Few governments are prepared to care for the people forced to leave their countries as a result of conflict or climate change. Here’s why.
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/ 16 November 2018
Few governments are ready for what could be the world’s biggest move, driven by climate change and conflict. Here’s why
Few governments are prepared to care for the people forced to leave their countries as a result of conflict or climate change. Here’s why
Famine and conflict can either be prevented, or the impact minimised, if institutions and mechanisms of good governance are in place
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A terrifying escalation in fighting by splinter groups has led to the slaughter of civilians.
Editorial calling for the resignation of the president and vice-president led to journalist’s arrest.
Violence has contributed to the epidemic; aid agencies can’t travel freely and are removing nonessential staff.
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The International Criminal Court is celebrating 18 years of existence, but many nations have yet to sign its Rome Statute.
Sending Dadaab’s refugees back to Somalia will become the next health emergency.
Community health workers are bringing healthcare to the homes of HIV-infected pregnant women in rural Cameroon. It has saved many babies.
He ignored the serious issues facing many countries, in which the ANC could take a lead.
The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine hope to strike a peace deal and end 10 months of fighting in which at least 5 300 people have died.
There’s high drama at the Mandela household. Where does Mandla get his power, and can Makaziwe overrule him? We explain on this week’s M&G Newsroom.
An authority on colonialism argues that lasting peace depends on political and not judicial solutions.
Despite economic advances, many of the continent’s people are still denied their rights, says Louise Redvers.
Conflict and violence are holding back global economic growth and trapping 1,5-billion people in dire poverty, the World Bank said on Sunday.
Violent conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa have choked the growth of literacy in the region, a major Unesco report released this week says.
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/ 14 January 2009
The Philippines is ready to resume peace talks with the country’s largest Muslim rebel group, government’s chief peace negotiator said on Wednesday.
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/ 26 December 2008
David Smith and Stephanie Wolters look at conflicts in
the continent’s war-torn countries.
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/ 1 December 2008
Parties to the peace talks aimed at ending the conflict in Somalia have reached a power-sharing deal in Djibouti that doubles the size of Parliament.
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/ 14 October 2008
Military cooperation between Moscow and Damascus appears to have taken on a new zeal, writes Hugh Macleod.
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/ 4 September 2008
Russia has warned that any Western moves to rearm Georgia could bring further instability, sharpening the stand-off between Moscow and Washington.
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/ 1 September 2008
An Islamist militia commander said on Monday his fighters will intensify attacks against the government and Ethiopian forces.
Medical charity Médecins sans Frontières has closed one of its clinics in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, due to insecurity, it said on Wednesday.
A Russian military column crossed from Georgia back into Russia on Wednesday after Western governments raised pressure for a quick and full pull-out.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Moscow on Monday that it was playing a dangerous game with the US and its Nato allies.
Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony wants to resume talks with the government to end conflict in northern Uganda, an aide to the top UN envoy says.
The executive director of the UN World Food Programme said on Monday she was ”shocked” at the killing of an employee in Somalia.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday promised a ”crushing response” to any attack on its citizens.
Ethiopian forces opened fire on two civilian buses near the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Friday, killing at least 30 passengers, witnesses said.
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Georgia on Friday to show Washington’s support for its embattled ally.
The fragile truce between Georgia and Russia faced a new test on Thursday as Moscow pledged to begin handing over a key Georgian town.