http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/2000 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85436 More than 1.4 million people have been forced to flee their homes this year as a result of significant increasing violence in DR Congo, Sudan and Somalia, an international development agency said as heads of state met at the African Union summit in Libya to discuss peace and security across the continent. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85432 The Pakistan Army has forced the Taliban to flee Mingora. But nobody else wants to live there now, either, says Iqbal Khattak, while Manzoor Ali Shah notes that Swat cannot yet be considered a post-Taliban district. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85417 Women and girls in eastern Congo fear soldiers meant to protect them as much as they do other fighters involved in the conflict, according to a new community-based study. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163097/1/2000 Africa has entered a new stage – of state-making, French academic Gerard Prunier told a meeting in London last week. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85238 More than 400 war-wounded patients arrived in Vavuniya hospital in a government-controlled area of northern Sri Lanka in a 36-hour period, says an international medical charity. + 40,000 more flee battle zone – UN + The Tamil diaspora: solidarities and realities http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/162244/1/2000 Mobile phone manufacturers must audit their supply chains in order to exclude minerals financing the armed conflict and atrocities in eastern Congo, say activists as the Mobile World Congress opens in Barcelona. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84931 Pankaj Mishra grapples with the contemporary conundrum of democracy. Why did voters re-elect Bush and Blair? He fears for the outcome of the Indian election. Guardian http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84807 No journalists are allowed into Gaza and my colleagues at OneWorld US have done a great job in collating these disturbing accounts by aid workers inside the enclave. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161448/1/2000 Waltz with Bashir is about director Ari Folman's search for the missing memories of his experiences in the Israeli army in Lebanon in the early 1980s. It is a brilliant film about appalling events. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161361/1/2000 Forced displacement is on the increase around the world, with the number of refugees now topping 11.4 million and internally displaced people at 26 million, says the head of the UN refugee agency. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161294/1/2000 Refugees who have been disabled by the war in northern Uganda are confronting food shortages and inaccessible public services in government-run camps, as well as being under growing pressure to return home, even though they lack the resources to resume a normal life. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/160779/1/2000 A new project is being launched to support conflict survivors in Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160302/1/2000 Sri Lankan government’s decision to ease restrictions on fishing in Eastern Province, a territory hitherto controlled by LTTE rebels, will give much needed fillip to the industry – a major source of revenue for the country’s exchequer and livelihood for people. It will also help people recover from 2004 tsunami disaster. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160230/1/2000 A new UN report released less than two weeks after the Maoists’ victory in the Nepal polls, says children are still being recruited by armed groups and used for political demonstrations. The report calls for enhanced legal protection of minors, in line with international standards. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159985/1/2000 SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 21 (OneWorld) - About 300,000 U.S. veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or major depression. Another 320,000 veterans likely suffer from traumatic brain injury (TBI), a type of physical brain damage often caused by explosions from roadside bombs.