Maxime Marquette
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REPORT: Malian Junta Loses Grip on the North to JNIM and Tuareg Fighters
On July 9, 2026, a convoy carrying Russian fighters was attacked in Mali, according to sources reported by Reuters. This incident, occurring as the…
REPORT: JNIM and Tuareg Fighters Seize Anefis, Gateway to Northern Mali
On July 4, 2026, fighters from JNIM (Jamaat Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin), affiliated with al-Qaeda, launched a coordinated offensive alongside Tuareg groups from the…
DECODING: 1,600 Dead in Three Months, the Chilling Tally of a Haitian Tragedy
According to the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), at least 1,642 people were killed and 745 wounded between January and March 2026, a…
DECODING: the Gang Suppression Force, a Giant on Paper, a Dwarf on the Ground
On paper, the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) was supposed to mark a clean break from previous failures in Haiti. Authorized by the UN Security…
REPORT: Haiti on the Brink, the UN Sounds the Alarm on a Country Emptying Out
One number deserves attention before anything else: 1.5 million people displaced inside their own country's borders. That is not an abstract statistic pulled from…
COLUMN: Ambassador Waltz Visits a Haiti on Its Knees, but Not Defeated
Some diplomatic visits amount to polite symbolism, and others look more like a clinical temperature check on a hemorrhage.
ANALYSIS: Sri Lanka Joins the Security Force in Haiti Despite Controversy
The arrival of a Sri Lankan contingent in Port-au-Prince on July 9 and 10, 2026, should have been simple good news for the Gang…
ANALYSIS: The Gang Suppression Force Deployed at Chronic Understrength in Haiti
Some promises can be measured in numbers, and some numbers, once confronted with reality on the ground, reveal the scale of a worrying delay.
DECODING: Haiti, 1.5 Million Displaced and 1,600 Dead in Three Months
There are statistics that should be enough, on their own, to trigger a massive international mobilization. According to Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the UN Secretary-General's…