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Gold, diamonds, timber: targeting CAR’s predators

IRIN Bangui, 21 July 2014 The UN sanctions committee unveiled a report on 11 July detailing the alleged involvement of…

10 anni ago

Fury over Senegal’s private land buyer

IRIN Saint Louis, 24 June 2014 Senegalese smallholder Doudou Sow is furious. Over the last 10 years, he says, farmers…

10 anni ago

Somalia, No easy way forward for Al-Shabab defectors

IRIN Baidoa, 22 June 2014 Anwar Ahmed*, 50, an Al-Shabab defector, was drawn to Somalia's Salafist armed group both by…

10 anni ago

Kenya turns up the heat on Somali refugees

IRIN Johannesburg/Nairobi, 4 June As security forces in Kenya continue to round up and detain thousands of migrants, refugees and…

10 anni ago

Spare the rod: the biology of poverty and violence

IRIN New York, 30 May 2014 Scientific advances in human biology may soon have a profound bearing on the policies…

10 anni ago

Islamic law and the rules of war

IRIN 4 May 201 Islamic law contains a rich but complex set of rules on the protection of civilians. But…

11 anni ago

Fear of Boko Haram recruitment In the Cameroon area where the Italian priest have been kidnapped

IRIN MAROUA, 16th April 2014 Nigeria's extremist Islamist group Boko Haram are believed to be actively recruiting fighters across the…

11 anni ago

Women rights, mourning versus survival in Swaziland

IRIN Mbabane, 21 april 2014 A traditional two-year mourning period for widows during which women are expected to be confined…

11 anni ago

Criminal Activity in Congo-K: Growing up in War, the Child Soldiers

IRIN KIWANJA (North Kivu), 31st March 2014 When he was seven Dikembe Muamba* became a soldier on the orders of his…

11 anni ago

Human Trafficking, Weapons and Drugs Trade, Illegal Fishing: Dirty and Suspicious Business in Indian Ocean

Andrew Mwangura Mombasa, March 9th 2014 Two Indonesian flagged fishing vessels BERKAT MENJALA and SAMDERA PASIFIC are on the run…

11 anni ago