• Tunisian Human Rights: One step Forward, Two Steps Back?

    The human rights progress in Tunisia has started to regress under the current government, warned Amnesty International, as the country marked the first anniversary of free and fair democratic elections.

  • Assad meets UN envoy as violence continues
    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has met with the UN and Arab League’s international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who was in Damascus hoping to secure a truce between the Syrian government and rebel fighters.
  • UK ends boycott of Narendra Modi

    The British High Commissioner to India, James Bevan, has met with Gujarat’s chief minister, Narendra Modi, ending a 10-year boycott of the controversial minister.

    Modi was accused of complicity in riots that killed over 1,000 Muslims in 2002, with several Western governments suspending ties with him.

  • Protests in Kosovo over Serbian talks

    Protests have left at least 20 people injured in the Kosovan capital of Pristina, after protestors demonstrated against Kosovan talks with Serbia, launched last week.

    Tear gas was fired by police at the rally, organised by Kosovo's Self-Determination party, whilst protestors chanted, Shame!" and "No bargain with Serbia!", outside Kosovan Prime Minister Hashim Thaci’s office.

  • Security forces raiding hopitals in Yemen

    Human Rights Watch (HRW) have accused Yemeni state security forces of threatening health care in the southern port city of Aden by forcibly removing wounded patients, allegedly militants, from hospitals.

    Exchanges of gunfire and beating of medical staff has resulted in one hospital in Aden suspending operations.

  • Basque separatists “win” local elections

    The local elections in the Basque Country have resulted in a win for nationalist parties, according to exit polls.

    The conservative Basque National Party is expected to win most seats in the regional parliament, with Euskal Herria Bildu, a left-leaning alliance of separatist parties, came a close second.

  • Serbia and Kosovo leaders meet

    The prime ministers of Kosovo and Serbia have met for the first time in Brussels.

    The talks, facilitated by the EU, focused on normalising relations between the neighbours.

  • Security Council calls for M23 rebels to be disarmed and demobilised

    The United Nations Security Council released a statement reiterating its condemnation of external support being provided to armed groups which have been destabilising the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

  • Emir of Qatar to visit Gaza

    The Emir of Qatar is to visit the blockaded Gaza strip on Tuesday, becoming the first head of state to do so since Hamas took over power in 2007. 

    The Emir, Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani is to inaugurate reconstruction projects worth over $250 million.

  • UN official calls for more action over sexual violence
    A senior United nations official has called for stronger political will to help eradicate sexual violence in conflict, stating that the issue is one that needs to be treated with greater  concern.
  • Moussa Ibrahim arrested says Libyan PM's office

    The former spokesperson of Muammar Gaddafi, Moussa Ibrahim has been captured, said the office of Libya's Prime Minister.

    The office said he was arrest on Saturday in Tarhouna and was being transferred to Tripoli.

    In a statement, the office said:

  • Nato chief calls for free elections in Afghanistan
    Speaking after a two day visit to Afghanistan, NATO’s chief, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, urged the Afghan government to work towards a ‘free, fair and transparent’ elections in the presidential poll, which is due to take place in 2014. Noting the significance of a fair election process in orchestrating a smooth transition of power back to the Afghan forces, Rasmussen said , “I think it is essential for building trust and confidence between the Afghan people and the Afghan government that the presidential elections take place in a manner that is free fair, and transparent.”
  • Former Argentinean general arrested over crimes against humanity

    A former Argentinean army general who led troops in the Falklands war has been arrested over his role in committing alleged crimes against humanity, during the country’s 1976-83 military dictatorship.

  • Rwanda elected to UN Security Council

    UN member states have voted Rwanda onto the Security Council, where they will serve for two years.

    The country will replace South Africa and occupy the African seat, which was uncontested, on January 1.

  • Serbia-Kosovo leaders talk

    The prime ministers of Serbia and Kosovo met for the first time on Friday, in order to help improve relations and make progress on their respective bids for the European Union.

    The meeting was mediated by Catherine Aston, the EU foreign policy chief, in Brussels.

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