Vol 47 No 24 | RWANDAFRANCE La grande rupture 1st December 2006 A French judge warms up some old allegations and creates a diplomatic storm The break in diplomatic relations between Paris and Kigali will not heal quickly. It came after France's Judge Jean-Louis Bruguière asked a higher court to issue international arrest...
Vol 47 No 24 | RWANDAFRANCE Retaliatory justice 1st December 2006 If Judge Jean-Louis Bruguière obtains the international warrants issued in France, nine people will be targets for arrest if they enter the European Union and other countries ....
Vol 47 No 24 | SUDAN Defining the peacekeepers 1st December 2006 Four types of peacekeeping forces have been mooted for Darfur . . .
Vol 47 No 24 | SUDAN The Darfur deadline passes 1st December 2006 As the death rate of Darfur villagers soars, so does the confidence of the regime killing them Western and African governments talk of a UN 'hybrid force' to protect civilians in Darfur but it is the National Congress (formerly National Islamic Front) regime which is...
Vol 47 No 24 | KENYA Comeback couples 1st December 2006 Former President Daniel arap Moi's endorsement of Nicholas Biwott on 25 November as KANU Chairman instead of Uhuru Kenyatta was designed to scupper hopes for a broad-based opposition...
Vol 47 No 24 | SOMALIA Resolution riddles 1st December 2006 The draft resolution on Somalia to be put to the United Nations Security Council by the United States this week, proposes the deployment of a regional force to...
Vol 47 No 23 | SOMALIA Breaking the arms embargo 17th November 2006 A UN investigation shows how foreign suppliers of arms and fighters are fuelling a regional conflagration Ethiopia and Eritrea are the leading African states breaking the United Nations arms embargo on Somalia, according to an experts' report to the Security Council on 15 November....
Vol 47 No 23 | KENYASOMALIA Turki's landing 17th November 2006 Sheikh Hassan Abdullah Hamid Turki, leading radical in Somalia's Supreme Islamic Courts Council (SICC) and high on the United States' terrorist list, is reported to have been wounded...
Vol 47 No 22 | CHADSUDAN Wars across borders 3rd November 2006 Khartoum is exporting its Darfur holocaust to Chad and sparking regional fires The war now involves not only Chadian and Sudanese rebels and the two states' armies but is also drawing in Chadian civilians, communities who are arming and organising...
Vol 47 No 22 | SUDAN The Dutch diversion 3rd November 2006 A diplomatic row follows the expulsion of the UN envoy and further delays the deployment of a protection force to Darfur Khartoum's expulsion of UN Special Representative Johannes Pieter 'Jan' Pronk on 22 October has created a diplomatic diversion while it presses ahead with its latest military offensive in...