East Asia
Anti-China protests: Vietnam’s turn
Anti-China protests in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City follow a maritime confrontation between Vietnamese naval forces and a Chinese fishing fleet in the contested South China Sea.
Tag: border conflicts
The Andes
ICJ opens hearings in Chile-Peru maritime dispute
The International Court of Justice at The Hague opened hearings regarding the longtime maritime border dispute between Chile and Peru.
Central America
Canal intrigues behind Nicaragua border disputes
Colombia sends warships into waters newly awarded to Nicaragua by the World Court, as Managua aggressively plugs an inter-oceanic canal plan to foreign investors.
Central America
Colombia: war with Nicaragua ‘last resort’
Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos stated that war with Nicaragua is a "last resort"—while withdrawing official recognition from the World Court over the martime dispute.
Central America
Colombia rejects Hague ruling in Nicaragua maritime dispute
Protests swept Colombia following a World Court ruling that awarded Caribbean waters potentially rich in hydrocarbons to Nicaragua.
Iraq
Iraq: army, Peshmerga in stand-off at Kirkuk
An ongoing stand-off between an elite force of Iraq's national army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces around the contested northern city of Kirkuk led to skirmishes that left two dead.
East Asia
Japan, Taiwan ships clash with water cannon
Japanese and Taiwanese patrol ships blasted each other with water cannon as a fishing fleet from Taiwan mobilized a protest flotilla to the contested East China Sea islands.
East Asia
East China Sea flashpoint for Sino-Japanese war?
Leon Panetta warned that the latest escalation over islands disputed by China and Japan could lead to war—even as he arrived in Tokyo to inaugurate a new anti-missile system.
East Asia
Japan declares ‘illegal occupation’ of Korean-held islands
Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda signed a resolution describing South Korea’s control of disputed islands in the Sea of Japan as an “illegal occupation.”
East Asia
China and Japan can’t stop fighting World War II
The 67th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender saw a confrontation with Chinese activists over the contested Senkaku Islands in the oil-rich East China Sea.
Sudan and South Sudan strike oil deal —but border disputes remain
South Sudan and Sudan announced a deal on the south’s access to Khartoum’s oil pipelines—but it is contingent on further talks over disputed border enclaves.
Africa
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Following peace talks hosted by Eritrea, the government of Ethiopia announced a peace deal with the Oromo Liberation Front rebels. The deal guarantees rebel leaders the right to participate in Ethiopia's political process in exchange for laying down arms. The OLF has long been backed by Eritrea, and the pact comes one month after a formal end was declared to the two-decade state of war between Ethiopia and Eritrea, with Ethiopia ceding its claim to the contested border town of Badme. This points to a softening of positions under Ethiopia's new prime minister, Abiy Ahmed. The Badme deal was also said to have been quietly brokered by the United Arab Emirates, which has emerged as politically isolated Eritrea's most significant foreign patron, part of an apparent design to encircle Yemen. (Photo: Yassin Juma)