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Description: The city of Abu Zaeima located in the North Kordofan state was targeted by a drone strike that killed 11 people and injured a dozen more as drones are increasingly and ineffectively used against military targets in the civil war. Abu Zaeima is controlled by the RSF while the suspected drone attack was attributed to the SAF, which are vying for control in contested regions such as Kordofan and Blue Nile. The drone strike arrives only days after the SAF repelled a major attack by the RSF and the allied SPLM – N in Blue Nile state. Impact: Fighting for control in Kordofan and Blue Nile states would likely escalate in the upcoming period as both war
Description: The US Treasury Department has introduced a new package of sanctions against Cuban entities including President Diaz Canel and his family. The new sanctions package applies to the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba, the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples, Amistur Cuba, and the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution. Cuba’s economy is currently in disarray with no gas or fuel, substantially increased cost of living expenses which plunges large portion of the population into severe poverty. The US has enforced an energy blockade for over 4 months, threatening military action in case the Cuban government fails to restructure or dis
Description: European leaders gathered in Montenegro for the annual EU – Western Balkans Summit, where several accelerated accession proposals were discussed. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, EU Commission President Ursula von der Layen and European Council President Antonio Kosta were just several of the prominent leaders attending the summit. Merz publicly proposed an accelerated timeframe for EU integration of the Western Balkans region through programs such as enabling the countries to have an observer status in EU policy meetings. Von der Layen and Kosta reiterated that integration of the Western Balkan countries represented a geopolit
Description: Anti – government protests in Bolivia have intensified in the past week, with farmers, miners, teachers and other union workers calling for President Rodrigo Paz’s resignation. More than 100 blockades have been assembled in the cities of La Paz and El Alto which caused medicine and food shortages, while riot police intensified anti – demonstration operations. The protesters have called for economic improvement and the return of the fuel subsidies which President Paz cut short a month ago. In Bolivia’s rural areas, civil militia groups have started to appear, with undisclosed amount of arms, financial and operational capabilities who demand Paz’s immediate resign
Description: The DRC’s Health Ministry announced that up to 71 new Ebola cases were reported within a timeframe of just 24 hours, increasing future projections for spreading the disease. The total number of Ebola cases in the country reached 452 with 82 confirmed deaths as the country also grapples with multifront armed insurgencies and terrorist threats from the ISIS – affiliated Allied Democratic Forces (ADF). The WHO has pledged $518 million in public healthcare services last week in order to contain the spread which has so far reached neighboring Uganda. The CDC has estimated that according to the current spreading ratio, Ebola cases in the DRC could reach much larger nu
Description: Thailand’s Foreign Minister, Sihasak Phuangketkeow, announced that Thailand would join Cambodia’s initiative to resolve the bilateral maritime territorial dispute through the arbitration of the UN under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. He added that under UN’s arbitration, both countries would have a chance to reach a comprehensive territorial agreement which would stipulate resource sharing from the 26 thousand square kilometers maritime area in the Gulf of Thailand. Thailand’s Prime Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, announced that other land territorial disputes would not be engaged in the same manner and the bilateral negotiations would remai
Description: Iran- backed Hezbollah has rejected the latest ceasefire proposal made by the US and negotiated between Israel and Lebanon. Hezbollah’s chief, Naim Qassem, stated that Hezbollah was never involved in the negotiations, Lebanon does not represent the organization’s stance on Israel and the conflict with Iran and until a complete Israeli withdrawal from the southern parts of Lebanon is not completed, Hezbollah would continue its attacks on Israeli military targets. The announcement arrives on the back of a fragile ceasefire between Iran and the US and amid Israeli ground offensive which shows no signs of abating. Lebanese Prime Minister, Nawaf Salam, stated that He
Description: Government forces launched large – scale operations across the country’s capital as they clashed with militias pertaining to the other four semi – autonomous regions over the framework for the upcoming elections. The clashes broke out after protesters were barred from organizing in the capital and were continuously attacked by the Mogadishu – led government troops. The protests in Somalia were primarily organized by former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire, who represent the opposition in Somalia. The opposition argues that current President Hasan Sheikh Mohamud, undermines the other parties by insisting on constitutional
Description: North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, has announced that his country would drastically increase its nuclear capabilities as he toured the newest uranium enrichment site near Pyongyang. The IAEA estimates that so far, North Korea has developed up to 50 nuclear warheads and several uranium enrichment facilities located in and around Pyongyang, central Yongbyon and western Kangsong. North Korea in the interim has rejected any potential for reconciliation with South Korea and rejected diplomatic rapprochement from the US, courting Russia and China more intensively. Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to visit North Korea next week as both countries devise a deeper strat
Description: Venezuela’s President Delcy Rodriguez met with Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in New Delhi, where the leaders discussed deepening energy cooperation. Senior foreign ministry official, Rudrendra Tandon, stated that Venezuela has become India’s third largest oil supplier in recent weeks and the leaders would also discuss the possibility for Indian companies to invest in several Venezuelan sectors such as mining, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals and automotive industry development. Rodriguez is expected to meet with India’s Foreign Minister and the Petroleum Minister, Hardeep Singh Puri, to solidify the energy partnership in the upcoming days. Proceeds from