Conflict
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 08:21
The UN has warned that bloodshed in the Central African Republic could turn into genocide as horrors continue to unfold in the country where parliament is preparing to choose a new leader.
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 08:10
Amid fears that the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) could descend into a genocide, a senior member of the Obama administration's foreign policy team says the time may come when the African-led peacekeeping mission has to be expanded to include more troops from outside the continent.
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 08:02
Both sides in South Sudan's conflict have carried out atrocities, a UN human rights chief has said.
Friday, January 17, 2014 - 07:55
Joseph Kony has been called Africa’s most wanted man, and for good reason: Over the past 27 years, he has led a rebel militia of child soldiers that is responsible for the death of more than 100,000 people and the kidnapping of some 50,000 young boys and girls.
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 11:34
“As noted by our hearing title – South Sudan’s Broken Promise? – the pledge the government of South Sudan made to its people and the world may be slipping away. In recent weeks, a political power struggle and outbreak of fighting has led to the loss of thousands of lives. Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese have been displaced. With both sides digging in their heels, there is no end in sight.
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 10:07
Mainstream rebels and al-Qaida-linked jihadists clashed Thursday in northern Syria, as government warplanes battered opposition areas near Damascus with explosives-packed barrel bombs, a monitor said.
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 09:53
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office also said that in the south Caucasus there have been some encouraging signs concerning Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in recent weeks.
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 09:23
Since violence first broke out on 15 December, the conflict in South Sudan has left thousands dead and displaced hundreds of thousands more. Representatives of President Salva Kiir and his rival, former vice president Riek Machar, are meeting in Addis Ababa to attempt to negotiate a settlement and a cease-fire. Meanwhile, think tanks, academics and experts have been scrambling to explain the causes of the bitter acrimony and bloodshed that has engulfed the country.
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 09:14
While commentators argue about who or what is most at fault for South Sudan's return to conflict, one thing is clear: the international community is not free from blame.
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 08:58
Numerous incidents in 2013 forced the United States to make important and divisive policy choices, from whether to cut-off assistance to one of the top recipients of U.S. aid (Egypt) to whether to arm the rebels fighting Syrian president Bashar al Assad. As we move through the first month of 2014 and start to think about what this year might bring us, we want to take a step back to highlight a few events that make it to the top of our list for 2013.