September - October 2024 - Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns

Haiti: Two Months Since First of Kenyan Troops Arrive

The security expedition in Haiti faces uphill battle against well-armed gangs.

Venezuela: Election Stolen

Lisa Sullivan, 30 year-resident of Venezuela and organizer of over 20 delegations to the country, shares an update since the July 28, 2024, election.

Sudan: War and Famine

UN warns of dire conditions in Sudan as the war between two generals drags on into its sixteenth month.

Kenya: Catholics Support Gen Z Protests, Debt Relief

Kenyan Catholic bishops expressed solidarity and support for young people in Kenya who, frustrated by corruption, grinding poverty, and lack of jobs, protested President Ruto’s proposal to raise taxes for making payments on debts to international creditors, and won.

Tanzania: Maasai Defend Their Vote and Land

Tens of thousands of Maasai People living in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in northern Tanzania joined a five-day protest in August, forcing President Samia Suluhu Hassan to acknowledge their demands to restore essential social services and the right to vote.

Myanmar: Seven Years of Rohingya Genocide

Benedict Rodgers writes in his column published in UCANews on Aug. 26, 2024, that Rohingyas are facing the gravest threats since 2017 when more than 750,000 were forced to flee to Bangladesh.

Bangladesh’s Yunus Reassures on Rohingyas, Garment Exports

Setting out priorities in front of diplomats and UN representatives, the new leader of Bangladesh vows continuity on two biggest policy challenges.

Japan Commemorates Nuclear Victims

Hiroshima and Nagasaki hold their annual ceremonies memorializing the 1945 bombings by the United States in a particularly fraught year for peace.

Global Positive Peace Index Improved by 1%

The Institute for Economics and Peace’s index on the attitudes, institutions, and structures that create and sustain peace shows an optimistic trend from the baseline set ten years ago.