Armed Conflicts

Military Curfew Slowly Strangling Nigerian Town

By Ahmed Usman
A recent military curfew imposed on the violence-wracked north-eastern Nigerian town of Potiskum has not only made life unbearable for residents, but it has also reduced their chances of survival.

U.S. Impatient with African Response to Northern Mali Conflict

By Jim Lobe
Despite growing western concerns about the continuing reign in northern Mali by an Al Qaeda-linked group, analysts here say it will take months before conditions could be ripe to oust it from the region, by military force if necessary.

Tribal Wars Threaten South Sudan Again

By Jared Ferrie
The huge Russian-made helicopter descended slowly towards conical mud huts clustered together and surrounded by endless grassland, lush and green with the season’s rains here in the South Sudanese village of Yuai.

Algeria Skips the Revolutionary Spring

By Giuliana Sgrena
As the Arab Spring continues to rage across the Middle East and North Africa, the gaze of the international media has largely passed over a country that was once known for its restive population, its long and bloody decolonisation struggle and revolutionary zeal.

Indonesia’s Blood-Soaked Chapter Still Open

By Alexandra Di Stefano Pironti
If the caste system existed in Indonesia the 10 elderly people who live in Jakarta's Kramat Street would surely be untouchables: for decades they and their families have been banned from jobs and access to education and, until 2005, their identity cards marked them as former political prisoners.
Courtesy of Mozhgan Savabieasfahani.

Q&A: Severe Birth Defects Soar in Post-War Iraq

By Julia Kallas
A new study confirms what many Iraqi doctors have been saying for years – that there is a virtual epidemic of rare congenital birth defects in cities that suffered bombing and artillery and small arms fire in the U.S.-led attacks and occupations of the country.

Q&A: ‘Baloch Groups to Unite Against Pakistan’

By Karlos Zurutuza
Fighters in the Balochistan province of Pakistan will soon set up a common front to take on the Pakistani military in their fight for Baloch independence, a senior commander of the Balochistan Liberation Front tells IPS in an interview.

Khartoum Fire Blamed on Israeli Bombing

By AJ Correspondents
Sudan has accused Israel of bombing a military arms factory, threatening retaliation after a resulting fire killed two people and injured a third.

‘Malala’s Cause Is Our Cause’

By Gordon Brown
Less than two weeks after being left for dead by the Taliban, Malala Yousafzai is standing up on her own two feet.

U.S.: Greater Middle East Dominates the Last Debate

By Jim Lobe
U.S. strategy in the Greater Middle East, which has dominated foreign policy-making since the 9/11 attacks more than 11 years ago, similarly dominated the third and last debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney Monday night.

U.S.: 50th Anniversary of Cuban Missile Crisis Offers Lessons for Iran

By Jim Lobe
It was exactly 50 years ago when then-President John F. Kennedy took to the airwaves to inform the world that the Soviet Union was introducing nuclear-armed missiles into Cuba and that he had ordered a blockade of the island - and would consider stronger action - to force their removal.

Violence Arising From Madrassas

By Ashfaq Yusufzai
The increasing numbers of religious schools is being cited as the main reason behind violent protests in the northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan.

Bombing Leaves Lebanon Shaken

By Dalila Mahdawi
The assassination of Lebanon’s top security official on Friday not only ravaged a quiet Beirut neighbourhood but also shattered the precarious sense of security many Lebanese have been desperately clinging to in recent months.

Pill Fails to Cure Occupation

By Eva Bartlett
It’s being taken as an antidote to the stresses of Occupation. But the prevalence of the painkiller Tramadol in the Gaza Strip has more to do with its ease of availability than its singular effectiveness as a reality-numbing substance.

Injured Struggle in the Sahara

By Rebecca Murray
Safia’s six-year-old body is riddled with scars from the rocket that hit her home in February. With her immediate family all killed in the violent attack, this sole survivor smiles shyly as she visits the medics that fought to save her life.

U.S.: On Eve of Foreign Policy Debate, Voters Sour on Arab Spring

By Jim Lobe
On the eve of Monday’s foreign policy debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, the electorate appears increasingly disillusioned with the so-called Arab Spring, according to a new survey released by the Pew Research Center here.

Kenya Pushes Dubiously Against Islamists

By Abdurrahman Warsameh
A Kenyan military advance into Somali territory to push back Islamic militants has had some measured military success - but is not without controversy.
The Taliban denied responsibility for this 2011 attack in Pakistan. Credit: Ashfaq Yusufzai/IPS

OP-ED: Pakistani Taliban’s Indoctrinated Child Bombers*

By Murtaza Hussain
In the late afternoon of Apr. 3, 2011, in the Pakistani city of Dera Ghazi Khan, an annual Sufi Muslim religious festival at the shrine of the 13th century saint Ahmed Sultan was hit by twin suicide bomb attacks which killed over 50 people and left more than 120 wounded.

Politics of War Crimes Trials Under Spotlight

By Becky Bergdahl
Ten years after the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened its doors in The Hague, the United Nations Security Council held its first open discussion on the role of the court, with some nations reiterating complaints that its docket is highly politicised and has unfairly singled out African nations for censure.

U.N. Envoy Warns of Syria Crisis Spillover

By AJ Correspondents
Syria's 19-month conflict can set the entire region ablaze, international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has told reporters in Lebanon.

An Empty Chair in Colombia’s Peace Talks in Oslo

By Constanza Vieira
Closed-door talks between members of the FARC guerrillas and the Colombian government began in Oslo Wednesday, after the delegates were taken from the airport to an undisclosed location.
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