Q+A: S.Sudan may be more conflict-ridden after independence than before -academic
Kenneth Omeje is a leading expert on corruption and conflict in oil-dominated economies as well as peacebuilding in Africa
U.N. rights investigators to start probe in Libya
The independent commission of inquiry is set to investigate alleged human rights violations committed by all sides in Libya's conflict
Can South Sudans Secession Enable Rights for Women?
On February 27, 2011, 98.83% of Sudanese voters supported a referendum allowing the Christian-majority South to separate from the Muslim-majority North. Seeds of conflict had been planted during British colonial rule. Following a half-century of unrelenting civil strife and second-class citizenship for those in the South, voters on both sides accepted "irreconcilable differences" and agreed to the "divorce."
Does the threat to the women of Afghanistan only come from the Taliban's insurgency? Not, exactly.
Continued oppression of women in the name of peace and security in Afghanistan
FEATURE-Kenyan election violence victims cry for justice
This week, six post-poll violence suspects accused of crimes against humanity will appear at the International Criminal Court