. The UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, MINURSO, was established thirty years ago this year, in 1991. The mission’s original objective was to establish the framework for Sahrawi self-determination while also keeping an eye on a ceasefire between Morocco and Polisario, the Western Sahara national liberation movement. The UN vowed when it established the mission that it …

Yemen’s civil war has been ongoing since 2015, with an estimated death toll as high as 100,000 including more than 12,000 civilian deaths (Magdy, 2019). It has now been recognised as the worst humanitarian crisis globally with over 20 million people in Yemen facing food insecurity and 14 million requiring some form of urgent humanitarian assistance (UNHCR, 2019). However, the …

Ethiopia is once again in the grip of renewed violence, with a recent government attack on a market resulting in the deaths of at least 64 civilians. This is a country that has always been at the heart of global humanitarian concerns, and the events of this week are not about to change that. Ethiopia is divided into ten regional …

Kosovo conflict or Kosovo war (1998-1999) that was followed by the declaration of Kosovo’s independence, has gained a widespread attention in recent international relations. This conflict has its root to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) which existed between 1963 to 1992. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was created at the end of World War I and consisted …

Tensions between China and Taiwan have been steadily mounting already from last year, when the leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Tsai Ing-wen, with pro-independence views, was reelected for a second term in the presidency of Taiwan. Since then, Chinese officials have been constantly warning that any move towards independence would be a cause of war and continue to …