Peacekeeping & Conflict Management

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - FEBRUARY 25, 2022: Ukrainian people and their supporters demonstrate outside Downing Street calling for the West to implement strong sanctions against Russia including ban on energy trade, exclusion from Swift payment network as well as more widespread sanctions targeting individuals and businesses associated with Kremlin after Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale military invasion into the Ukrainian territory on February 25, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by WIktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto)NO USE FRANCE

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People make noise during a protest against an epidemic of kidnappings sweeping Haiti, amid deepening political unrest and economic misery, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti April 15, 2021. Picture taken April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Valerie Baeriswyl

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Shadows are cast over tomatoes for sale in the central market in Diabaly January 23, 2013. REUTERS/Joe Penney

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Smoke billows from a Saudi Aramco's petroleum storage facility after an attack in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia March 26, 2022. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Order from Chaos

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Reports

Shells are pictured in the dry bed of the evaporated Lake Faguibine, in Mbouna, northern Mali May 29, 2021. Picture taken May 29, 2021. Birom Seck-ICRC/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

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Second team of the ninth batch of Chinese Peacekeeping force in the Republic of South Sudan finish their mission and arrive at an airport in Zhengzhou city, central China's Henan province, 29 September 2019. fachaoshiNo Use China. No Use France.

Peacekeeping & Conflict Management

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Colombia's FARC lead negotiator Ivan Marquez (L) and Colombia's lead government negotiator Humberto de la Calle (R) shake hands while Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez looks on, after signing a final peace deal in Havana, Cuba, August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

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Syrian children smile after a heavy snowstorm at Al Zaatari refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, January 8, 2015. Syrian refugees in Jordan's main Zaatari refugee camp appealed for help on Thursday after a regional storm buffeted the Middle East with blizzards, rain and strong winds. The temperatures, which usually average 13 Celsius (55.4 Fahrenheit ) this time of the year have plunged to 2 to zero Celsius (35.6-32 Fahrenheit), Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD) said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDAN - Tags: ENVIRONMENT CONFLICT)

Peacekeeping & Conflict Management

Stabilization and human development in a disordered Middle East and North Africa

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Children sit in a vehicle parked outside a wholesale food shop in Sanaa, Yemen February 28, 2022. Picture taken February 28, 2022. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Order from Chaos

Yemen war turns seven

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

Ordinary train passengers walk past a signpost for arriving refugees from Ukraine placed on an access to the platforms of the main station.

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Countries should seize the opportunity to take in Ukrainian refugees—it could transform their economies

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Malian army soldiers are seen at the Independence Square after a mutiny, in Bamako, Mali August 18, 2020. Picture taken August 18, 2020. REUTERS/Moussa Kalapo

Africa in Focus

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