CAR + 3 more
October 20, 2010 EVENT: The African Union reported on October 16 that Central African countries were working to ensure that the Ugandan rebel group, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), is classified as...
Somalia + 1 more
September 1, 2010 EVENT: A mortar struck the Villa Somalia compound on August 30, killing four African Union peacekeepers. SIGNIFICANCE: Al-Shabaab launched a fresh offensive against the Transitional...
August 23, 2010 SUBJECT: A profile of the Somali militia Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahideen. SIGNIFICANCE: Following the July 11 Kampala bombings, analysis of al-Shabaab has emphasised its alleged...
DR Congo + 2 more
August 18, 2010 EVENT: The army reported today that three UN peacekeepers had been killed when suspected rebels infiltrated their base in the east. SIGNIFICANCE: Continued insecurity in the eastern...
Georgia + 2 more
June 7, 2010 SUBJECT: Implementation of 'responsibility to protect' (R2P). SIGNIFICANCE: The R2P principle involves an international commitment to protect civilians from systematic human rights...
May 17, 2010 EVENT: On May 15, a UN Security Council mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) linked the timing of the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers to progress on security sector reform. ...
April 15, 2010 SUBJECT: Changes in international humanitarian assistance. SIGNIFICANCE: Resources allocated to international humanitarian aid are increasing, but the presence of new donors with...
April 1, 2010 SUBJECT: The future of the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). SIGNIFICANCE: President Joseph Kabila has called for the UN to depart, after eleven years in the...
March 22, 2010 SUBJECT: The ethical and operational challenges posed by the 'New Humanitarianism'. SIGNIFICANCE: The prominence of what some have called the 'New Humanitarianism' means that aid...
SUBJECT: Transitions from peace-keeping to peace building in post-conflict states. SIGNIFICANCE: Traditionally, peace-keeping and peace building have been viewed as sequential post-conflict...
SUBJECT: Immense challenges facing the Haiti recovery process. SIGNIFICANCE: The recovery phase of the international response to January's earthquake is set to start, primarily focusing on...
February 2, 2010 SUBJECT: The Haitian government role in reconstruction efforts. SIGNIFICANCE: President Rene Preval widely is seen as the best hope for maintaining stability, but his hold on power...
January 20, 2010 EVENT: A British sea-captain described yesterday for BBC radio how his freighter evaded an attempted hijacking off the Gulf of Aden in April. SIGNIFICANCE: The rise of piracy off the...
Rwanda officially joined the Commonwealth at the group's Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago, it was announced yesterday -- at the same time, restoring diplomatic relations with...
SUBJECT: Plans to implement the UN development vision. SIGNIFICANCE: Recent new initiatives confirm the international community's faith in President Rene Preval. ANALYSIS: Brazilian Foreign Minister...
SUBJECT: Conflict over the minimum wage. SIGNIFICANCE: The development strategy President Rene Preval has adopted, in agreement with the UN and its new special envoy to Haiti, Bill Clinton, has faced...
EVENT: A framework for the return to normal constitutional rule was agreed during August 5-9 talks in Mozambique. SIGNIFICANCE: The deal was signed by former Presidents Albert Zafy, Didier Ratsiraka...
SUBJECT: Political, security and humanitarian prospects in Darfur. SIGNIFICANCE: The Darfur conflict is still unresolved and is a complicating factor for wider issues in Sudan, such as elections...
DR Congo + 1 more
SUBJECT: Continued insecurity in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). SIGNIFICANCE: In the four months since the conclusion of the joint Congolese-Rwandan operation against the eastern...
SUBJECT: Radicalisation in the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora. SIGNIFICANCE: Members of the million-strong Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora organised large-scale meetings in early 2009 in which support for the...