Violence Surge

राष्ट्रपति के वादे के चार साल बाद, उनके संभावित उत्तराधिकारी बढ़ते guerrilla attacks से निपटने के तरीके पर विभाजित हैं। 2016 में कोलंबियाई सरकार और लैटिन अमेरिका की सबसे बड़ी विद्रोही सेना के बीच हुआ ऐतिहासिक शांति समझौता कुछ मायनों में सफल रहा: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) अपने हथियार डालने पर सहमत हुआ और देश को झकझोर देने वाली हिंसा में काफी कमी आई। लेकिन केवल यह समझौता दशकों लंबे सशस्त्र संघर्ष को हमेशा के लिए समाप्त नहीं कर सका। बाद के प्रशासनों ने समझौते के कार्यान्वयन की प्रक्रिया धीमी कर दी, जिसे Farc dissidents और अन्य विद्रोही गुटों ने खारिज कर दिया था। Continue reading...

• US military C-130s airlifted 500 tons of food and medicine to Port-au-Prince on April 8, 2026, as gangs control 80% of the capital. • Over 4,000 killed this year; UN reports 1.5 million face starvation, prompting Biden admin's $100 million pledge. • Aid crucial for US backyard stability, preventing mass migration waves like 2021's 20,000 border encounters.

• US State Department endorsed on April 4, 2026, a Kenyan-led multinational force of 2,500 troops to deploy to Haiti within 60 days to combat gang control in Port-au-Prince. • Gangs control 85% of the capital, with 4,000 homicides reported in 2025; US provides $150 million in logistics and training support. • The mission addresses a humanitarian crisis displacing 700,000 Haitians, as highlighted by UN envoy William O'Neill: 'State collapse is imminent without intervention.'

A huge rise in internet users under the age of 30 has fuelled an increase in online violence against women and girls with devastating real-life effects, activists sayActivists and lawyers in Africa are calling for urgent action to protect women, girls and boys as digital violence surges across the continent.A massive rise in internet users, coupled with huge numbers of people aged under 30, has fuelled an increase in gendered online violence across the continent, according to experts, by giving perpetrators new tools to control and silence women and girls, and influence boys. Continue reading...