Analysis: Could Tshisekedi declare war on Rwanda if re-elected? | Conflict

Analysis: Could Tshisekedi declare war on Rwanda if re-elected? | Conflict

Polls closed late on Wednesday in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as millions of voters turned out to vote in general elections held after tense and sometimes violent campaigns, amid a continuing war against the deadly M23 rebel group. Some areas are due to vote on Thursday in elections…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 666 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 666 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 666th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Thursday, December 21, 2023. Fighting Nine people, including four children, were injured in Russian shelling of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, as Russia also targeted the capital Kyiv, the second-largest city of…

Ireland to launch legal action against UK over Troubles amnesty law | Conflict News

Ireland to launch legal action against UK over Troubles amnesty law | Conflict News

Ireland to argue that aspects of the UK law are incompatible with its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights. Ireland says it will mount a legal challenge against the United Kingdom over a new law that gives some immunity from prosecution for offences committed during three decades of…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 665 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 665 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 665th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. Fighting Ukraine’s military said Russia launched its fifth air attack this month on the capital, with air defence systems destroying all weapons on their approach to Kyiv. “According to…

Tentative truce shows extent and limit of China’s influence in Myanmar | Politics News

Tentative truce shows extent and limit of China’s influence in Myanmar | Politics News

Bangkok/Taipei – China has emerged as the dominant foreign power in terms of shaping possible outcomes in Myanmar’s spiralling political crisis as Beijing seeks to exert its influence over several armed groups who have staged the biggest challenge to the generals since they seized power in the February 2021 coup….

UN Security Council agrees to early withdrawal of DR Congo peacekeepers | Conflict News

UN Security Council agrees to early withdrawal of DR Congo peacekeepers | Conflict News

Congolese authorities have long accused UN forces of failing to protect civilians from armed groups in the eastern DRC. The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously in favour of gradually phasing out its peacekeeping operations known as MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The 15-member body voted…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 664 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 664 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 664th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Tuesday, December 19, 2023. Fighting Ukraine’s Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said the situation on the front line was not at a stalemate, after suggesting last month that it was a possibility. He…

South Korea says North fired short-range ballistic missile into sea | Conflict News

South Korea says North fired short-range ballistic missile into sea | Conflict News

The launch came as Pyongyang marks the anniversary of the death of leader Kim Jong Un’s father and predecessor Kim Jong Il. South Korea has accused the North of firing a short-range ballistic missile amid tensions in the peninsula. Sunday’s launch came as North Korea condemned the United States-led military’s…