Violence Surge

• 대통령의 약속 이후 4년이 지났으나, 그의 후계자들은 증가하는 게릴라 공격에 어떻게 대처할지를 두고 의견이 갈리고 있습니다. • 콜롬비아 정부와 라틴 아메리카 최대 반군 조직 간의 2016년 역사적인 평화 협정은 몇 가지 면에서 성공적이었습니다. 콜롬비아 무장혁명군(Farc)은 무기 내려놓기에 동의했으며, 국가를 황폐화했던 폭력 사태는 상당히 감소했습니다. • 하지만 협정만으로는 수십 년간 이어진 무장 갈등을 완전히 끝낼 수 없었습니다. 이후 들어선 행정부들은 합의 이행을 지연시켰으며, 이는 Farc 내 반대파와 다른 반군 분파들에 의해 거부되었습니다.

• 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...