Political assassinations, police violence and lack of press freedom: 3 barriers to peace in Mozambique: Mozambique’s parliament and its new president, Daniel Chapo, were sworn in in mid-January 2025 after a tumultuous post-election period of protests, barricades and police violence. The 9 October 2024 elections prompted countless reports of fraud, leading the European Union election …
Gaza war: Israeli assassinations draws fiery rhetoric from Iran and Hezbollah – but regional escalation is unlikely: Two weeks ago, Sayyed Razi Mousavi was a ghost on the internet. He left no mark on search engines or in coverage of Iran’s military and the Middle East. But in the Syrian capital Damascus, Mousavi’s 30-year presence …
Colombia: former Farc fighters who signed 2016 peace deal now live amid threats and assassinations: Former members of the Farc guerrilla army in Colombia who laid down their arms as part of a peace deal in 2016 are being forced off the land they were allowed to settle after they demobilised. More than 200 families …