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Myanmar's Evolving Landscape: Annual Review 2024 and Policy Prescriptions for 2025

The ongoing conflict in Myanmar is becoming increasingly complex, with concerns that it may 'risk becoming a forgotten crisis’ warned Julie Bishop, Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General for Myanmar. The successes by the Three Brotherhood...

January 17 , 2025

Neighborhood News Digest- 08 July 2024

Afghanistan Changes in Govt Positions Announced by Islamic Emirate-Tolo News Based on the decree of the leader of the Islamic Emirate, officials of various departments have been changed. Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate...

July 8 , 2024

Ongoing Crisis in Myanmar and Implications for India

Myanmar's strategic importance for India stems from its shared land and maritime borders, acting as a gateway to Southeast Asia. The ongoing conflict since the 2021 military coup has significantly impacted this relationship. ‘Operation 1027’ and the...

April 30 , 2024

Neighborhood News Digest- 05 April 2024

Afghanistan Amnesty International Asks Pakistan to Reverse Refugees Expulsion Plan-Tolo News Amnesty International has called for the immediate cancellation of the plan to expel Afghan migrants from Pakistan through a statement. The organization...

April 5 , 2024

Neighborhood News Digest - 02 April 2024

Afghanistan CNN: ‘Taliban’s Pashto chauvinism helps ISIS-K’ recruitment from other ethnic groups-The Khama Press Edmund Fitton-Brown, a senior adviser to the New York-based Counter Extremism Project, told CNN that ISIS-K “has the desire and a...

April 2 , 2024

Neighborhood News Digest- 01 March 2024

Afghanistan Women’s media work may be banned if faces are not covered: AFJC- The Khama Press The Afghanistan Journalists Center reports that the Minister of Virtue and Vice for the Taliban has issued a warning that if female reporters do not cover...

March 1 , 2024

A Victory for Democracy in Liberia

In a knife-edge election, Joseph Boakai made a stunning comeback and is set to become Liberia’s new leader. With 50.9 percent of the vote, the 78-year-old leader, a former vice president, saw a close victory over his main rival, incumbent Weah, who...

December 18 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 11 December 2023

Afghanistan Islamic Emirate to Iran FM: Govt is Inclusive- Tolo News The Islamic Emirate reacted to the recent remarks of Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian regarding the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan, saying that...

December 11 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 13 September 2023

Afghanistan 'Afghanistan headed for civil war with Taliban splitting into...:' Ex-commander – India Today Two years after the US forces abruptly left Kabul, Afghanistan is headed towards a civil war, the Taliban is now riddled with factionalism, and...

September 13 , 2023

Africa Now - Weekly Newsletter (Week 20, 2023)

Welcome to Africa Now, your weekly newsletter for Africa, presenting the most important developments in the continent - news that matters. Commentary Democracy at a Crossroads: The Quest for Hope in Sudan Sudan is bleeding. A transitional...

May 23 , 2023