News headlines for “International Criminal Court”, page 335
Somali Journalist Living and Working on the Edge
- Inter Press Service
MOGADISHU, Apr 29 (IPS) - When journalist Mohamed Ibrahim Rageh was shot by unknown assailants outside his home in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Apr. 22, his name was added to a list of four journalists who have been killed in this Horn of Africa nation since January.
White House Letter Fuels U.S. Involvement in Syria Debate
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 26 (IPS) - A White House letter Thursday to Congressional leaders suggesting chemical weapons use by the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad has reignited debate about direct U.S. military involvement in the war-torn country.
Rural Colombia Takes Its Place on the Agenda
- Inter Press Service
BOGOTA, Apr 25 (IPS) - International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) initiatives working to overcome poverty and improve food security in the Colombian countryside can make a positive contribution to government efforts to tackle some of the most neglected problems facing this South American country.
South Sudan “Between Somalia and Congo”
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 25 (IPS) - Experts here are calling on the United States and the international community to increase pressure on the government of South Sudan to address weaknesses in its central governance.
BOOKS: A History of the Search for Justice in the Middle East
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Apr 24 (IPS) - It's no wonder that Egypt has floundered in its efforts to create a more democratic system from the ruins of the Mubarak regime.
Palestinians Fight Unlawful Deportation
- Inter Press Service
ABEYAT, Occupied West Bank, Apr 24 (IPS) - Hind Ibrahim Abeyat has spent most of her life separated from her father. "Every house in Palestine has something – someone in prison, a martyr," the 19-year-old told IPS from her family home in Abeyat village, near Bethlehem.
Troubled New Year Begins in Sri Lanka
- Inter Press Service
COLOMBO, Apr 24 (IPS) - The eve of the much anticipated Sinhala and Tamil New Year, celebrated across the island of Sri Lanka in mid-April to mark the end of the harvest season, was marred by a series of attacks, reminding everyone that "peace" does not mean a lack of violence.
Locals Refuse to Protest for Rebels
- Inter Press Service
GOMA, DR Congo, Apr 24 (IPS) - When M23 rebels tried twice to arrange a protest march against a United Nations resolution to deploy an intervention brigade with an offensive mandate to eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, they had to postpone it because the local population would not participate.
The Politics of Peace in DR Congo
- Inter Press Service
JOHANNESBURG, Apr 24 (IPS) - As the first of South Africa's troops are expected to begin arriving in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of the United Nations intervention force at the end of April, governance experts have welcomed the world body's new mandate in the Central African nation.
Israeli Cloud Hovers Over Green Energy
- Inter Press Service
MASAFER YATTA, Occupied West Bank, Apr 23 (IPS) - A quiet diplomatic war is being waged by several European governments against the Israeli authorities, specifically the Israeli Civil Administration which controls the Israeli occupied West Bank.
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