Much is at stake for the wealthy, US-friendly Gulf states, whose expensive economic diversification plans rely on a peaceful environment for business and tourism
About 65% of the web addresses analysed indicated that the users were also trading in other wildlife such as lion, tiger, leopard, reptiles, birds, antelope and primates
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said the Huthis had carried out more than 12 attacks on shipping since the first wave of joint strikes on January 11
Our grief for people we have not personally known is informed by the narratives and stories we are exposed to – but these stories are not equally told
The government denies any wrongdoing, describing the allegations of the murder of Africans on the country’s borders as unfounded
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent shock waves around the world. As the International Crisis Group shows, several other crises loom
When Russia illegally invaded Ukraine, was not that the moment for the United Nations to send its secretary general to Moscow to demand a ceasefire?
Europe has changed its attitude towards Ukraine refugees
John Pilger examines the latest arguments presented by the US in its bid to extradite Julian Assange, and the continuing persecution of the whistleblower and his partner Stella Moris
As the crisis continues to unfold, the biggest threat may be the vested interest in maintaining the civil war Therefore, with no end in sight to the conflict plaguing the nation, the question worth asking is: who benefits from a Yemen at war?
The pandemic may be the final blow to a nation on the brink
The coronavirus outbreak has left millions at the mercy of the country’s warring factions, which will not stop fighting, despite an escalating humanitarian emergency
About 25 years ago, Baldwyn Torto and his team taught themselves to talk to locusts. Now, Simon Allison brings you the story of the swarms eating their way across the continent
Yemeni children in critical need of medical care were evacuated Monday from the rebel-held capital Sanaa, in what the United Nations hopes will be the first of more mercy flights. Seven young patients and their relatives flew out of Sanaa airport, which has been closed to commercial flights since 2016, aboard a UN-marked plane bound […]
Conflicts have doubled in the past decade, with 26% of these occurring on the African continent
The Horn of Africa will not get stability and security without accountability and peace in neighboring Yemen
The EU must monitor military leaders, rather than use them to outsource migration control
The veto was the second of his presidency
Rights groups have regularly accused Paris of being complicit in alleged war crimes committed in Yemen
The decision came amid debate in Japan about whether journalists should be prevented from going to war zones
Between 2015 and the end of 2017, South Africa transferred $62-million worth of major conventional weapons to the UAE
A woman and a child killed and 16 others wounded after Yemeni rebels shell a residential neighbourhood in besieged Taiz
Though a diplomatic pariah, Omar al-Bashir’s Western back channel support means he holds the cards in a standoff unlikely to deliver major change
The episode can still be seen in other parts of the world — and in Saudi Arabia on YouTube
Yemen is afflicted by what diplomats call a famine of jobs and salaries, with the central bank torn between two warring parties
The 70th anniversary of the declaration is a critical time to reaffirm its importance and guarantee its continued relevance
Our readers write in about Yemeni children, the integrity commission, and the M&G’s brief error
The United Nations said a day earlier it aimed to relaunch the talks within a month, after a previous attempt collapsed in September
Despite the evidence of Denel’s missiles being used, the country is still fawning over its Saudi benefactors
Journalist Jamal Khashoggi is alleged to have been killed by Saudi officials
The state is using famine as a weapon of war but SA abstained in a UN human rights resolution
Mokhtar was one of the few survivors rescued from the mangled wreckage of a bus targeted by Saudi Arabia