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                  09 Nov '24
                
                
                
A United Nations Security Council committee on Friday sanctioned two generals in Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for destabilizing the country through violence and human rights abuses. They are the first U.N. sanctions in the current war in Sudan, which erupted in April 2023 fr
                
               
             
                      
              
                
              
              
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                  30 Sep '24
                
                
                
 Israel said it bombed Houthi targets in Yemen on Sunday, expanding its confrontation with Iran's allies in the region after killing the Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Friday in an escalating conflict in Lebanon. The airstrikes on Yemen's port of Hodeidah were in response t
                
               
             
                      
              
                
              
              
                Business •
                  28 Sep '24
                
                
                
A conflict in Sudan that erupted in April 2023 has unleashed waves of ethnic violence, created the world's largest internal displacement crisis, and pushed at least one area in Darfur into famine. WHAT TRIGGERED THE VIOLENCE? Tensions had been building for months before fighting betw
                
               
             
                      
              
                
              
              
                Business •
                  17 Sep '24
                
                
                
Ten civilians were killed in a midnight attack by the CODECO militia on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province, the head of local administration and a civil society leader said on Tuesday. CODECO is one of a myriad of militias fighting over land and resources 
                
               
             
                      
              
                
              
              
                Business •
                  19 Jul '24
                
                
                Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has cruised to another incredible 99%-plus victory in the country’s presidential elections. The latest results showed he had amassed 99.18% of the vote. That would be a record, topping the 98.79% he won in 2017.The preci
                
               
             
                      
              
                
              
              
                Business •
                  17 Mar '24
                
                
                EXCLUSIVE: The attitude in Ukraine and the West is, to an extent, that "my enemy's enemy is my friend", says Professor Michael Clarke.Denis Nikitin, also known as Denis Kapustin, is the founder of the Russian Volunteer Corps (Image: armyinform.com.ua)High-profile attacks led by exil
                
               
             
                      
              
                
              
              
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                  07 Feb '24
                
                
                There’s no denying Iran’s proxy forces are great value for money. The regime’s support for its allied militias, including the Lebanese Hizbollah, Hamas and the Houthis, probably doesn’t exceed a few billion dollars per annum — perhaps even less, given that many have their own sources of