Violence Surge

• 在總統做出承諾四年後，其潛在繼任者在如何應對日益增加的游擊隊襲擊上分歧嚴重。 • 2016年哥倫比亞政府與拉丁美洲最大的叛軍組織達成的具有里程碑意義的和平協議在某些方面取得了成功：哥倫比亞革命武裝力量 (Farc) 同意放下武器，蹂躪該國的暴力行為也大幅減少。 • 但單憑該協議無法徹底結束持續數十年的武裝衝突。隨後的政府在執行和解協議時進展緩慢，導致 Farc 異議人士和其他叛軍派系拒絕接受該協議。閱讀更多...

• 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...