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    [New Vision]Maputo -The deployment of a rapid UN intervention force in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo should be speeded up in view of this week's fresh unrest, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday. […]
  • South African Peacekeepers Chase Away Refugees - Report
    [News of Rwanda]Dozens of crying children and women have been locked out of a UN base manned by South African peacekeepers outside Goma in eastern Congo, despite a barrage of shooting and bombing close by. […]

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    [Sudan Tribune]Khartoum -Sudanese government and Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) are at odds over a polio vaccination campaign UN agencies intend to carry out in the rebel controlled areas in South Kordofan and Blue Nile states. […]
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    [Focac]Khartoum -South Sudan on Sunday refuted any relationship between delaying the visit of its President Salva Kiir Mayardit to Khartoum to mid-June and Khartoum's accusations of Juba being behind a recent rebel attack on areas in western Sudan region. […]

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Opinions & Stuff

  • Congo-Kinshasa: What's Next for DRC An analysis after 2011 Elections
  • South Sudan: How do you set up a nation? – By Kathryn Westcott BBC News
  • How Iran wages its own global 'war on terror' – by Robert Fisk
  • Iranians rich and poor caught in sanctions net – Reuters
  • Attacking Libya—and the Dictionary – by Jonathan Schell
  • SUDAN: Half the horror remains untold By: Tendai Marima
  • O’BAMA VS. NETANYAHOO by Hendrik Hertzberg of the New Yorker
  • Obama Draws the Line
  • Libya: Politics of Humanitarian Intervention – Mahmood Mamdani
  • A Man, A Plan by David Remnick
  • Skeptics Guide to Non-Violent Resistance
  • Comment is free Relief will fade as we see the real impact of intervention in Libya
  • Unrest Encircles Saudis, Stoking Sense of Unease Saudis look on to Yemen and Bahrain
  • UN and US on Israeli Settlements Another Veto ?!

Blog Picks

  • Chris Blattman Chris Blattman
  • Congosiasa: Jason Stearns on DRC Congosiasa: Jason Stearns on DRC
  • Insight on Conflict Insight on Conflict
  • Ramallah Cafe: Sandy Tolan on the Middle East Ramallah Cafe: Sandy Tolan on the Middle East
  • Stephen Walt on Foreign Policy Stephen Walt on Foreign Policy

Resolutions & Stuff

  • Human Rights Monitor on Iran is Established
  • ICG Report on DR Congo Elections: Sept 2011
  • UN Resolution 1973 – Libya's No Fly Zone Authorized
  • UN Resolution 1975 – Cote D'Ivoire Chapter VII mandate in support of restoring peace

 

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