Let’s review the tensions, decisions, strategies, processes, victims and more of some of the most crucial international conflicts of the year.
The tension between the West and Russia over Ukraine, the future of Afghanistan after the return of the Taliban, the endemic crisis in Haiti, the pulse between the US and China or the expansion of Jihadism in the Sahel, are some of the conflicts that focused world attention in 2021 and that they will continue to be at the forefront in 2022 in search of solutions.
There are many open international fronts, but here we select the ten most important:
A view of Ukraine
The conflict between Kiev and Moscow following the annexation of the Crimean peninsula, belonging to Ukraine, in 2014, to Russia continues to this day and it will surely continue to be one of the great themes in the new year.
Germany warns Russia of ‘severe consequences’ if it invades Ukraine
During these, the western countries have established different sanctions against Russia, and both the United States and the European Union have maintained them. In a telephone conversation on Thursday, US President Joe Biden made it clear to Russian Vladimir Putin that your country and allies will respond decisively if Russia invades more territory of Ukraine.
A view to Afghanistan
After nearly two decades of US occupation, the Taliban they seized power from Kabul on August 15, culminating a rapid offensive that led them to control the capitals of 33 of the 34 Afghan provinces in just ten days.
Afghan girls are sold by their parents to support the rest of their families
Since then, he has faced increasing threats from presence of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), which has increased its attacks since the withdrawal of US troops, in addition to the withdrawal of economic aid and international abandonment.
A view of Yemen
The Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia began its intervention in the Yemeni conflict on March 25, 2015 with the aim of restore the president to power, Abdo Rabu Mansur Hadi, expelled by the Houthi rebels.
Explosion in Yemen’s city of Aden kills 12
The conflict, which started earlier, in the first months of 2011, is at a standstill. This year, US President Joe Biden announced the aid suspension lending to the international coalition and since the end of June the most important clashes they have focused on the oil province of Marib.
A view of Haiti
Almost six months after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise at his residence in Port-au-Prince, the investigations seem stagnant and little has been elucidated beyond attributing responsibility to a mercenary commando that encountered no resistance from presidential security.
Video captured images of the command that assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise
The assassination of Moise further deepened the deep political crisis in which Haiti has been involved for years, increased by a strong insecurity in the streets and the increase in murders and kidnappings to hands of neighborhood gangs called gangs, which have made them a lucrative business.
United States – China conflict
After the arrival of Democrat Joe Biden to the presidency of the United States very little has changed lthe relations between the United States and China in 2021. The new president decided to maintain and expand the measures against the Asian country led by his predecessor, Donald Trump.
The United States seeks to create a “responsible” business relationship with China
Among those measures, Biden decided to prohibit US investments in a ten technology companies and defense of China with alleged military ties, which affected 59 firms, including the giant Huawei and the three largest telecommunications companies in the nation.
United States – Israel conflict
Israel and the US end 2021 with the aim of developing a common strategy on regional security issues, particularly regarding Iran’s nuclear plan. It was what was discussed in the meeting that they held last December 22 the Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Benet, and the US National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan.
Israel and the United States increase their military cooperation
The meeting was held in the midst of multilateral negotiations to save the Iran nuclear deal, that they should limit the atomic activities of the Islamic Republic, and that they closed the year no immediate deal in sight, but with the commitment to resume the next day 3 in Vienna.
Israel – Palestine conflict
The military escalation between Israel and the Palestinian militias in the Gaza Strip in May 2021 was closed with a ceasefire managed by Egypt and international mediators but without a prolonged truce to guarantee some peace in the area.
More than 300 Ecuadorians live in Israel and Palestine, where attacks are growing
Although since thens no major rounds of hostilities have been recorded, the situation is still volatile and the threat of a new conflict is latent, something that particularly worries civilians on both sides of the border.
Jihadism in Africa
This 2021 was marked by jihadist attacks, which surprised by their new virulence in countries such as Mozambique, where the group Al Shabab -without relation to its namesake- intensified its attacks; wave Democratic Republic Congo (DRC), where the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a group of Ugandan origin and diffuse ties with the Islamic State (IS), caused numerous accidents.
More than 100 dead in two attacks in Burkina Faso
Africa will therefore have to face in 2022 the renewed scourge of jihadist terrorism in countries such as Mozambique, the DRC and Uganda, as well as preventing the advance of established groups in nations such as Somalia, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Mali.
A view to Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, the Tigrine rebels and the federal government agreed to take a step back in December in the war they have been waging since November 2020: the Popular Front for the Liberation of Tigré (FPLT) announced its withdrawal from other neighboring areas, while the Executive stopped the advance of his troops towards Tigré.
UN envoy visits Ethiopia and requests humanitarian access
However, it is still not clear whether both parties will agree to start a dialogue in 2022 and seek a peaceful solution to a conflict that has already left a devastating balance: thousands of dead, more than two million displaced and more than 9.4 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. (I)
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