LIBYA: Benghazi hospitals struggle to treat war-wounded
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| Wed 13 Apr, 2011. |
BENGHAZI, 13 April 2011 (IRIN) - Al Hawari hospital may be the most
modern medical centre in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, but the
large number of war wounded it has received in the last two months has
stretched its limited resources. Read more...
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RWANDA: Community service “inadequate punishment”, say survivors
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| Fri 30 Apr, 2010. |
Sixteen years after the Rwandan genocide, thousands of perpetrators who confessed their roles before the traditional Gacaca Courts have been released and sentenced to community service, but survivors say this is an inadequate punishment. Read more...
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SRI LANKA: Muslims and Tamils deal with the past
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| Fri 30 Apr, 2010. |
Sri Lankan Muslims displaced during the country’s decades-long civil war are slowly returning home, but the challenge of reconciling with their Tamil neighbours, and their past, remains. Read more...
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ZIMBABWE: Court ruling tests patience of blood diamond activists
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| Fri 30 Apr, 2010. |
Global Witness, a leading light in establishing the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), a global system to prevent "blood diamonds" being sold into the market, is facing a "dilemma" now that the Zimbabwe High Court has allowed the sale of stones from the Marange diamond fields. Read more...
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GHANA: Police crackdown on migrant Fulani herdsmen
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| Thu 29 Apr, 2010. |
Security officials in Ghana are cracking down on migrant Fulani herdsmen, accusing them of rape, vandalism, destruction of farms and armed robbery, but conflict resolution specialists say the herdsmen are being manipulated and the government must abide by regional right-of-passage laws. Read more...
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SOMALIA: From refugee camp to university campus
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| Thu 29 Apr, 2010. |
They spent most of their lives in crowded refugee camps after their families fled violence in Somalia but now 22 men and six women have won scholarships to study in Canada. Read more...
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YEMEN: Protests threaten stability
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| Wed 28 Apr, 2010. |
A wave of protests in cities throughout Yemen earlier this month is prompting concerns that if the government does not react appropriately, the country’s stability and unity could be at risk. Read more...
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GLOBAL: Development aid up but "increasingly off-track"
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| Wed 28 Apr, 2010. |
Members of the Organisation for Economic Coooperation and Development’s (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) gave US$121.5 billion in bilateral aid in 2009, reaching a historic high, but the gap between commitments and promises made in 2005 is widening, says the UK’s Overseas Development Institute (ODI). Read more...
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