Diplomacy & Crisis News

Non violent, animé par des jeunes, le Balai citoyen incite les Burkinabés à s'engager. En octobre 2014, il a joué un rôle décisif dans la chute du président Blaise Compaoré. / Burkina Faso, Démocratie, Élections, Jeunes, Mouvement de contestation, Musique, Corruption - (...) / Burkina Faso, Démocratie, Élections, Jeunes, Mouvement de contestation, Musique, Corruption - 2015/04

La Charte des Nations unies, signée le 26 juin 1945, fut conçue en opposition à la guerre. Depuis, le recours à la force a été banalisé et l'OTAN s'est installée comme le bras armé d'un ordre mondial dicté par les Occidentaux. / États-Unis, États-Unis (affaires extérieures), Europe, Irak, Russie, Conflit, (...) / États-Unis, États-Unis (affaires extérieures), Europe, Irak, Russie, Conflit, Droit international, Géopolitique, Pacifisme, Relations internationales, Diplomatie, Justice internationale, Justice pénale, Droit international humanitaire, Organisation internationale - 2015/06

L’image de havre de paix dans une région en proie aux conflits dont bénéficiait le Cameroun a volé en éclats depuis l’irruption de Boko Haram en 2013 au nord du pays. Ce mouvement, devenu l’Etat islamique en Afrique de l’Ouest en mars 2015, revendique son affiliation à Daech. Néanmoins, l’apparition brutale et sanglante de ce djihadisme africain est moins liée à l’essor de Daech en Irak et en Syrie qu’aux bouleversements du paysage religieux de l’Afrique en général et du Cameroun en particulier.

Is a back-to-school peace breaking out in eastern Ukraine?

Cairo has promised a full investigation into why its security forces accidentally killed eight Mexican tourists. Too bad Egypt has now banned journalists from reporting on it.

Those of us who believe in freedom and free markets must defend Brussels from the Euroskeptic onslaught.

Five months after she first met with two girls from the Yazidi community who had been held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the United Nations official dealing with sexual violence in conflict said after seeing them again today that they are “filled with hope for the future,” and that is “the greatest blow they could have dealt” to the terrorist group.

Kurdish fighters answer questions from the general public, and make the case for foreign volunteers to join their group.

The head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) today lauded the Chilean Government’s successful efforts to reduce disaster risk and minimise the number of casualties from the 8.3-magnitude earthquake and tsunami which occurred last night.

Senior United Nations officials today expressed outrage at the very serious accounts of war crimes and crimes against humanity that were allegedly committed between 2002 and 2011 by all parties to the conflict in Sri Lanka, including Government security forces, affiliated paramilitary groups and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

Web users and academics cast doubt on the official claim, citing lack of free speech and popular representation.

Seven years after the Great Recession, the Fed keeps money dirt cheap.

The Security Council today extended the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) until 30 September 2016, and authorized a reduction in the number of its personnel, as preparations continue for the security transition to the country’s authorities next year.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is eager to get countries to submit as soon as possible their action plans that will form the basis of the new universal climate change agreement to be adopted in December in Paris, a senior United Nations official dealing with the issue said today.

Croatia has announced that its country is full, despite encouraging migrants to arrive just yesterday.

The top United Nations official in Afghanistan told members of the Security Council today that the country’s path to stability and self-reliance cannot be taken for granted, and that support from the international community continues to be crucial.

The United Nations human rights chief said today he is “appalled” at the recent actions displayed by the Hungarian Government in its treatment of refugees and migrants, and urged European institutions to take firm action to respond to the crisis affecting several countries.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today highlighted specific actions aimed at ending sexual exploitation and abuse by United Nations personnel that require “urgent” support from countries that provide troops and police to peacekeeping operations.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United Nations human rights chief today spoke out against the coup d’état in Burkina Faso and called for the immediate release of the country’s transitional leaders.

When it came to foreign policy last night, the GOP contenders showed they still have a lot to learn.