unsc Archives - Toward Freedom

Haitians Looked to China & Russia to End UN Mandate, Renewed for 1 More Year

Julie Varughese July 18, 2022 Julie Varughese

Despite China delaying the vote to hold closed-door negotations, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) unanimously agreed Friday to renew the UN's mandate in Haiti. Since 2004, as many as 13,000 troops from around the world have served as part of the UN's peacekeeping mission. For many Haitians, the mandate is a foreign occupation, reports TF editor Julie Varughese.

The words in Arabic written on the wall read "Long live the struggle of the Sudanese people" / credit: Revolutionary masses of Sudan

Understanding the Who and the Why of the Sudan Coup

Kribsoo Diallo January 10, 2022 Kribsoo Diallo

Sudan needs to alter its position in the global conflict to be in the place that meets the interests of its people. That is, inevitably away from the Western camp and Washington, writes Kribsoo Diallo in the first of a 2-part series on the October 25 coup.