Two actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and one improved in July 2010, according to the new issue of the International Crisis Group's monthly bulletin CrisisWatch released today.

In Somalia militant Islamist group al-Shabaab demonstrated for the first time its capability to spread conflict and bloodshed more widely across the region by launching suicide bomb attacks on Kampala, Uganda that killed at least 85 people. The bombings came after explicit warnings by al-Shabaab that they would take revenge on Uganda and Burundi

Khartoum

- During the week ending 29 July, the ADRA-IOM in Kosti tracked at total of 105 individuals transiting through this major hub in spontaneous movements to destinations mainly in Southern Kordofan (36%), Unity (32%), Upper Nile (20%) and Central Equatoria (10%). Return movements over the past two weeks have revealed small numbers that represent a significant decrease since heavy rains have begun falling in the north. At the close of the period, a total of 52 individuals were at the wharf in Kosti awaiting southbound transport to Juba.

Abyei

End of June marked the beginning of the Monsoon season in Pakistan with rains in the areas of Azad Jammu and Kashmir(AJK), Northern parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPk) and the upper Punjab. The second spell of monsoon rains resulted in extensive flash flooding which proved devastating for the whole country and caused widespread damage especially in KPk, Punjab and Baluchistan. Hundreds of causalities have been reported from the area, as due to heavy floods and damage to infrastructure, hundreds

Effective regulation of the global trade in conventional arms must include adequate provisions to control the physical movement of arms across international borders. The proposed Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) should be designed to prevent unauthorised or irresponsible international transfers of weapons, munitions and related equipment internationally: it must therefore require states to impose effective controls and reporting requirements on the transport and transporters of arms, including through Free Trade Zones. Without such requirements, the ATT will fail to address