The very same day France withdrew its last military unit from Mali, signaling the end of almost a decade-long operation at the Sahel region that left the country in a crisis, Mali’s foreign affairs Minister, Abdoulaye Diop, in a letter sent to the United Nations Security Council accused France for supporting local armed groups. In the letter, Abdoulaye Diop argues …

After decades of dispute over their shared maritime border, which includes oil and gas fields in the Mediterranean, Israel and Lebanon reached “a historic agreement”, as was described by the Israeli Prime Minister, Yair Lapid. After months of US-brokered negotiations, this deal is a major diplomatic step between the two countries, which are still formally at war and lack diplomatic …

While the news of the first Person of Color moving into Downing Street is still making waves through the Globe, the real test in front of the newly appointed Prime Minister of the UK, Rishi Sunak, is much larger than his journey to No.10. He is tasked with picking up a reeling nation after Truss’ disastrous tenure that lasted seven …

In January 2011, South Sudanese voted through a referendum for their independence, with a nearly 99 percent vote in favor of secession. The period followed until South Sudan’s formal declaration of independence was difficult. At a time when violence was the norm and not the exception in both Sudan and South Sudan, the attacks along the north-south borders increased after …

In August, United States President Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which represents the most robust investment in decarbonization and efforts to combat climate change in United States history with climate related provisions totaling $369 billion. Meeting global commitments The bill is estimated to lower carbon emissions by around 40 percent from 2005 levels by the …

Judge Thomas von Danwitz of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) was right to emphasize the important contribution of the Luxembourg judiciary to the creation of effective data protection. Not least of all, the courageous judgments on the fundamental right to data protection – for example, with the rejection of the Data Retention Directive – have helped establish the ECJ …

When last September, the Haitian government announced further increases in gas prices could not have expected how fast the country would fall into a comma. Thousands of Haitians took to the streets of Port-Au Prince to protest against the inflation, while a federation of gangs is blockading for more than a month now the country’s principal fuel terminal. This new …

Following President Vladimir Putin’s announcement regarding a partial mobilization order on September 21, Russians have been attempting to flee to neighbouring states to avoid being drafted into the military. With the Schengen Border Code implemented, taking asylum is the next best course of action for Russian nationals fleeing persecution. However, many States have been quick to shut borders to prevent …

 The relationship between the Saudis and American have been historically riddled with controversies and complications. Despite extremely different approaches to governance (one being an Islamic Absolute Monarchy and the other a secular constitutional republic), the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have a rather interesting diplomatic relationship. While the relationship had strained during the Obama administration, the Americans …

It has been only a year since August 2021, when the Taliban swept back into power in Afghanistan, yet the future has never been more uncertain for women and young girls. Soon after the Taliban returned to power, they suspended education beyond the 6th grade for both boys and girls until a new educational policy according to Islamic values would …