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Description: The paramilitary guerilla unit, ELN, or the National Liberation Army, has announced that it would cease hostilities over the holiday period and impose a curfew in larger municipalities it controls. The leadership of the organization announced that all members were instructed not to attack military or police outposts and not to cause further armed confrontation during the holiday season. Previously, the ELN kidnapped around 18 soldiers in the Choco Department of Colombia which has become a common practice and a methodology to threaten the government. Tensions between the group and President Gustavo Petro’s government have gradually escalated since Petro ceased to
Description: Drone attack was conducted on a busy marketplace in the North Darfur state causing massive material damage and resulting with 10 civilian casualties. Neither the RSF nor the SAF claimed responsibility for the attack in the city of Malha, controlled by the RSF. Clashes elsewhere have intensified while the focal point of the civil war is currently in the South Kordofan province, where sustained armed confrontations between the RSF and the SAF have led to more civilian deaths and infrastructure damages. The cities of Kadugli and Dilling have been besieged by RSF forces since the beginning of the war while aid organizations in the country have reported that vast reg
Description: Protesters took to the streets in Albania’s capital, Tirana, after the country’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure, Belinda Balluku was indicted on corruption charges. Previously, physical clashes between ministers of parliament broke out, after the scandal was uncovered which now spiral out of control and spill over the streets of the country’s capital. Balluku was accused of embezzlement and corruption as she favored certain companies for the development of vital infrastructure projects in the millions of dollars in return for kickbacks. Protesters called for the government’s disbandment and likened Prime Minister Edi Rama with Panamanian d
Description: In line with the peace agreement concluded between the presidents of Rwanda and the DRC, Paul Kagame and Felix Tshisekedi, M23 rebel forces pledged to withdraw from the city of Uvira in eastern Congo last week. Despite those pledges, civilian reports from the city and statements from Tshisekedi claimed that the Congo River Alliance rebel coalition is yet to withdraw its armed forces from the city as an act of good faith and continued implementation of the peace agreement. The M23 rebels launched a lightning offensive last week, capturing the city of Uvira which enabled them to control larger parts of eastern Congo and establish a footprint towards the mineral –
01 Dec 2025 | US, Russia and Ukraine: Ceding Territory and Security Guarantees Dominate Negotiations
Description: Ukrainian President, Volodymir Zelenskyy, arrived in Paris where he met French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the latest diplomatic developments regarding the 28 – point peace plan proposed by the US for ending the war in Ukraine. Previously, the newly appointed lead negotiator for Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, who is also the Secretary of Ukraine’s Security Council, reported that talks with US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio in Florida went extremely productive and substantial progress has been made over the weekend. Ukraine and Russia exchanged attacks over the weekend and on Monday, where Russian drones attacked the city of Dnipro, while Ukrainian underwater
Description: US President Donald Trump, confirmed that he talked over the phone with Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro but refused to disclose or characterize the subject of the conversation. Several media sources have reported that Trump issued an ultimatum to Maduro to abandon the presidency in exchange for amnesty and retraction of his persecution by the US. Maduro reportedly refused the ultimatum and reiterated offers made in previous backchannel conversations which have allegedly included closer economic cooperation and permitted excavation of Venezuela’s natural resources such as rare earth minerals and oil. Trump later assembled a meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at th
Description: One of Haiti’s most dangerous gangs, the Gran Grif gang, has launched a large – scale operation in the central Artibonite region in the country, consolidating its presence and territorial control. Civilians in the region have fled in large numbers towards the coastal city of Saint Marc, fearing for their safety and blaming the government for focusing the security forces in the country’s capital, Port au Prince, where the Viv Ansanm gang controls most of the territory. The peacekeeping mission led by Kenya, alongside the recently approved initiative submitted by the US and Panama before the UN is yet to deliver any results as issues have emerged with countries w
Description: The Sudanese Rapid Support Forces (RSF) claimed they have captured the city of Babanusa, a key transportation and logistics junction in the West Kordofan province. The announcement was contested by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) which stated that the RSF has intensively shelled the city and launched incursive ground operations, however, the control over the city still pertained to the SAF. The announcement arrives after the RSF’s leader announced on 25 Nov that the paramilitary forces would enter a three – month unilateral humanitarian ceasefire in order to enable diplomatic peace efforts proposed by the US, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt to take shape. RSF fu
Description: Extreme weather conditions have flooded large swathes of territory across countries in Southeastern Asia claiming the lives of more than 1 thousand people with thousands of people still missing. In Indonesia, floods have caused massive disruptions in public services, destroyed homes and public infrastructure and strained the disaster prevention mechanisms. The provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra were heavily affected by the floods as Indonesia’s Home Affairs Minister stated that the military would be dispatched to support the emergency services in assisting the evacuation and repairing the damage. Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency with th
Description: Ukraine and Russia exchanged attacks on critical infrastructure, with Ukraine targeting two vessels pertaining to Russia’s shadow fleet, docked in a Turkish port on the Black Sea, while Russia launched drones and ballistic missiles striking critical energy supply infrastructure in Kyiv, leaving more than 600 thousand residents without electricity. The exchange of attacks arrives in the midst of renewed peace initiative proposed by the US, under President Trump’s 28 – point peace plan and amid growing political crisis in Ukraine. Zelenskyy’s Chief of Staff, Andriy Yermak, submitted his resignation after Ukraine’s anti - corruption services raided his home over s