With Russia lurking and diplomatic channels failing, Washington is preparing to redeploy its troops from Nigerien soil while pressure from the Chadian army threatens to end its operations
Ship boardings have risen since November due to disrupted maritime traffic from Houthi attacks off the coast of Yemen
Bancroft Global Development, which has military training experience in Somalia, acknowledged discussions with the Central African Republic, which is seeking to ‘diversify’ its security relations
A radical Islamist militia said that the men kidnapped in Kenya five years ago died in a U.S. drone strike, but the Cuban government has yet to confirm this
Torrential rains in Somalia have left more than a million people displaced, struggling to survive in camps where persons with special needs face cholera and other diseases
In addition to the war in Gaza, other flashpoints in this strategic area include piracy, the conflict in Sudan and territorial disputes between Ethiopia, Somalia and Somaliland
The nordic country accused Russia of deliberating ushering the migrants to its normally heavily controlled border
Al-Shabab intensified attacks on Somali military bases in recent months after it lost control of some territory in rural areas
A Doctors Without Borders report warns of a huge shortfall in meeting the global need caused by armed conflict and climate change
Gaza, Sudan, Somalia, Afghanistan, Ukraine, Pakistan… The list of conflicts and crises has never been longer or more dire. In the Gaza Strip, at least 5,000 children have been killed in just two months, with thousands more left orphaned and over 3,500 women and children still missing under the rubble, according to the U.N.
The government temporarily closed the entire border amid concerns that Moscow was using migrants to destabilize Finland in an alleged act of ‘hybrid warfare’
Finnish authorities accuses Moscow of using migrants to destabilize the Nordic country in an alleged act of ‘hybrid warfare’
The Kremlin rejected Finnish authorities’ claims that Russia has encouraged the influx of migrants at the border to punish Finland for joining NATO
Elements of previous conflicts are being repeated in the current war, such as the suffering of civilians and the indiscriminate bombing of non-military targets
Global food security is already under threat since Russia halted an agreement allowing Ukraine to export wheat and the El Nino weather phenomenon hampers rice production
The FAO deputy director and regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean analyzes the perfect storm of conflict, climate, post-pandemic inflation, and inequality that is driving world hunger
The Cuban artist visited Palestine after almost three years of recreating, from a distance, places like Zaatari or Dadaab in watercolor
Poor nutrition in pregnant and breastfeeding women can lead to weak immunity and complications during pregnancy and birth
The new arrivals include United Arab Emirates’ Sultan al-Neyadi, the first astronaut from the Arab world who will spend an extended time in space
The tragedy on the Sicilian island in 2013 marked a turning point in Italy’s political discourse, but a decade later nothing has changed and 26,000 people have died in the Mediterranean
Rescue services continue to search for the bodies of immigrants killed in a tragedy that has claimed at least 63 lives, although the number is expected to increase
Some areas of the Horn of Africa have endured five consecutive failed rainy seasons
A group of researchers is studying the biological tools that allow the naked mole-rat to be fertile until old age with a view to helping humans
In 2011, the country suffered what is considered the worst famine of the 21st century. Now, Islamist extremism and biggest drought the Horn of Africa has seen in 40 years threaten another humanitarian crisis
The operation carried out on Wednesday targeted Bilal al-Sudani, a key financial facilitator for the global terrorist organization
With an infrastructure destroyed by more than three decades of conflict, limited funding and such immense stigma against the disease, the challenges are immense
