Violence Surge

在总统做出承诺四年后，其潜在继任者在如何应对日益增加的游击队袭击问题上存在分歧。哥伦比亚政府与拉丁美洲最大的叛军组织之间在2016年达成的里程碑式和平协议在某些方面取得了成功：哥伦比亚革命武装力量 (Farc) 同意放下武器，困扰该国的暴力行为也大幅减少。但单凭该协议无法彻底结束持续数十载的武装冲突。随后的政府在执行该协议时进度缓慢，导致 Farc 异见分子和其他反政府武装派系对此表示反对。请继续阅读...

• 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...