Middle East and Africa

Africa: Editors’ Picks – Power Up Your Thinking for 2024

[ad_1] Some of our most compelling coverage to inform your new year Set yourself up for 2024 with this selection of 2023 reports and our editors' thoughts on how each will inform continuing challenges in humanitarian aid. With the Israeli assault on Gaza well into its third month as the new year begins, dip into our on-the-ground and first-person reporting. As the international community reconsiders engagement with the Taliban, take a look at how Afghan women are navigating Taliban restrictions. […]

January 5, 2024 2

Africa

Africa: Brics Expands With Five New Members

[ad_1] The Brics group of countries has expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The announcement on Monday coincided with Russia assuming the Brics chairmanship on 1 January. Russian president Vladimir Putin said the inclusion of the five nations as full members of Brics - a group consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - reflects the growing influence of the association, now comprising 10 countries. "This decision, endorsed during the 15th […]

January 2, 2024 1

Africa

Africa: South Africa’s ICJ Move Steps Up Pressure for End to War in Gaza

[ad_1] Cape Town — South Africa's referral of Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the grounds that the country is contravening the Genocide Convention adopted by the United Nations in the wake of the Holocaust steps up diplomatic pressures to end the war in Gaza. Unlike the International Criminal Court, established only in 2002 as part of the development of international humanitarian law since World War II, the ICJ – more commonly referred to as the World […]

January 1, 2024 2