News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 596

  1. Restive North Languishes in Post-War Mali

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (IPS) - A year after Mali’s civil war came to an end, experts here are increasingly concerned that the country risks an eventual return to violence, particularly as Malian authorities continue to marginalise the restive north while neglecting to pursue meaningful political and economic reforms. 

  2. Djotodia’s Resignation Sparks Hopes for Peace in CAR

    - Inter Press Service

    YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon, Jan 13 (IPS) - “I can’t wait to return back home,” Celeste Edjangue, a refugee from the Central African Republic (CAR) now in Cameroon’s East Region, told IPS.

  3. Jordan Valley Produces Conflicting Dates

    - Inter Press Service

    JORDAN VALLEY, Israeli-occupied West Bank, Jan 13 (IPS) - Israeli settler Gadi Blumenfeld distributes machetes to 15 Palestinian labourers and instructs them to cut the thorns off of his dates’ fronds. “I might be stabbed in the back,” he says, “but thanks to farming, we keep the area safe from terrorists.”

  4. U.N. Peacekeepers Overwhelmed in South Sudan

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Jan 11 (IPS) - As the death toll rises from South Sudan's spiraling political and ethnic conflict, the ability of the U.N. to enforce its peacekeeping mandate in the country is coming under increased scrutiny.

  5. Wildlife Poaching Thought to Bankroll International Terrorism

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (IPS) - Top diplomats and retired U.S. military officials are urging Western and African governments to step up the global fight against illegal wildlife poaching.

  6. U.N. to Seek Billions for Syria at Kuwait Conference

    - Inter Press Service

    UNITED NATIONS, Jan 10 (IPS) - When Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon chairs a U.N. pledging conference next week for urgently needed aid to Syria, he is expected to warn the donor community that the humanitarian crisis in the politically-troubled Arab nation is threatening to reach biblical proportions.

  7. Gates Conceals Real Story of “Gaming” Obama on Afghan War

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (IPS) - Criticism in the memoirs of former secretary of defence Robert M. Gates of President Barack Obama’s lack of commitment to the Afghan War strategy of his administration has generated a Washington debate about whether Obama was sufficiently supportive of the war.

  8. Gaza Loses an Underground Lifeline

    - Inter Press Service

    GAZA CITY, Jan 10 (IPS) - The border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip used to buzz with activity until a few months back as traders brought in an array of Egyptian goods â€" from food supplies to raw material - through hundreds of tunnels.

  9. Military Prepares a General’s Constitution

    - Inter Press Service

    CAIRO, Jan 09 (IPS) - A draft constitution set to go before a public referendum next week gives the military more privileges, enshrining its place as Egypt’s most powerful institution and placing it above the state.

  10. Fall of Fallujah Refocuses U.S. on Iraq

    - Inter Press Service

    WASHINGTON, Jan 09 (IPS) - Three years after the last U.S. combat soldiers left Iraq, the past week’s takeover of the western city of Fallujah by the Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has refocused Washington’s attention on a country that it had hoped to put permanently in its rear-view mirror.

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