Abyei Is Burning: Immediate SAF Withdrawal Critical
Abyei is burning, again. After months of rising tensions and international attempts to diffuse a crisis between political factions and armies from Sudan’s North and South, Khartoum’s armed forces...
View ArticleTime to Engage Pyongyang?
The wording in this image reads “among our people” (In North Korea this is translated as “our nation ourselves”) on the side of the train. The front of the train reads “independent unification.” The...
View ArticleWill Madagascar’s elections end the perennial crisis?
Madagascar’s presidential candidate Jean-Louis gestures to supporters during his final campaign rally in the capital Antananarivo. REUTERS The first round of voting in Madagascar’s post-coup election...
View ArticleHerds at the Border
A Map of Pastoral Routes In and Out of Central African Republic This map shows the cattle migration routes in and out of CAR and the areas where pastoralists finish their seasonal journeys inside CAR...
View ArticleCAR: The Fate of Refugees in Southern Chad
This map shows the various CAR refugee camps in southern Chad. The red line indicates the itinerary of an analyst from OCHA during a mission in September. OCHA Since the March 2013 coup, the Central...
View ArticleLe sort des réfugiés centrafricains au sud du Tchad
This map shows the various CAR refugee camps in southern Chad. The red line indicates the itinerary of an analyst from OCHA during a mission in September. OCHA Depuis le coup d’Etat de mars 2013, la...
View ArticleEbola en Guinée : une épidémie « politique » ?
Ebola Treatment Centre in Nzérékoré, Guinea, 9 January 2015. UN Photo/Martine Perret Alors que l’épidémie d’Ebola apparue fin 2013 en Guinée semble se terminer, il est intéressant de revenir sur l’un...
View ArticleThe Saudi Missions and the Mobs: Who Controls the Iranian Street?
Iranian protesters set fire to the Saudi Embassy in Tehran during a demonstration against the execution of prominent Shiite Muslim cleric Nimr al-Nimr by Saudi authorities, on 2 January 2016. On 2...
View ArticleRamadan Confrontations Test Restraint on Jerusalem’s Holy Esplanade
Masked Palestinians gather during clashes with Israeli police during the holy month of Ramadan near The Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount...
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