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Description: The Congolese government and representatives from the M23 rebel movement have signed a ceasefire monitoring agreement in Doha, accomplishing one out of the two major sticking points in incorporating the peace platform. According to the agreement, an independent body would be formed consisting of representatives from the 12 – country International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, M23 rebels, the Congolese government and supervisors from Qatar, The US and the UN peacekeeping mission in the country, MONUSCO. The independent ceasefire monitoring body would be tasked with investigating ceasefire violations across the country, and it would oversee the stable impl
Description: Shortly before warning about an ongoing military coup in the country, Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina has reportedly fled the country, plunging Madagascar further into instability. The initial reports published by French media sources indicated that in previous agreement with President Emmanuel Macron, Rajoelina was flown to an airstrip where he was transferred to a flight to Dubai while several of his close associates fled to Mauritius. Rajoelina addressed the Malagasy people through a live Facebook stream from an undisclosed location and claimed that certain fractions of the country’s political opposition and units within the military were plotting his assa
Description: US President Donald Trump arrived in Israel shortly after the hostage and prisoner exchanges were completed between Israel and Hamas and addressed the Israeli Knesset. His remarks resonated more with Israel’s future goals and were aimed to mark a diplomatic victory lap for the US in the region. After the Israel visit, Trump headed to Egypt to participate in the summit comprised of more than 27 regional and international leaders where the future of Gaza would be discussed. In Egypt, leaders are expected to discuss in detail the implementation of the other stages of Trump’s 20-point peace plan and dismantle the potential sticking points which could jeopardize the
Description: Reappointed French Prime Minister, Sebastien Lecornu, has announced its government cabinet which included the majority of the same ministers with a couple of new changes that are meant to assuage the opposition. The far – left France Unbowed and far – right National Rally parties have stated that they would introduce a new no – confidence vote against Lecornu’s government as the latest reshuffle of governmental positions didn’t satisfy any demands and only prolonged the inevitable fall of the government. French President Emmanuel Macron denounced any speculations regarding his resignation while attending the high-level diplomatic summit on Gaza in Egypt. He reit
Description: After the intense armed border clashes over the weekend, both Afghanistan and Pakistan seemed reluctant to continue fighting, however, the largest border crossings, Torkham and Chaman remained closed, leaving many people stranded on both sides of the border. The clashes, which were prompted by the intensified terrorist and militant activities of the Tahreek i Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or the Pakistani Taliban, have doused down as the fragile ceasefire presently holds. The conflict was abruptly addressed by the US President Donald Trump while he was flying towards Egypt to attend the Gaza summit, as he stated that he would address the war once the situation in the M
Description: Terrorists pertaining to the ISIS affiliated Allied Democratic Forces have raided a village in the region of Lubero called Mukondo and killed more than 19 people wounding additional 16. The attackers were using variety of weapons including guns, clubs and machetes and were disguised in military uniforms while raiding the village which civilians thought was safe due to the recent heavy military presence in the region by the Congolese military. The ADF has substantially escalated its attacks in recent months conducting several terrorist attacks in the DRC with mass casualties and exploited the security and power vacuum in the region caused by the war between the M
Description: Bilateral tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have boiled over an armed conflict which took place in several border regions across the disputed Durand line border demarcation. The skirmishes intensified after the Taliban – led government in Afghanistan accused Pakistan of violating the country’s airspace by conducting strikes within Kabul and a busy marketplace in eastern Afghanistan. Clashes between the Pakistani military and border police forces and the Afghan Taliban were reported in the regions of Angoor, Adda, Bajaur, Kurram, Dir, Chitral and Baramcha with the numbers of casualties and victims variating on both sides, as the Afghan government reported
Description: President Andry Rajoelina announced to the Malagasy and international public that a violent and illegal attempt has been set in motion to topple the country’s government supported by the military. The announcement arrived after the special military unit known as CAPSAT, the same unit which enabled Rajoelina to come to power in 2009, joined the Gen Z Mada movement in their anti – government protests. Madagascar’s Minister of the Armed Forces, Manantsoa Deramasinjaka, appointed General Demosthene Pikulas as the head of CAPSAT as the personnel shift raised further concerns of a military led coup in the country. The President previously attempted to assuage the prot
Description: Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have continued to lay siege on the city of El Fasher in the Darfur province through intensified aerial campaign which has killed 60 civilians and critically injured more than 20 other. The attacks were conducted in the Dar al – Arqam displacement camp where the RSF used drones and artillery to allegedly target Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF). Last week, the RSF was also accused of attacking a hospital in El Fasher, killing more than 13 people. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has stated that the organization in the strongest possible terms condemns the targeting of civilians and reiterates its ap
Description: After Israel ratified the agreement in its Security Cabinet, the internationally mediated ceasefire led by US President Donald Trump began on Friday. Hamas and Israel were expected to fully incorporate the provisions from the agreement with Israel withdrawing its military forces gradually while Hamas committing towards releasing all the remaining Israeli hostages, dead or alive. President Trump was expected to arrive on Monday in Israel to oversee the hostage release and score a diplomatic victory lap on the international stage for managing to stop the war. Hamas has immediately started to reassert itself as the dominating force in Gaza, as clashes with other mi