Uganda pays first $65m to DRC as war reparations
12/9/2022: Uganda has implemented a ruling made earlier this year by the International Court of Justice. The Court ordered the country to pay $325 million to DR Congo for loss of lives, looting and property damage during the invasion by the Uganda People’s Defence Forces more than 20 years ago.
Source: The East African
Tigray forces open to African Union peace talks
12/9/2022: After two years of fighting government forces, Ethiopia's Tigray leadership has expressed interest in a peace process led by the African Union. The Ethiopian government has said that it is willing to come to the table without preconditions.
Source: DW
Ukraine war undermined UN nuclear weapons conference
31/8/2022: The Swiss participant of the recent conference review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons offers an account of its failure. Of the 191 states parties, 190 were in favour of the necessary compromise, a clear sign that Russia was the stumbling block.
Source: PassBlue
UN nuclear weapons talks fail over Russian objection
27/8/2022: A UN conference lasting around a month has failed in efforts to update the 50-year-old Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Russia objected to the final draft document, apparently over references to the trouble at Europe's biggest nuclear plant at Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine.
Source: DW
The world stands on a nuclear precipice
24/8/2022: The Prime Minister of New Zealand warns that the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty is under stress, due to rising tension between the nuclear weapon states. It is vital that current multilateral negotiations to renew the treaty should succeed.
Source: The Guardian
UN reports crimes against humanity in Myanmar
9/8/2022: Rape and other forms of sexual violence, and crimes against children, have been perpetrated by Myanmar security forces and armed groups, according to a new UN report. Evidence is being shared with the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court.
Source: UN News
Iran nuclear talks end as EU submits ‘final text’
8/8/2022: Diplomats involved in the negotiations in Vienna to revive the Iran nuclear deal have returned to their capitals with a draft for a new agreement. Iran has massively expanded its nuclear activities since the pact collapsed in 2018 following Washington's decision to pull out.
Source: DW
Nuclear-free world is possible, test-ban treaty chief says
5/8/2022: A UN conference is under way to review progress towards implementing the 50-year-old Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Although only one country has tested weapons this millennium, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty has not been ratified due to a small number of hold-out countries.
Source: UN News
Nuclear weapons a ‘loaded gun’, UN chief warns in Hiroshima
6/8/2022: On the 77th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, UN head Antonio Guterres warned of the risk posed by nuclear weapons held in state arsenals worldwide. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February, President Vladimir Putin has made thinly veiled threats to deploy tactical nuclear weapons.
Source: CNA
South Sudan extends transitional government by two years
4/8/2022: South Sudan’s leaders have failed to achieve their timetable for organising elections in accordance with the 2018 peace agreement. The troika of the US, UK and Norway, donors of the peace process, boycotted the announcement of an extension of the transitional government.
Source: The East African