The U.S. administration in Baghdad, the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) must urgently address Iraqis immediate concerns—personal security, the restoration of basic amenities and social welfare—before the blistering heat of summer sets in, says the International Crisis Group (ICG) in a new report. If it fails to do so—and establish a ...
President Charles Taylor and rebels who have been besieging the capital Monrovia for nearly a week accepted in principle June 11 a ceasefire accord put to them...
Inaccurate reporting of SARS cases is complicating contingency planning for the international public health community. According to Reuters (WRAPUP 2-WHO...
Retired Lt. Gen. Jay M. Garner, the head civil administrator in U.S.-occupied Iraq, said this week that the "nucleus" of an interim Iraqi government is emergin...
Brussels, April 29, 2003: An unprecedented mobilisation of trade unions will take place across the globe on Thursday, May 1st. From Vanuatu to South Africa, fr...
In Syria prospects of ending the crisis look bleak, with the UN Security Council struggling to agree on an appropriate response. The Assad regime?s brutal crackdown, including shelling of central city Homs, shows no sign...
In Iraq, the official withdrawal of the last U.S. combat troops, nearly nine years after the invasion, was quickly followed by a political crisis. Authorities issued an arrest warrant for the country?s top Sunni politician,...
The Democratic Republic of Congo?s presidential and parliamentary vote went ahead on 28-30 November, after a campaign marred by violence and amid allegations of rigging and mismanagement. Political rallies were banned in the wake of...
Deadly clashes between government forces and the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) broke out in the troubled southern Philippines in October.
In Sudan a Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) offensive in Blue Nile state, and renewed clashes in Southern Kordofan between the SAF and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, fuelled fears of a return to civil war.