Global Issues'raining Bombs' Causing Hundreds To Flee Northern Nigeria
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
'I can no longer stay here in Kano as it rains bombs. The gun battles rattle us... Kano is no longer safe,' said pregnant Funke Nweke of her decision to flee Nigeria’s northern state with her five-year-old daughter.
Ngo Prosecution Puts U.S.-Egyptian Ties At Risk
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
The ongoing controversy over the activities of U.S. and other foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Egypt appears to be bringing ties between the two countries to their lowest point in nearly 40 years.
Books: A Global Empire, Yet a 'United States of Fear'
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
By the end of 2011, the United States had elite special operations forces in around 120 of the 192 countries recognised by the United Nations, with U.S. military bases in more than half of the world's nation-states.
Bahrain Braces For More Shia Protests
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
It is far from Pearl Roundabout, the scene of last year’s crackdown on pro-democracy protestors, but for now Mughsha, a village in the northern district of Bahrain, serves as the centre of the country’s ‘Arab Spring’ movement.
Europe Fears A Summer Attack On Iran
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
The appeals to Israel by numerous European diplomats attending the Munich security conference last weekend have led to growing concern that Israeli plans to attack Iran are imminent.
Cameroon’S Economy Suffers As Boko Haram Infiltrates Country
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Ahmadou Lamine has been forced to close his business selling fuel imported from Nigeria, known locally as 'zoa-zoa', because of the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram.
Burma In The Throes Of Change - Part 1
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Moves by the Burmese government to settle ethnic conflicts in the country, notably with the Karen in the mountainous eastern part of the country, have caught most observers by surprise.
U.S. Weighs Options As Syrian Violence Intensifies
Monday, February 06, 2012
Following a failed bid to pass a U.N. Security Council Resolution calling for regime change in Syria, Washington is considering other means to influence events on the ground, as the country slips ever closer toward civil war.
U.N. Security Council Remains 'neutered' By Five Big Powers
Monday, February 06, 2012
Since Russia and China vetoed a key resolution critical of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's violent repression of the ongoing 11-month old civilian uprising, there has been plenty of public outrage directed at the two permanent members of the Security Council who stood defiant against an overwhelming majority.
Despite Rhetoric, Women Still Sidelined In Development Funding
Monday, February 06, 2012
As U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro once put it, 'Women hold the keys to unlocking the barriers to sustainable development.'
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