Full Coverage: Conflict
April 2008
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04/28/2008
Kolumbian naisia, erityisesti maaseudulla asuvia, mustia tai intiaaneja, uhkaa jatkuvasti kova kohtalo maata repivän konfliktin uhreina. Ihmisoikeusloukkaukset ja köyhyys koettelevat erityisesti naisia.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld España Related: [Colombia] [Human Rights] [Gender] [Conflict] Image: - © Christian Aid
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04/25/2008
A photoessay reveals the toll 17 years of conflict, political instability, droughts, floods, and an international community struggling to provide aid has taken on Somalia.
Read moreFrom: Refugees International Related: [Somalia] [Aid] [Refugees] [Governance] [Conflict] [Arms & Military] |
04/25/2008
Zimbabwen kirkot alkavat vastaanottaa maan poliittista väkivaltaa paenneita, Zimbabwen kirkkojen kattojärjestö päätti kuluvalla viikolla. Lähes kuukauden takaisten vaalien jälkeen hallitsevan puolueen masinoiman väkivallan kohteeksi ovat joutuneet opposition kannattajat. Kirkkojen kattojärjestön mukaan tilanne muistuttaa sotaa.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Zimbabwe] [Aid] [Refugees] [Conflict] Image: © New Internationalist
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04/24/2008
The Democratic Republic of Congo and armed groups must enforce a January peace treaty meant to conclude 10 years of conflict, urged 63 local and international non-governmental organizations.
Read moreFrom: Human Rights Watch Related: [Democratic Republic of the Congo] [Refugees] [Human Rights] [Civil Society] [Governance] [Conflict] [Conflict Resolution] [Arms & Military] [Peace] |
04/24/2008
The Burmese military's reign of terror -- which has displaced 2 million citizens -- has particularly targeted indigenous people, forcing them to flee their homes to escape compulsory labor, rape, and starvation. [Warning, this photoessay contains graphic images that some may find disturbing.]
Read moreFrom: Cultural Survival, Inc. Related: [Myanmar] [Refugees] [Human Rights] [Civil Rights] [Indigenous Rights] [Governance] [Conflict] [Arms & Military] |
04/24/2008
Kenian vastanimetty valtapuolueiden yhteinen jättihallitus kiinnittää erityishuomiota lapsiin. Lasten ja naisten asioita varten on luotu uusi ministeriö, ja kiireellisenä tavoitteena pidetään lasten saamista pakolaisleireiltä takaisin normaaliin arkeen.
Read moreFrom: Suomen World Vision Related: [Kenya] [Children] [Politics] [Conflict] |
04/23/2008
Central African leaders and the UN have been urged to secure the release of more than 350 men, women and children thought to have been abducted by Uganda's rebel Lords Resistance Army in recent weeks.
Read moreFrom: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Related: [Central African Republic] [Democratic Republic of the Congo] [Sudan] [Uganda] [Conflict] |
04/23/2008
Joukko tunnettuja Yhdysvaltain juutalaisia on perustanut järjestön rahoittamaan ja auttamaan poliitikkoja, jotka kannattavat Israelin ja Palestiinan välisen konfliktin ratkaisuksi kahta erillistä valtiota ja vaativat Yhdysvaltoja toimimaan voimakkaasti tämän puolesta.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Israel] [Palestine] [United States] [Conflict] Image: -
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04/23/2008
Up to 300,000 people are estimated to have died in Darfur since early 2003, when rebels began fighting Government forces and allied militiamen, according to John Holmes, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.
Read moreRelated: [Sudan] [Conflict] [United Nations] |
04/22/2008
Through the stories of the Rabban and Karana families, Adam Doster relates the immense difficulties facing Iraqi refugees -- including the few who manage to receive asylum in the United States.
Read moreFrom: In These Times Related: [Iraq] [Jordan] [Syria ] [United States] [Education] [Migration] [Refugees] [Social Exclusion] [Disease/treatment] [Governance] [Conflict] |
04/21/2008
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 21 (OneWorld) - About 300,000 U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or major depression. Another 320,000 veterans likely suffer from traumatic brain injury (TBI), a type of physical brain damage often caused by explosions from roadside bombs.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Afghanistan] [Iraq] [United States] [Health] [Governance] [Conflict] [Arms & Military] Image: Soldiers Speak Out video.
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04/21/2008
Sudanissa väestönlaskenta on äärimmäisen tulenarka kysymys. Etelä-Sudanin hallitus vaatii laskentaa lykättäväksi, koska maan pohjoisosiin sisällissotaa paenneet eivät ole vielä ehtineet palata etelään.
Read moreFrom: Suomen IPS Related: [Sudan] [Conflict] |
04/17/2008
Ravaged by ethnic unrest and socio-economic deprivation, Karbi Anglong is the first district of Assam in north-east India to have implemented a quality management system for facilitating public services. Cooperative units for dairy processing and banking are a series of development initiatives aimed at freeing the district of its poverty tag.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Development] [Microcredit] [Governance] [Conflict] |
04/17/2008
There has been a sharp rise in attacks on NGOs by Taliban rebels and criminals in Afghanistan from January to March this year, says a report. This dangerous situation is forcing international aid organisations to recruit locals to change their profile and refrain from visibility.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Volunteering] [Human Rights] [Conflict] [Terrorism] |
04/15/2008
That they would be a force to reckon with, nobody denied. But they would do well in the polls has come as a surprise. The results declared so far in Nepals Constituent Assembly elections indicate that ensuring a simple majority for the Maoists is now almost a certainty.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Politics] [Democracy] [Conflict] |
04/11/2008
Even in his criticism of the Chinese authorities in handling the current standoff in Tibet, the Dalai Lama never lost his composure. In a recent interview, the Tibetan spiritual leader has reiterated his stand that he wants a meaningful autonomy for the protection and preservation of Tibetan ecology and culture.
Read moreRelated: [South Asia] [Human Rights] [Civil Rights] [Politics] [Democracy] [Conflict] |
04/08/2008
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 (IPS) - The United Nations remains virtually crippled as two proposed peacekeeping missions -- one in Darfur and the other in Somalia -- are making little or no progress.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Africa] [Somalia] [Sudan] [International Cooperation] [Geopolitics] [Conflict] [Conflict Resolution] [Arms & Military] [Peace] [Security] [United Nations] Image: © Christophe Boulierac / DPI / United Nations
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04/08/2008
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 (IPS) - The United Nations remains virtually crippled as two proposed peacekeeping missions -- one in Darfur and the other in Somalia -- are making little or no progress.
Read moreFrom: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related: [Africa] [Somalia] [Sudan] [International Cooperation] [Geopolitics] [Conflict] [Conflict Resolution] [Arms & Military] [Peace] [Security] [United Nations] Image: UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. © Christophe Boulierac / DPI / United Nations
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04/04/2008
Somalian kriisin on paljon laajempi ja vakavampi kuin maailman siihen kiinnittämä huomio, kansainvälinen pakolaisjärjestö sanoo. Jo miljoona ihmistä on paennut kodeistaan verisemmiksi muuttuvia taisteluita.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Somalia] [Refugees] [Conflict] |
04/04/2008
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 3 (OneWorld) - A leading humanitarian group is calling for the United Nations Security Council to take additional measures to help about 1 million Somalis who have been rendered homeless by the ongoing armed conflict in their country.
Read moreFrom: OneWorld US Related: [Ethiopia] [Somalia] [Aid] [Emergency Relief] [Refugees] [Conflict] [Arms & Military] [Security] [United Nations] Image: Somali family displaced by fighting between the Union of Islamic Courts and the Ethiopian-backed Somali government; January 2007. © Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
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