News Roundup 31 July – 6 August

About the author(s):

Yiokasti Mouratidi is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of International and Operational Law at the Swedish Defence University, jointly with the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance at Utrecht University. Her PhD focuses on compliance with the law of armed conflict, particularly through the lens of technological developments. Previously, Yiokasti obtained her LLM in Public International Law from Utrecht University (2022) and her LLB in Law with European Law from the University of Nottingham (2019). Yiokasti has a strong interest in international humanitarian law and international security law.

Colombia begins a six-month cease-fire with its lasting remaining rebel group in hopes of forging peace

UN given green light to monitor peace deal between Colombia’s government and its largest rebel group

Myanmar junta extends state of emergency forcing delay to elections

Rights groups call for Sudan war crimes investigation

Syria’s main Al-Qaeda-linked group denies it was behind the killing of a Daesh leader

Cameroon says military deployed after militant attack kills at least a dozen

West Africa defence chiefs finalise Niger intervention plan as junta negotiations deadlock

Myanmar poet turned rebel leader seeks new territory; worries about ‘ephemeral revolutionaries’

Sahel region coups make room for terrorist groups: analysts

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