Full Coverage: Conflict

30.07.2004 In an apparently self-contradictory move, the U.S. military this week conferred “protected status” on members of an Iranian armed group that is listed as foreign terrorist organization by U.S. authorities. With this new status, members of the People’s Mujahideen (Mujahedin-e Khalq) cannot be extradited from their current base in Iraq to face trial in Iran and are protected by the Fourth Geneva Convention.

30.07.2004 The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced the commencement of formal investigation into war crimes in Uganda this week. The investigation, prompted by a request from the government of Uganda, will look at the conduct of both rebel and government forces in the 18-year conflict in the northern part of the country.

29.07.2004 Le mouvement Tèt Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen (Union des Paysans Haitiens) dénonce les choix économiques du gouvernement intérimaire, qui vient de recevoir une promesse d'aide d'1,85 milliard de dollars de la part de la communauté internationale sur la base du Cadre de Coopération Intérimaire (CCI).

29.07.2004 Even as the local administration in Nepal remains virtually paralyzed, Maoist rebels are reportedly running parallel courts in rural areas, which dispense rough and ready justice, much to the satisfaction of the poor.

29.07.2004 After months of skirmishing with US forces, insurgents and citizens in the central Iraqi town of Ramadi say that they are preparing to drive out the Americans altogether. They are attempting to emulate their neighbours in Fallujah, where the US Marines have essentially abandoned the town to the insurgents.

29.07.2004 After working in Afghanistan for 24 years, Médecins sans Frontières, one of leading global aid organisations, has begun pulling out due to the deteriorating security situation in the conflict-ravaged country.

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The results of a recent poll conducted by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) showed that most Americans support sending U.S. troops to protect civilian population in Darfur provided other nations contribute 75 per cent of the forces necessary.

28.07.2004 Decades of violent insurgency have taken a heavy toll on the education system in India's restive northeast, where scores of schools remain closed due to fear, making a mockery of the Indian government's recent pledge to make elementary education compulsory by 2005.

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Afghanistan's Taliban ruler Mullah Omar © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep

With the recent captures of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar’s brother-in-law as well as the Taliban commander of western and southern Afghanistan, Afghan and U.S. intelligence officials are convinced that they are getting close to nabbing Omar, the fugitive head of the Taliban organization.

28.07.2004 Residents of South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo fled their homes in June when rebel forces attacked their towns. They returned home this month only to find they had lost everything to looting by government and rebel troops.

27.07.2004 Amid continuing reports of attacks by Arab militias against black Africans in the western province of Darfur in Sudan, the United States and its main allies in Europe are urgently pressing the UN Security Council to impose sanctions against militia leaders and their government supporters.

27.07.2004 Threats by radical Islamists, absence of reliable population figures and voters’ ignorance are only some of the factors that are making difficult the process of voter registration for the forthcoming presidential elections in Afghanistan.

27.07.2004 Over 20,000 people gathered in front to the Macedonian Parliament last night (Monday, July 26) to protest the proposed changes in the territorial organization of Macedonia. The protests, which proceeded in spite of the torrential rain that fell last night, were organized by the leading parties of the Macedonian opposition, and featured speakers from all the organizers.

26.07.2004 Skopje – With increased police presence and metal riot barriers cordoning off the streets that run around the Parliament of Macedonia, the capital of Macedonia is awaiting the start of the protest rally, scheduled to start at 20:00 hours in front of the Parliament.

24.07.2004 Forty injured and wounded, demolished office building, some 200 detained persons, shock grenades, rubber bullets and mutual accusations of treason and incitement to violence between the Government and the opposition is the outcome of the riots in Struga on Thursday evening.

23.07.2004 As Nepal's Maoist guerrillas intensify their drive to raise funds in the name of their party, it's causing great financial and mental distress to those targeted such as traders, teachers and government employees.

23.07.2004 There is widespread belief in Afghanistan that the elections in October only mean to reinstate the present Afghan president Hamid Karzai.

23.07.2004 The International Committee of the Red Cross' legal team answers questions on what defines occupation, the laws that apply and how people are protected.

23.07.2004 The report this week of an official enquiry into the information used to justify Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war cleared the government of Prime Minister John Howard of any wrongdoing. It also highlighted the Australian agencies’ reliance on intelligence from Britain and the United States.

22.07.2004 Eastern Antioquia is one of the most militarized regions in Colombia: in addition to six army battalions and numerous police detachments there are four guerrilla fronts — two each from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and National Army of Liberation (ELN) — as well as two paramilitary blocs.