The Democratic Republic of the Congo is using its Security Council presidency to spotlight the link between minerals and conflict, while its own resource wealth continues to expose the limits of international law and accountability. For the first time in more than 30 years, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will assume the rotating…
1 for 8 Billion says the race for the UN’s top job remains vulnerable to opaque political bargaining. A new report published by the advocacy group 1 for 8 Billion sheds light on how some past candidates for UN Secretary-General have likely engaged in backroom deals with powerful member states to secure the global body’s…
As diaspora crowds cheered Khamenei’s death, rival opposition camps are still battling over what comes next. From above the crowd, a man’s voice booms out from a speaker like thunder. He chants, slowly at first, in Farsi, “We are a proud and great nation. We will reclaim Iran from tyranny!” and the people standing…
