United Nations

  • Feb 6
  • 8 min read

Future looks bleak for Haiti’s internally displaced

Haiti is struggling with gang violence and humanitarian challenges, which all indicators suggest will worsen further

Haiti
  • Jan 10
  • 7 min read

Tensions may hamper new Somali peacekeeping mission

The transition to a new peacekeeping mission is underway, but crucial details remain unresolved

Somalia
  • May 17, 2024
  • 7 min read

Somalia seeks to downgrade UN political mission

Somalia has asked the UN Security Council to terminate the mandate of the UN political mission to the country

Somalia
  • Apr 10, 2024
  • 7 min read

More Syrians will go hungry, at home and abroad

Global aid shortfalls are having a particularly strong impact on the victims of Syria’s protracted crisis

Syria
  • Mar 27, 2024
  • 6 min read

Geopolitics of AI technical standards will heat up

Technical standards for artificial intelligence (AI) will emerge slowly but geopolitical rifts over it will be intense

International
  • Feb 27, 2024
  • 7 min read

Afghan Taliban will look past UN in seeking engagement

A UN-organised meeting of special envoys on Afghanistan failed to achieve any significant results

Afghanistan
  • Feb 14, 2024
  • 7 min read

UNRWA row fallout could devastate Gaza Palestinians

The international controversy over the UN Palestinian refugee agency is deepening

Palestinians