Evelyn Leopold

Oct 22, 2024 | passblue.com | Evelyn Leopold

Haiti, a half-island in the Caribbean, has been plagued for eons with natural disasters and historical interventions, first by France, then by the United States. In this century, another crippling earthquake, the assassination of a president and poor living conditions have led to extreme gang violence.

Oct 3, 2024 | passblue.com | Evelyn Leopold

There is a history of the top United Nations diplomat, the secretary-general, visiting Israel. Such visits are de rigueur for the past decade, including trips by Ban Ki-moon and Kofi Annan. On Oct. 2, however, Israel Katz, the Israeli foreign minister, using X (formerly Twitter), declared Secretary-General António persona non grata and an “anti-Israel secretary-general who lends support to terrorists.”Guterres called for a ceasefire on Oct.

Sep 5, 2023 | passblue.com | Hasmik Egian |Mouin Rabbani |Jamal Benomar |Evelyn Leopold |Banjo Damilola |Richard Ponzio | +1 more

In 2014, the Syrian conflict appeared to be spinning out of control. Reaching new levels of horror and suffering that inflicted death, displacement and destruction on a massive scale within Syria, it had also developed into a full-fledged regional proxy war. With the Islamic State movement's proclamation of a caliphate encompassing extensive territory in both Syria and Iraq, it now additionally posed a threat to the security and stability of the entire region and well beyond.

Aug 29, 2023 | passblue.com | Evelyn Leopold |Jamal Benomar |Banjo Damilola |Richard Ponzio |Joris Larik

With the death of Yevgeny Prgozhin, the leader of the brutal Wagner Group, Russia seems determined to allow the mercenaries to operate in Africa, particularly in Mali and the Central African Republic. Murders, theft of resources and rape characterize the Wagner Group's operations as it works closely with the leaders of certain African nations to prop them up against domestic rebellions and Islamic State fighters.

Aug 24, 2023 | passblue.com | Dawn Clancy |Jamal Benomar |Banjo Damilola |Richard Ponzio |Joris Larik |Evelyn Leopold

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has not discouraged the United Nations from buying millions of dollars of goods and services from Moscow, according to the latest annual statistical report on UN procurement, published in July. In 2022, UN purchases from Russia, which has a decades-long procurement relationship with the UN, totaled $256.62 million, according to the report produced by the UN Office for Project Services (Unops), compared with $282.25 million in 2021.