Conflict
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 11:41
But its ability to deliver a peace settlement now looks even more diminished and Vladimir Putin's calculus on Karabakh is likely to be different from what it was a few months ago, as it is on everything else in his "near abroad."
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 11:03
Rebels were hoping that the clashes would draw more Syrian soldiers to the area, relieving some pressure on the fighters who have been badly weakened elsewhere in the country, Mohammed Abu al-Hassan, an activist in Latakia, said.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 11:00
“We are concerned about the use of Syrian territory by the Al Qaeda organization to recruit individuals and develop the capability to be able not just to carry out attacks inside of Syria, but also to use Syria as a launching pad.”
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 09:30
Thousands of civilians are in dire need of immediate protection and assistance in the Central African Republic. One year after a coup by the Seleka rebel coalition, international efforts to address the crisis remain woefully inadequate. There is particularly an urgent need to end impunity for ongoing abuses and ensure accountability for crimes committed by all parties.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 09:28
In a year, the CAR's crisis has deepened as the conflict has spread and taken on old and new dimensions.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 09:26
More than three million people are facing a humanitarian crisis in three northern Nigerian states hit by an Islamist-led insurgency, the government's relief agency has said.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 09:25
The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said unidentified gunmen attacked a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in South Darfur and a number of villages in North Darfur states forcing some 3,000 civilians to seek protection at its bases.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 09:24
The attack on the area of Donki Baashim in Kutum locality, North Darfur, by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Monday, has resulted in the killing at least ten people, and the wounding of more than 20 others.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 09:11
During times of normality, Robert Ngouandjia is a police commissioner in the Central African Republic, living a good life with his two wives and 13 children. But times are far from normal in the central African country at the moment, and Robert and his family are now technically referred to as internally displaced persons, forced from their homes due to the ongoing violence.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 09:01
A killing of insurgents in northern Nigeria may have actually been a heinous attack on local young men merely rounded up and detained, according to a New York Times account.