Sudan is facing a famine that could become worse than any the world has seen since Ethiopia 40 years ago, U.S. officials have warned, as aid deliveries continue to be blocked by the warring armies but arms supplies to both sides continue to flow in.
Nearly 80 countries called on June 16 for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia’s two-year war, though some key developing nations at a Swiss conference did not join in. The way forward for diplomacy remains unclear.
Banana giant Chiquita Brands must pay $38.3 million to 16 family members of people killed during Colombia’s long civil war by a violent right-wing paramilitary group funded by the company, a federal jury in Florida decided.
Anti-racism groups joined French unions and a new left-wing coalition in protests across France against the surging nationalist far right as frenzied campaigning is under way in advance of snap parliamentary elections.
About 21,000 police and gendarmes were deployed at rallies on June 15 with authorities expecting between 300,000 and 500,000 protesters nationwide, France’s interior ministry said.
With the country’s transitional justice process paralyzed, a Nepali conflict victim has taken to the United Nations forum to remind the Nepal government of its responsibilities towards the victims.
Haiti’s transitional council appointed a new cabinet on June 11, marking the final step in rebuilding the government that will lead a country under siege by gangs.
The U.N. Security Council overwhelmingly approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza on June 10.
Armenia will leave a Russia-led military alliance, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed on June 12, accusing members of the bloc of plotting with bitter rival Azerbaijan to start a war against them.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on June 12 that a peace treaty with Azerbaijan was close to completion, but that his country would not accept Baku’s demands that it change its constitution.
