Violence Surge

大統領による公約から4年、増加するゲリラ攻撃への対処法を巡り、後継候補者たちの意見は分かれている。コロンビア政府と中南米最大の反政府軍との間で締結された画期的な2016年の和平合意は、ある意味で成功を収めた。コロンビア革命軍（Farc）は武器を捨てることに合意し、国を苦しめていた暴力は大幅に減少した。しかし、この合意だけで数十年に及ぶ武力紛争を完全に終わらせることはできなかった。その後の政権は合意の履行を停滞させ、Farcの離反勢力や他の反乱派閥はこの和平案を拒絶した。続きを読む...

• 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...