The combatants in northern Ethiopia are digging in for a long fight, despite high fatalities and famine conditions for civilians. The war looks set to worsen. Outside powers should back the African Union’s new envoy in urging the parties to move instead toward a ceasefire.
one of the dark and shameful days in american history and certainly marine corps history. 11 marines, one sailor are dead. but they are dead because of the incompetence of the withdrawal. the shameful manner in which we have completely surrendered to the taliban. earlier this week i had to be on the house floor, that not allowed the president biden to withdraw until we got every american that wanted to get out of the country. required them to report to us every day on the number of americans left in country and the number of afghan allies seeking refuge. although democrats were very critical in a classified group briefing of the arbitrary augusn it came time to vote on that on the home s floor, voted against it so as not to jeopardize the $5 trillion rule to make possible the bernie sanders budget. that s where we are right now. that s where the cats priorities
Somaliland took an important step toward stable democracy with parliamentary and local council polls on 31 May. To keep moving in this direction, authorities and the opposition should build consensus on how to run future voting and how to make the government more inclusive.
What’s new? Following Myanmar’s 1 February coup, newly organised militias have launched attacks in several parts of the country in response to regime killings of demonstrators. These lightly armed bands have inflicted significant casualties on the security forces, who have struck back with heavy weapons and bombardment of residential areas.
Why does it matter? The regime’s heavy-handed, indiscriminate retaliation has displaced tens of thousands of men, women and children. Local networks and humanitarian agencies are unable to adequately assist these people, due to security and access restrictions, including military arrests, confiscation of supplies, and killings of those trying to deliver aid.
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