Thomson Reuters Foundation
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 12:45
George Clooney’s Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) issued a “human security warning” for civilians living in Sudan’s war-torn South Kordofan region and in the disputed Abyei area on Tuesday, saying images of a military buildup could signal a new government offensive.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 10:33
A suicide blast killed two Chadian troops from the U.N. mission in Mali and injured six other peacekeepers in an assault on a checkpoint at the entry to the northern town of Tessalit on Wednesday.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 10:32
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended 560 troops be sent to the Central African Republic to protect a United Nations political mission in the virtually lawless country.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 10:18
George Clooney’s Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP) issued a “human security warning” for civilians living in Sudan’s war-torn South Kordofan region and in the disputed Abyei area on Tuesday, saying images of a military buildup could signal a new government offensive.
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 - 09:12
Talks to end a two-year insurgency in eastern Congo stalled on Monday after the government rejected a call for amnesty for M23 rebel leaders as the United Nations expressed concern at a military buildup by the group around the provincial capital Goma.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 08:29
After an aggressive new U.N. brigade in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo scored a military victory over M23 rebels and forced them back to peace talks, U.N. peacekeepers are now turning their focus to two other equally dangerous armed groups.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013 - 09:37
Rwandan President Paul Kagame says he doesn't understand why people keep asking him how to end decades of conflict in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, despite accusations by U.N. experts that Rwanda backs Congolese rebels.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 13:28
The United Nations has established a new peacekeeping brigade in Congo with a mandate to use force against rebel groups in the country’s east, including M23, one of the militias at the heart of nearly two decades of conflict.
Monday, September 23, 2013 - 11:22
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court on genocide charges, said on Sunday he planned to attend this week's UN General Assembly and had already booked a hotel in New York.
Friday, September 20, 2013 - 08:45
Why does the international community intervene in some conflicts and not others, and what are the laws governing such interventions?