Full Coverage: Conflict resolution
26.10.2009
Lasting respite seems to have returned to Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta with the declaration of an "indefinite ceasefire" by the main militant group, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta.
more...Related topics/regions: [Nigeria] [Corporations] [Energy] |
11.07.2009
Professor Paul Collier's ideas about prioritising aid for governance and security in post-conflict states have strongly influenced the latest UK government proposals. US commentators are less convinced. Boston Review
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [United States] [Governance] [Aid] |
11.07.2009
The UK is now the world's third largest aid donor. This makes the plans for new priorities all the more controversial. IRIN News
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Aid] |
11.05.2009
The fall of Prachanda's government has no direct connection with the controversial treatment of Gurkha veterans in the UK. But our domestic political dramas should not overshadow the significance of poverty reduction and stability in Nepal.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Nepal] Image: Gurkha Museum, Winchester
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05.05.2009
Brad Adams draws out the two key issues. The UN system has failed whilst the Sri Lankan government appears to believe that military victory is the end rather than the beginning. Guardian
more...Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka] [United Nations] |
04.05.2009
The tragedy of the 2004 tsunami brought peace to Aceh after 30 years of conflict. In very similar circumstances, why did Sri Lanka take the opposite approach and abandon reconciliation?
more...Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka] [Indonesia] [Emergency relief] Image: Tsunami destruction in Hambantota has inspired Chinese development but no reconciliation © Peter Armstrong
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31.03.2009
Survivors of six genocides have declared April "Genocide Prevention Month".
more...Image: Hotel Rwanda: one of several films about the Rwanda genocide
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07.02.2009
Protecting civilians must be a top priority of the joint Congolese and Rwandan military operation in eastern Congo, a coalition of 100 humanitarian and human rights organisations said as a top UN official arrived in Goma, the North Kivu capital.
more...From: Oxfam International Related topics/regions: [Congo (Democratic Republic of)] [United Nations] |
30.01.2009
Himal magazine assesses the prospects for Sri Lanka as the government closes in on the Tigers.
more...Related topics/regions: [Sri Lanka] [Politics] Image: Hambantota, Sri Lanka © Peter Armstrong
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08.04.2008
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.
more...From: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Somalia] [Sudan] [International cooperation] [Geopolitics] [Arms & military] [Conflict] [Peace] [Security] [United Nations] Image: © Christophe Boulierac / DPI / United Nations
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07.04.2008
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.
more...From: Inter Press Service (IPS) Related topics/regions: [Africa] [Somalia] [Sudan] [International cooperation] [Geopolitics] [Arms & military] [Conflict] [Peace] [Security] [United Nations] Image: UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. © Christophe Boulierac / DPI / United Nations
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02.04.2008
Aid has made a big difference to Afghan lives, but major weaknesses have severely constrained its capacity to reduce poverty. ACBRs report Falling short: Aid effectiveness in Afghanistan published by Oxfam reveals that donors have failed to meet their aid pledges and much of the aid is wasted, ineffective or uncoordinated.
more...Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Development] [Aid] [Governance] [Security] Image: Rebuilding Afghanistan © Breffni O'Rourke / Changemakers.net
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02.04.2008
More...From: Machizo Multimedia Communication Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Bangladesh] [Culture] [ICT] [Knowledge] [Media] [Conflict] Image: Kirton, Hindu religious song
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31.03.2008
More...From: Machizo Multimedia Communication Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Bangladesh] [Education] [Youth] [Culture] [Freedom of expression] [ICT] [Knowledge] [Media] [War and peace] [Peace] Image: Independent day of Bangladesh
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07.03.2008
BOGOTA, Mar 7 (OneWorld) - Amid the escalating diplomatic crisis with Venezuela, Ecuador, and now Nicaragua, tens of thousands of Colombians marched yesterday in solidarity with the victims of their country's violent conflict. They were joined by demonstrators in capital cities across the continent, as well as Paris and New York.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Colombia] [Governance] [Arms & military] [Conflict] [Peace] [Security] Image: Peace demonstrators in central Bogota. © Henry Mance
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03.03.2008
NEW YORK, Mar 3 (OneWorld) - A leading international aid organization has released a new study concluding that efforts to bring peace and security to Afghanistan are more likely to succeed if they build on the work of traditional councils and focus on the threats Afghans face in their everyday lives.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Afghanistan] [Geopolitics] [Conflict] [Peace] [Security] [Terrorism] Image: At a local community council, or shura, in Kunduz, Afghanistan. © munir (flickr)
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23.02.2008
The Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army have signed a deal declaring a "permanent ceasefire" at peace talks in Juba, southern Sudan.
more...From Sunday Monitor Related topics/regions: [Uganda] Image: Child in Northern Uganda, once described as "the world's worst forgotten crisis" (Oxfam)
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22.02.2008
More...From: Machizo Multimedia Communication Related topics/regions: [Bangladesh] [South Asia] [Asia and the Pacific] [Social exclusion] [Human rights] [Civil rights] [Indigenous rights] [Race Politics] [Culture] [ICT] [Media] [War and peace] [Conflict] [Peace] Image: Language Monoment :: Shahid Minar
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10.02.2008
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 9 (OneWorld) - Efforts to restore peace in Kenya will be doomed to failure if women are not invited to the negotiating table, civil society activists warned international mediators this week.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [Kenya] [Gender] [Conflict] [Peace] |
30.01.2008
As the death toll from post-election violence in Kenya rises to an estimated 800, we have received a moving reaction from Father Gabriele Pipinato: "I do not want to tell you the horrors we have witnessed, but only say a few words about what our community is experiencing." Fr. Pipinato is a founding trustee of the OneWorld International Foundation.
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