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Current debate
Current debate in 2024: NATO, climate, EU, migration and war
A year marked by the conflict between Israel and Palestine, lack of climate action, the EU election, migration and the importance of supporting Ukraine. This is how the Chat GPT FUF editorial team summarizes the coverage of the debate on global issues and Sweden's role in the world on Swedish debate and editorial pages in 2024.
January 13
Current debate
Week 3: The editor tips – The result of the government's reform agenda for aid and development cooperation as an investment for peace and security
While waiting for the spring FUF editorial staff to start covering the debate on global issues, here are a couple of reading tips from the debate on global issues in recent weeks.
January 13
FUF-correspondents, News
From free vote to 'foreign agent': Kyrgyzstan's new law hits civil society
In March 2024, Kyrgyzstan introduced a “foreign representatives” law that requires organizations with foreign funding to be registered and audited. The law, reminiscent of Russia's infamous Foreign Agent Law, has provoked strong reactions internationally. Critics believe that the law threatens the independence of civil society and limits freedom of expression.
January 10
News
Internet shut down and barricades in Pakistan after protests for jailed prime minister
Nationwide security restrictions, internet shutdowns and barricaded roads. Protests in Pakistan's capital Islamabad have been met with several security measures by the authorities and led to violent clashes between security forces and thousands of protesters. Imran Khan became Pakistan's first prime minister to be ousted by a vote of no confidence, but support remains strong among many of his supporters.
December 22
FUF-correspondents, Chronicle
Poverty as entertainment: the jeep tours through Rio
I'm walking along the beach on Copacabana when a military green roofless jeep whizzes past me. Inside, tourists in safari hats can be seen, standing and giggling. Music blares from the speakers and wakes up the whole neighborhood. When I first moved to Rio, I imagined the jeeps and safari-clad tourists headed for the vast, beautiful national park that surrounds [...]
December 22
News
Somaliland: Democratic achievements in the nation that does not exist
On November 13 this year, voters in Somaliland went to the polls to elect a new president. The opposition party's candidate, Mohamed Abdullahi, emerged victorious. The breakaway region of Somalia lacks international recognition. At the same time, international interest in the breakaway region is increasing, which has led to intensified geopolitical tensions.
December 22
Interview
Arrest warrants against Myanmar military leaders shed light on ongoing human rights crisis
The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC) suspects Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing of human rights violations against the Rohingya minority group. The decision highlights the crisis the country has been in since the military coup in 2021.
- There are extensive reports of human rights violations such as torture, murder and rape, says Veronica Sällemark at the Olof Palme International Center.
December 16
Interview
The EU and the African Union's digital infrastructure – a tool for local development?
In an interview with Utvecklingsmagasinet, Chloe Teevan, an expert at the think tank European Center for Development Policy Management (ECDPM), talks about digital infrastructure as a tool for local community development and reflects on how well these initiatives succeed in meeting the needs of civil society in the African partner countries.
December 16
FUF news, News
FUF examines the multilateral assistance to the EBA
SEK 13 billion of the Swedish aid went in 2023 to specific countries via multilateral organizations, so-called multi-bi support. The FUFs Lennart Wohlgemuth and Anna Sjöberg Tibblin have written a "working paper" for the Expert Group for Aid Analysis (EBA) in which they examined the possibilities for Sida to ensure that multilateral partners live up to aid's efficiency principles of local ownership, focus on results, inclusive partnerships, transparency and mutual responsibility in the very largest channel for Swedish aid.
December 9
Current debate
Week 48: COP29 leaves many unhappy and divided on ICC arrest warrants
In the previous week, reactions after the climate summit COP 29 in Azerbaijan have oscillated between disappointment and sadness. Reactions to the ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu have also been discussed over the past week.
December 2
News
After the police threat - Doctors Without Borders leaves Haiti's capital
Doctors Without Borders announces in mid-November that it will leave Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. Behind the decision lies a series of events, most recently that Haitian police stopped one of MSF's ambulances and executed two men who received treatment in the vehicle.
November 29
The texts in Utvecklingsmagasinet are written by FUF's non-profit writers and
correspondents as well as various guest writers who are knowledgeable in the field of global development.
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