Why It Would Harm Rwanda to Withdraw Peacekeepers From Sudan

As political tensions continue to rise between the United Nations and Rwanda over a report citing that former Rwandan rebels my have committed genocide in eastern Congo after ending the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, the tiny African nation is threatening to withdraw more than 3,000 peacekeeping troops from Sudan’s Darfur region. Currently, the former rebels [...]

UN Report: Atrocities in Congo Could Be Genocide

Following the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the Rwandan army crossed into neighboring Congo and began a war that managed to involve 6 countries and completely devastate the nation. Today, outside of the humanitarian catastrophe in eastern Congo, the political nightmare from this war continues: From Reuters: Crimes committed by Rwanda’s army and Congolese rebels in Congo [...]

As UN Withdraws From CAR, Fears of Instability Grow

From the Canadian Press: The Central African Republic appealed to the Security Council for help Tuesday fending off rebels and bandits while the U.N.’s fledgling peacekeeping force there is withdrawn in deference to neighbouring Chad’s government. Already, about a third of the 3,300-strong peacekeeping force known as MINURCAT that was set up in Chad and [...]

Kyrgyzstan: The Void in Asia’s Heart

From the Guardian: There is a hole in the map of Central Asia where Kyrgyzstan used to be. A country once considered an outpost of relative tolerance and democracy in a region of dysfunctional authoritarian regimes is today a deeply divided, practically failed, state. If the international response to its descent into political chaos is [...]

Third Day of Heavy Fighting in Somalia’s Capital Brings Death Toll to Over 80

_ From the Canadian Press: Fighting in Somalia’s capital flared for a third straight day Wednesday, killing eight people and pushing the week’s death toll past 80 as insurgents tried to force government troops back toward the presidential palace, officials said. Mortar and rocket fire forced residents to flee and closed businesses. Fighting between al-Shabab [...]

Deputy Head of U.N. Peacekeeping Dispatched to Congo

From Reuters: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent a top official to Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday after a mass rape of women by rebels in the east that U.N. peacekeepers say they only heard about over a week later. The rebels from the Mai Mai militia and Rwandan Hutu FDLR, who occupied the town of Luvungi [...]

LRA Spreading Reign of Death into South Sudan

“Those Americans have strength and technology, so they can use that to catch Kony,” said Anton Juma, another member of the village militia, now sheltering at Nzara. “Our arrows are no use against their guns.” AFP When the dread-locked, AK-47 toting Lord’s Resistance Army rebels attacked the small farming village of Basukangbi in southern Sudan, [...]

Student Activists Across US Hold Candlelit Vigils to Propose Change in Sudan Policy

Last week, President Obama met with U.S. special envoy to Sudan Gen. Scott Gration and other high level officials to discuss Sudan policy.  In short, it did not go as well as activists hoped, and the proposed policy sidelined Darfur and lacked necessary diplomatic and economic pressures on the government in Khartoum.  U.S. ambassador to [...]

Human Rights Watch: Kyrgyzstan Genocide Interviews

U.S. Envoy in Sudan Amid Referendum Discord

From the AFP: US envoy to Sudan Scott Gration arrived on Wednesday for talks as disagreements within a commission tasked with organising a southern independence referendum threatened to delay the January vote. A diplomat in the Sudanese capital said Gration’s visit was expected to last for several days. His trip comes as the commission responsible [...]

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