Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 702
Unreported Horrors - Male Rape in DR Congo
- Inter Press Service
They are men who have lost all pride and self-confidence and who have been left severely traumatised by their experience. At the medical centre in Uganda where they are being treated, they talked candidly about the crimes carried out against them.
RWANDA: Refugees Fear Cessation Clause
- Inter Press Service
They should be weary of each other. The historical conflict between their ethnicities has resulted in Africa’s largest genocide. But Claude Kayitare sits on the verandah of a popular Johannesburg restaurant, chatting to his friend, Theogene Nshimyimana. It seems an easy friendship, a sight that does not raise eyebrows in South Africa, but it took years for mutual distrust and suspicion to move towards friendship.
'Who Lost Iraq' Debate Fails to Get Traction
- Inter Press Service
Two weeks after President Barack Obama announced the withdrawal of all remaining U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of next month, a familiar clutch of neo-conservative hawks and prominent Republicans are blaming the president for 'losing' the Middle Eastern country to its neighbour and long-time Washington nemesis, Iran.
Afghan Theatre Group Lets War Victims Tell Their Stories
- Inter Press Service
On a small stage, a woman appears, grief written on her face as she wanders through the streets of Kabul, searching for her missing child. Suddenly, she stops by a scene of ruins and stares.
PAKISTAN: Cricket Idol Bowls Political Googly
- Inter Press Service
He could be Pakistan’s Obama, although he spews venom at the United States government for its drone attacks and its policies in the region. But Imran Khan speaks of change and, like Obama, enjoys huge online support from the youth.
ISAF Data Show Night Raids Killed over 1,500 Afghan Civilians
- Inter Press Service
U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) killed well over 1,500 civilians in night raids in less than 10 months in 2010 and early 2011, analysis of official statistics on the raids released by the U.S.-NATO command reveals.
DR CONGO: Rehabilitating Former Child Soldiers Who 'Liked' Killing
- Inter Press Service
Murhula’s* life changed forever when he was nine years old. It was the year that he learned to kill, torture and rape.
As U.S. Exits Iraq, 'Endgame' in Afghanistan Remains Elusive
- Inter Press Service
Washington's failure to gain Iraqi approval for a significant U.S. military presence in that country beyond December could make it harder for Afghanistan to agree to a similar deployment beyond 2014.
HORN OF AFRICA: Human Trafficking on the Rise Amid Drought and Famine
- Inter Press Service
Amina Shakir (not her real name) fled the drought and famine in Somalia for a better life in Kenya. But she did so illegally, placing her faith in the hands of a criminal network headed by Mukhalis or agents in Swahili. In the end her faith was misplaced as she was 'sold' into employment upon finally reaching Kenya.
INDIA: Kashmir's Fence Eats Crops
- Inter Press Service
Touseef Bhat’s seven-acre farm in this scenic alpine valley of Bandipora district has an incongruous feature — an electrified barbed wire fence running through it.
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