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Description: The Reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission or RJMEC, the official ceasefire monitoring organization in South Sudan has reported that all parties including the government of South Sudan have substantially rearmed and launched mobilization and training programs across the country. RJMEC is overseen by the regional bloc of African countries IGAD (Intergovernmental Authority on Development) and is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the 2018 ceasefire agreement. The body held an official meeting with representatives from the South Sudanese government and other relevant stakeholders from local militias, such as the political wing of the
Description: The Syrian Defense Forces (SDF), the country’s branch of the PKK, has repeatedly engaged in armed confrontations with the Syrian national army for the past couple of days. After three days of sporadic clashes in and around the city of Aleppo, the Syrian Defense Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra has announced that both sides reached a ceasefire agreement which is to be implemented immediately precipitating the cessation of armed hostilities. The Syrian Government and the SDF signed an integration deal back in Mar, which was supposed to integrate the SDF armed forces into the Syrian National Army and put almost one quarter of SDF controlled territory under the centralized
Description: The latest UN report regarding the humanitarian and security crisis in Mozambique outlined skeptical prospects for improvement. The country’s militant group, known locally as al Shabab (unaffiliated with Al Qaeda sponsored Al Shabab), has ratcheted attacks, kidnappings and sexual violence in the country which caused the internal displacement of over 100 thousand people. The report also emphasized the country’s ailing healthcare system, which is on the brink of collapse, since most of the internationally funded programs have cut their financial assistance. Diseases such as cholera and malaria were also on the rise with the rainy season causing flooding and infras
Description: France has difficulties in entangling itself from the revolving political crisis as Sebastien Lecornu, the country’s latest Prime Minister, resigned after only 27 days in office. In his brief statement after the resignation, Lecornu claimed that untamed partisan appetites and the growing inability to find a political consensus around existential issues that France is currently facing forced him to resign. Lecornu is the fifth Prime Minister in the last couple of years to resign under political pressure which positioned President Emmanuel Macron in an impossible situation where he would have to appoint a new Prime Minister, call for early elections or resign hims
Description: Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa is facing growing domestic scrutiny after cutting diesel subsidies causing for the fuel prices to go up from $1.80 to $2.80 per gallon last week. The protesting has been ongoing for almost a week with severe escalation in the capital Quito after the government declared a state of emergency across 10 provinces in the country. The pro – government protests were also present in the capital in higher numbers with government officials such as the Minister of Government, Zaida Rovira and Edgar Lama, the President of the Social Security Board, stating that minorities who manifest their demands through violence would be met with suppress
Description: Trump’s anti – immigration policies have substantially escalated after the White House announced that the President planned to additionally deploy members of the US National Guard in Portland and Chicago. Shortly after ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents encountered protesters in Chicago, Trump authorized the deployment of approximately 300 National Guard troops, while Illinois Governor, JB Pritzker, stated that a lawsuit has been filed against the deployment of the National Guard and accused President Trump of manufacturing a domestic crisis. Local residents in Chicago have stated that in almost every case, the National Guard or the ICE agents have
Description: Al Qaeda affiliate terrorist group, Al Shabab, has conducted one of its most sophisticated operations to date, infiltrating Somalia’s Godka Jilacow prison, operated by Somalia’s National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA). The terrorists infiltrated the prison bearing valid credentials from NISA and were additionally disguised by a marked vehicle, enabling them to gain access to the inner space of the prison. They initially attacked by detonating the explosive laden vehicle while breaching the door of the prison, where up to seven militants conducted an additional armed assault, freeing most of the prisoners and laying siege to the building for several hour
Description: Violent protests in Madagascar continued with police forces clashing with protesters on the streets of the country’s capital, Antananarivo. President Andry Rajoelina has repeatedly ignored calls to resign blaming foreign influence and NGOs for bankrolling the demonstrations aiming to gain access to Madagascar’s vas mineral resources. Rajoelina also appointed Major General, Ruphin Fortunat Dimbisoa Zafisambo, to be the country’s new Prime Minister. The President stated that the public needed someone with public credibility, integrity to deliver rapid results and address the growing issues in the country. The protesters have so far failed to mobilize into a compre
Description: Delegations from Qatar, Egypt, the US and Hamas met in Sharm El Sheikh, where the initial indirect negotiations commenced on implementing Donald Trump’s 20 – point Gaza peace plan. The negotiations were reportedly held until the late hours of 06 Oct between US Special envoy Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the heads of the Israeli Mossad and Shin Bet, Israel’s foreign policy advisor Ophir Falk and hostage coordinator Gal Hirsch, Hamas was represented by their leader in exile, Khalil Al Hayya. Initial reports from the meeting were scarce with major sticking points remaining to be discussed over the next day, where Israel’s Minister of Strategic Affairs, Ron Derm
Description: Police forces clashed with protesters in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, amid the crumbling of the local elections which were widely boycotted by the opposition parties. The ruling Georgian Dream party claimed victory in almost every voting station of the 3.7 million Caucasus nation which has been engulfed in a political crisis for over a year. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, claimed that EU – sponsored coup attempt has been avoided, and many people were imprisoned on treason charges since they directly attempted at toppling the elected government. The country has been experiencing a protracted political crisis since last year’s election that the pro – EU oppositi