United Nations

  • May 29
  • 2 min read

Haiti’s new prime minister will face major challenges

The appointment of a prime minister is a step forward but Kenyan police deployments could prompt a furious gang response

Haiti
  • May 23
  • 2 min read

Srebrenica resolution risks further dividing Bosnia

A symbolic UN General Assembly resolution is causing tensions in the Western Balkans

Bosnia-Hercegovina
  • May 17
  • 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
  • May 9
  • 2 min read

Europe’s Palestinian shift will be mainly symbolic

Four EU countries are reportedly preparing to recognise Palestinian statehood on May 21

EU
  • Apr 17
  • 2 min read

Libya’s divisions will resist resolution

The UN special envoy has resigned, delivering a scathing critique of Libya's political elite

Libya
  • Apr 10
  • 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 28
  • 2 min read

Russia's intelligence ties with North Korea will grow

The chief of Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service Sergei Naryshkin visited Pyongyang earlier this week

Russia