UN Assists Sudanese Refugees Fleeing Conflict The U.N. refugee agency continues emergency airlifts to aid thousands of refugees fleeing fighting in Sudan. The fighting between government forces and rebels is taking place in two Sudanese states Blue N...
By Alisha Ryu Nairobi 13 August 2007 The U.S.-based group Human Rights Watch has released a detailed report on the fighting that devastated the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in March and April of this year. The report concludes that Ethiopian, Somali, a...
By Michael Bowman Washington 25 December 2006 The Bush administration is urging a halt to conflict in Somalia that has Islamic Court fighters wait at the airport of Mogadishu, Somalia, 25 Dec 2006 intensified since neighboring Ethiopia launched air...
By Sonja Pace Jerusalem 20 July 2006 For over a week now - day after day - Israeli missiles and artillery shells have struck deep into Lebanon, while Katyusha rockets rained down on cities and towns of northern Israel. Israel says its aim is to retr...