Global Issues
News headlines for “Arms Control”, page 705
Q&A: Sudan and South Sudan Will Resolve Oil Issues
- Inter Press Service
Sudan and South Sudan will eventually agree on a reasonable oil-sharing agreement between the two nations as there has been political will from both sides to find a resolution.
Obama Sends U.S. Military Advisers to Help Track LRA’s Kony
- Inter Press Service
In his latest military intervention overseas, U.S. President Barack Obama announced Friday that he is dispatching about 100 'combat-equipped' military personnel to East Africa to help track the fugitive Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) and its top commanders.
SRI LANKA: Solar Lights Dispel Post-War Gloom
- Inter Press Service
The one thing that a quarter century of civil war has taught the local population in the north of the island is how to make the best use of local resources - starting with plain sunshine.
DR CONGO: Refugees of Africa's World War Still Fear Returning Home
- Inter Press Service
It is a hot and humid morning in the village of Fube in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Dust and smoke from morning fires and low-lying clouds mingle to give the horizon a distinctively fuzzy look.
Libya's Governing Council Accused of Detainee Abuse
- Inter Press Service
Libya's governing National Transitional Council (NTC) is holding about 2,500 detainees in the capital Tripoli alone, many of whom have been beaten and subjected to other ill-treatment and not given access to lawyers or judicial proceedings, says London-based human-rights watchdog Amnesty International.
Imperative Libyans Decide Their Own Future
- Inter Press Service
The African Union must take the lead in helping Libya achieve peace by ensuring the formation of a unity government between pro-Muammar Gaddafi forces and the National Transitional Council, as this and not foreign intervention will pave the way for peace and stability in Libya.
U.S. Arms Bahrain While Decrying Russian Weapons in Syria
- Inter Press Service
Peeved at Russia's Security Council veto derailing a Western- sponsored resolution against Syria last week, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice implicitly accused the Russians of protecting the beleaguered government of President Bashar al-Assad primarily to safeguard their lucrative arms market in the Middle Eastern country.
U.S. Debate on Haqqani: Military or Political Solution?
- Inter Press Service
Dissension over Adm. Mike Mullen's accusation that the Haqqani network of Afghan insurgents is a 'veritable arm' of Pakistan's intelligence agency and the revelation that a U.S. official met with a Haqqani official have provided new evidence of a long-simmering struggle within the Barack Obama administration over how to deal with the most effective element of the Afghan resistance to U.S.-NATO forces.
COLOMBIA: Nasa Indians: 'The Armed Groups Won't Let Us Live in Peace'
- Inter Press Service
Indigenous children in the southwestern Colombian province of Cauca do not know what peace is. For the government forces and the leftwing guerrillas, the territory of the Nasa people is a strategic battleground.
U.S.: Obama Waives Aid Curbs on Militaries Using Child Soldiers
- Inter Press Service
For the second year in a row, U.S. President Barack Obama has waived a Congressionally-mandated ban on military aid for four countries that use child soldiers.
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