What Nigers Coup Says About US Security Assistance in the Sahel — Global Issues

What Nigers Coup Says About US Security Assistance in the Sahel — Global Issues

Elias Yousif Opinion by Elias Yousif (washington dc) Friday, September 01, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Sep 01 (IPS) – In what has become an all too familiar phenomenon, U.S.-trained security personnel have been implicated in the July 26th coup that deposed Niger’s democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum. It is…

The Humanitarian & Strategic Risks of US Cluster Munitions Transfers to Ukraine — Global Issues

The Humanitarian & Strategic Risks of US Cluster Munitions Transfers to Ukraine — Global Issues

Opinion by Elias Yousif, Rachel Stohl (washington dc) Friday, July 28, 2023 Inter Press Service WASHINGTON DC, Jul 28 (IPS) – The Biden administration’s decision to provide Ukraine with cluster munitions, a weapon widely banned for the inherent dangers they pose to non-combatants, is risky. In addition to the immediate and…