Haiti transitional government takes power as gangs hold capital “hostage”
Port-au-Prince. Haiti Reuters Haiti’s transition council took power in a ceremony on Thursday, formalising the resignation of former Prime Minster Ariel Henry as the Caribbean country seeks to establish security after years of gang violence wreaking chaos and misery. Henry’s Finance Minister, Michel Patrick Boisvert, will be interim Prime Minister until the transition council appoints […]
Analysis – Nigeria’s Tinubu faces daunting hurdles after reform sprint
Lagos, NigeriaReuters New Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has moved at lightning speed in his first month in office, implementing a raft of radical changes aimed at finally unleashing the full potential of Africa’s sluggish economic giant. But while his rapid headway on reforms has wowed investors, some analysts, observers and business leaders warn that bigger […]
Essay: Questions about Wagner Group involvement in Sudan as another African country falls prey to Russian mercenaries
In an article first published on The Conversation, KRISTIAN GUSTAFSON, DAN LOMAS, NEVEEN S ABDALLA, and STEVEN WAGNER – all of Brunel University London, look at the role the Wagner Group is playing in Africa…
Colombia must do more to stop child recruitment by armed groups – NGO
Bogota, ColombiaReuters Colombia’s government must increase efforts to stop armed groups from recruiting children, as it pushes for peace and surrender deals with rebels and crime gangs, thinktank International Crisis Group said on Friday, warning recruitment is rising. Colombian leftist President Gustavo Petro has made “total peace” – an end to almost six decades of […]
Cross-border incursions: Turkey’s push into Iraq risks deeper conflict
AMINA ISMAIL of Reuters, reports from Sararo village in northern Iraq…
In El Salvador, rising inmate numbers threaten humanitarian crisis: NGO
San Salvador, El SalvadorReuters Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s war against the country’s criminal gangs could generate prison overcrowding and even a violent reaction from criminals, said a report by the NGO International Crisis Group released Tuesday. After a historic rise in homicides in March, Bukele asked Congress to authorise a state of exception, which suspends […]
Explainer: Living on the edge – what’s it like in Haiti?
Thomson Reuters Foundation A year after Haiti’s President was shot dead, the Caribbean island has sunk deeper into chaos, its poor and hungry people squeezed by rising violence and runaway inflation. Fuel, food and medicine are now out of reach for many Haitians. Members of the Haitian National Police patrol a street as ongoing gun battles […]
Myanmar currency drops 60 per cent in weeks as economy tanks since February coup
Reuters Myanmar’s currency has lost more than 60 per cent of its value since the beginning of September, driving up food and fuel prices in an economy that has tanked since a military coup eight months ago. Many gold shops and money exchanges closed on Wednesday due to the turmoil, while the kyat’s dive trended […]
Niger urged to work with traffickers to curb violence
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Niger is better off compromising with traffickers who smuggle goods and people across the desert than risking violence trying to stop them, according to researchers and regional authorities. The West African country is a crossroads in the Sahara where people illegally transport drugs, gold and people along ancient trade routes, often […]