.