Terrorism and other forms of violence have deeply destabilised different regions of Nigeria and the wider sub-Saharan region
On Feb. 12, the world marks the International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism (PVE) as a reminder of the devastating impact of violent extremism. It also speaks to the imperative need for sustained action to curb violence and extremism.
Zelensky was triggered after realizing that the Trump Administration wants to coerce him into peace with Putin and won’t be manipulated into prolonging, let alone escalating, the conflict after signing their rare earth minerals deal like he somehow expected that they would.
Friday’s spectacle in the Oval Office will forever be remembered as one of the most epic failures that any foreign leaders has made after Zelensky delusionally thought that that he could disrespect Vice President Vance on live TV in front of Trump without any consequences while being a guest in their country. Readers can watch the full recording here, which shows Zelensky aggressively reacting to Vance’s benign comment about prioritizing diplomacy with Putin over the prior administration’s failed tough talk.
Après quatre décennies de violence, le fondateur et dirigeant emprisonné du Parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, appelle le groupe armé à abandonner le combat et à s’autodissoudre. Mais cet appel, lancé jeudi 27 février 2025, n’est qu’un début.
C’est un appel historique ou, du moins, qui pourrait le devenir s’il ne reste pas lettre morte. Le fondateur et chef historique du Parti des travailleurs du Kurdistan (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, a demandé jeudi 27 février à son mouvement armé de se dissoudre et de déposer les armes après quatre décennies de combats contre l’État turc. « Tous les groupes doivent déposer les armes et le PKK doit se dissoudre », a ordonné le leader kurde dans une lettre lue en son nom par des députés du parti pro-kurde légal, le DEM, qui lui avaient rendu visite quelques heures plus tôt. Abdullah Öcalan, emprisonné depuis 1999 sur une île en mer de Marmara, dit « assumer la responsabilité historique de cet appel ».
Les morts et les événements violents liés aux groupes islamistes militants en Afrique se sont maintenus à un niveau presque record. 79 % des morts qui leurs sont imputables se sont produites au Sahel et en Somalie.
In an interview, Stéphane Malsagne discusses former Lebanese president Fouad Chehab, whose biography he has written.
Michael Young: Your book is a fascinating and much-needed biography of Fouad Chehab, Lebanon’s president between 1958 and 1964. But might I start with a disagreement? The subtitle of your book is “Une figure oubliée de l’histoire libanaise,” or “a forgotten figure in Lebanese history.” Yet not only is Chehab far from forgotten in Lebanon, many Lebanese often seem to be in perpetual anticipation of the return of a Chehabist figure. In using this subtitle, what were you trying to say?
In his sudden haste to see Ukraine repay the US for the billions of dollars appropriated by Congress to the country in its war against Russian aggression, Donald Trump, aka “Mr. Art of the Deal,” has deployed his tactless “Trumplomacy” with its attendant extortive strongarm tactics to gain access to critical minerals that Ukraine has in abundance.
Exposing the superficial religious attitude, the prophet Isaiah recorded: “This people draw near to me with their mouths and honour me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.” (Isaiah 29:13) This piercing critique cuts through the veneer of hollow devotion like a knife through butter, revealing a faith that is skin-deep.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would allow his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump access to rare earth metals in Ukraine’s annexed regions as part of a future deal.
United States opposition to a European-drafted United Nations resolution that condemned Moscow’s full-scale invasion has sparked anger on both sides of the Atlantic.
At the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, the U.S. joined Russia and Moscow’s closest ally Belarus, as well as North Korea, in opposing a resolution condemning Moscow’s war against Ukraine.