Diplomacy & Crisis News

Deuxième puissance économique d'Afrique, le Nigeria doit faire face aux attaques de la secte Boko Haram. En moins de dix ans, plus de quarante mille personnes ont été tuées ; la moitié sont tombées sous les balles des forces de sécurité chargées de combattre les djihadistes. Dans un pays que les États (...) / Afrique, Afrique de l'Ouest, Sahel, Nigeria, Terrorisme, Corruption, Violence, Pétrole, Répression, Sécurité, Armée, Police, État - 2019/12

When people living with HIV actively participate in their own care, new infections decline and more affected people access treatment, according to a new report launched on Tuesday by UNAIDS, the United Nations agency leading the fight against the disease.

Spencer’s ouster followed months of tensions with the White House over cost overruns and other issues.

Donors across the United States have provided more than a quarter of a million dollars so far.

La crise issue de l'élection présidentielle iranienne du 12 juin, avec les fraudes, les manifestations, les morts et la violente répression des opposants, illustre les profondes divisions au sein même des élites gouvernantes, et pourrait déboucher sur des surenchères nationalistes vis-à-vis de (...) / Iran, Démocratie, État, Islam, Politique, Religion - 2009/07

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed recent steps towards a peaceful resolution to the political turmoil in Bolivia.

Here’s how the country can avoid the resource curse.

Ten takeaways from the biggest civil-military crisis (so far) of the Trump administration.

C'est de France qu'est venu le premier coup de semonce sérieux contre l'avancée d'une mondialisation dont, en Europe, la Commission de Bruxelles et la plupart des gouvernements se sont faits les prosélytes. Le « fil rouge » du mouvement social de décembre 1995 — le refus de se laisser dépouiller (...) / Intégration régionale, France, Libéralisme, Mouvement de contestation - 1996/01

A Federal court ruling means former White House counsel Donald McGahn could testify, and so might John Bolton

Even if countries meet commitments made under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world is heading for a 3.2 degrees Celsius global temperature rise over pre-industrial levels, leading to even wider-ranging and more destructive climate impacts, warns a report from the UN Environment Programme, released on Tuesday. 

A congressional impeachment inquiry seeks to determine whether U.S. President Donald Trump extorted a foreign leader, withholding a coveted White House meeting and U.S. military aid in order to promulgate a Russian-inspired conspiracy theory and smear his chief opponent in the 2020 election. The United States’ gravest constitutional crisis since Watergate is not just about preserving the integrity of U.S. democratic institutions from the president’s abuse of power, however. It is an episode in a broader geopolitical struggle between the defenders of democracy and the forces of oligarchic authoritarianism, from Kyiv’s Maidan to Hong Kong’s Mong Kok. In this wider global conflict, Trump and his surrogates have consistently aligned themselves with the forces of oligarchic authoritarianism—in Russia, Turkey, Hungary, and other countries, too. Nowhere is this clearer than in Ukraine.

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What if an election is held and no one votes? This question now confronts Algeria, where the government of interim President Abdelkader Bensalah has scheduled a presidential election for December 12. Yet the election risks ending as an exercise in absurdity: nearly all Algerian political and civil organizations have refused to endorse the five official candidates and have called upon Algerians to refrain from voting. The failure of this election will, paradoxically, mark the success of the country’s democratic aspirations, as expressed through a phenomenon that has dominated the Algerian political landscape since late February: le hirak.

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The UN Secretary-General held “focused and frank” informal talks with the leaders of the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities on Monday in order to “take stock of efforts” to finally reach a settlement over the divided Mediterranean island.

A recap of Monday’s stories in brief: Guterres holds “focused and frank” informal talks over Cyprus, responds to Colombia protests; Violence targeting women impedes peace; UN Mission, community condemn South Sudan violence; UN weather watchdog sounds climate alarm; Norway hosts anti-landmine summit. 

The authorities were so confident of elections going their way that state media filed copy in advance.

The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has met with national authorities in the wake of an attack against its headquarters in Beni on Monday, which left the building badly damaged.

A new trove of State Department emails sheds fresh light on events surrounding the impeachment inquiry.

Senior officials from across the United Nations on Monday stood in solidarity with survivors of violence against women and activists working to end the all-too common human rights violation.

Hong Kongers turned out in droves to defeat pro-Beijing candidates.