Asean Observer

Standing before a looted mall and surrounded by soldiers, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed Friday to restore order to the country after a week of violence set off by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma.Visiting the port city of…

The conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region appears to be escalating, with reports that Tigrayan and Amhara forces are recruiting more youths to fight in the country’s north. Aid agencies are warning that a drawn-out war in Ethiopia would cost thousands …

Sudan’s vice president visited South Sudan’s capital on Wednesday to reiterate Khartoum’s support for its neighbor and to urge the government and armed groups to fully implement the 2018 peace agreement. After meeting with President Salva Kiir, Moh…

Ten years after gaining independence, some South Sudanese say their struggle for liberation has been supplanted by an autocratic system of government led by the nation’s ruling party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM).Many of them complain …

During a grueling, weekslong mission in northern Mali, French soldiers were confronted by a familiar threat: Extremists trying to impose the same strict Islamic rule that preceded France’s military intervention here more than eight years ago.Traumatize…

ANKARA– A senior member of the Gulen movement was nabbed abroad and brought to Turkey, in an operation by Turkish intelligence, Turkey’s President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said yesterday.The senior member, Orhan Inandi, was responsible for the group’s op…

Burkina Faso’s President Roch Kabore has dismissed the country’s defense minister in the wake of widespread protests Saturday against insecurity.Cherif Sy had been defense minister since the country’s conflict with domestic terror groups started in 201…

Three separate hearings on criminal charges brought against deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi took place Monday in the capital, Naypyitaw. Suu Kyi’s lawyer, Khin Maung…

KUALA LUMPUR— China and Japan’s commitment to contribute vaccines to Malaysia is seen as a timely move in bolstering the country’s ongoing National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme, said Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein.In welcoming the contributio…

GENEVA 15 June 2021 – At the virtual briefing of the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on her Office’s activities in 2020, the Philippines welcomed the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights’ (OHCHR)’…