Full Coverage: Conflict

29.09.2005 Three Nepalese army officers found guilty of torturing and murdering a 15-year-old girl will probably not serve a single day in jail following a court martial ruling that highlights the impunity of the Royal Nepal Army, a leading rights group said today.

29.09.2005 Continuing violence in the Sudanese region of Darfur is hindering humanitarian efforts and creating a chaotic situation there, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, warned this week.

28.09.2005 Political, military and ethnic tensions in the North-Kivu province of Congo threaten to provoke armed conflict that could destabilise the country’s fragile peace process.

28.09.2005 The Janjaweed, a militia group allegedly allied to the Sudanese government, must be disarmed if peace is to return to the country's Darfur region, the U.N.'s Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide said Monday.

27.09.2005 Over 1,500 have been arrested in Nepal's capital over the last two weeks as political parties and their student supporters hold their most sustained protests since King Gyanendra's February takeover of the country's political machinery. In rural areas, a unilateral ceasefire called by Maoist rebels earlier this month has improved life, villagers say, wishing the government would follow suit.

26.09.2005 Ever wonder what it's like inside a massive peace protest? Tom Engelhardt and Tam Turse bring you the words and images of some of the tens of thousands who demonstrated for peace outside the White House this weekend, including the New Orleans evacuee; the mothers, fathers, daughters, and sons; the "Republican for Impeachment"; and many many more.

23.09.2005 Before his death in August, Sudan's first Vice President John Garang issued an ultimatum that come November, Northern Uganda's rebels operating out of southern Sudan would face military action if they failed to disband. With Garang out of the picture, the rebels continue to be active, killing 17 in one recent attack.

23.09.2005 Jamal Dajani and David Michaelis--the only Palestinian-Israeli team working together in American media--travel to Jerusalem, their mutual birthplace, to explore new solutions and offer unique insights into the divisive conflict. Experience their journey in October on Link TV.

21.09.2005 In a further escalation of the conflict in western Sudan, rebels of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army have seized the previously government-controlled town of Shareya, northeast of Nyala, capital of South Darfur State, aid workers reported.

21.09.2005 The Ugandan military and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army continue to kill, rape and uproot civilians in northern Uganda with brazen impunity, says a new report.

19.09.2005 Security guard Joel Toure has not seen his family in three years, his income has crumbled, his dreams have faded, and he has resigned himself to a situation that he feels powerless to change. Monday marked three years since a rebel movement essentially divided the country in two, and despite elections scheduled for late October, the country's future remains clouded.

19.09.2005 After almost three months, the hijackers of a World Food Program (WFP) ship carrying food aid off the coast of Somalia pledged to release the cargo after reaching agreement that the 850 tons of rice meant for tsunami survivors be distributed in the "neglected" central region.

15.09.2005 With governments giving funding priority to global security over social responsibility, disasters in the U.S. and other parts of the world expose the need for governments to count the cost to the public.

15.09.2005 CodePink has set a target to collect one million messages from people all over the world giving their reasons why the U.S. should end the occupation of Iraq. The messages will be hand delivered to the White House on September 26, and CodePink asks you to post your reason online.

15.09.2005 Amid an upswing in violence in Afghanistan ahead of parliamentary elections, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has reported encouraging news on the Afghan government’s efforts to curb narcotics production.

15.09.2005 The U.S. Congress will hold a hearing on Iraq exit strategies Thursday morning. A coalition of organizations demanding an end to the war will lead a rally at 5 p.m. in front of the White House. You can join in--or if you're not in Washington, urge your elected representatives to.

14.09.2005 France-based media organisation Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Nepalese government for blocking access to the website of Gorkha News on 9 September. Everest World Limited, which edits the site, said it has been censored because of “its stand against curbs on the Nepalese press."

13.09.2005 The two hours that shook the world on September 11, 2001 are now part of a history that includes Pinochet, Iraq, Guantánamo, and Katrina. Online magazine openDemocracy makes the links, explaining that the consequences of the changes that took place after that day will be with us for a generation.

13.09.2005 A quick look at results from four recent polls shows how the American people's response about withdrawing troops from Iraq depends greatly on how the question is asked. One thing is clear though: Americans don't think things are going well.

11.09.2005 If the event of 1904 known as the First Nupi Lan (Women’s War) had heralded a new consciousness inspiring the life and times of twentieth century Manipur, the desperation as also resolve exemplified by the daring act of disrobing themselves in public by the Imas (mothers) on 15 July, 2004, might well mark the historic beginning of a consciousness that may very well shape the twenty-first century Manipur.