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Nigéria : une grave crise alimentaire et nutritionnelle touche 4 millions de personnes dans le nord-est (ONU)

June 23, 2022 by M Barbu

Alors que le nord-est du Nigéria continue d’être confronté à une insurrection djihadiste et une grave crise humanitaire, 4,1 millions de personnes risquent de subir une grave insécurité alimentaire en cette période de soudure, ont alerté ce mardi un haut responsable humanitaire de l’ONU, relevant qu’une aide urgente est nécessaire pour éviter une « grave crise alimentaire et nutritionnelle ».

Volodymyr Zelensky tente d’arracher le soutien de l’Union africaine en faveur de l’Ukraine

June 23, 2022 by M Barbu

Dépendant de Moscou et de Kiev pour les céréales, les dirigeants défendent leur neutralité.

C’est une allocution que l’Union africaine (UA) a repoussée le plus longtemps possible et qu’elle a tenu à garder discrète, presque secrète. Le président ukrainien, Volodymyr Zelensky, s’est adressé à huis clos, lundi 20 juin, aux membres de l’organisation continentale en visioconférence depuis Kiev. « Enfin », diront certains.

Le Burkina Faso crée des “zones militaires” contre le djihadisme

June 23, 2022 by M Barbu

Le président de la transition au Burkina Faso, le lieutenant-colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, a décidé de la création de deux “zones d’intérêt militaires” où toute “présence humaine est interdite”, dans le nord du pays, afin de lutter contre les violences djihadistes meurtrières.

Over 250,000 Afghan asylum seekers arrived in Pakistan since January 2021: UNHCR

June 23, 2022 by M Barbu

More than 250,000 Afghans seeking asylum have arrived in Pakistan since January 2021, according to the UN refugee agency.

Qaiser Khan Afridi, a spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Pakistan, has said that Pakistan is facing new inflows of asylum seekers from Afghanistan after the Islamic Emirate’s takeover of Kabul.

7 Priorities for the G7: Managing the Global Fallout of Russia’s War on Ukraine

June 23, 2022 by M Barbu

Two subjects will likely preoccupy the G7 heads of state when they meet starting 26 June: the war in Ukraine and the related spikes in commodity prices worldwide. The leaders need to show that they will address the economic woes as well as other crises.

Belgium repatriates ISIL-linked children, mothers from Syria

June 23, 2022 by M Barbu

Six Belgian women and their 16 children were repatriated, the largest Belgian airlift to bring back the families of ISIL fighters.

Belgium has flown back six Belgian women and their 16 children born to ISIL fighter fathers from a camp in northeastern Syria, according to officials.

Ukraine War Blows Up EU’s Superpower Delusion

June 22, 2022 by M Barbu

As the war has dragged on, European unity has collapsed and efforts to transform the European Union into a European superstate — a United States of Europe — have been exposed for what they are: delusions of grandeur.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Warships Menace US Navy Ships in Gulf

June 22, 2022 by M Barbu

Three fast-attack vessels belonging to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp had an “unsafe and unprofessional” interaction with two ships from the US Navy as they made their way through the Strait of Hormuz.

800 Syrian Refugees Return Each Week From Turkey, but Conditions Not Suitable for All

June 22, 2022 by M Barbu

About 800 Syrian refugees are returning to their country from Turkey each week, according to the Turkey representative for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). But Philippe Leclerc, speaking to Reuters from Istanbul, said that the conditions in Syria are not suitable for “a mass voluntary return movement these days.”

Can Putin Survive?

June 22, 2022 by M Barbu

The Lessons of the Soviet Collapse

On May 9, 2022, a column of tanks and artillery thundered down Moscow’s Red Square. Over 10,000 soldiers marched through the city’s streets. It was Russia’s 27th annual Victory Day parade, in which the country commemorates the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany in World War II. Russian President Vladimir Putin, presiding over the ceremonies, gave a speech praising his country’s military and fortitude. “The defense of our motherland when its destiny was at stake has always been sacred,” he said. “We will never give up.” Putin was speaking about the past but also about the present, with a clear message to the rest of the world: Russia is determined to continue prosecuting its war against Ukraine.