From Security Council Report:
Following the cyclone that hit Myanmar on 2 May and Myanmar’s resistance to receiving the kind of international disaster assistance which has now become standard in response to devastating natural disasters, France brought the issue to the Council, invoking the concept of “responsibility to protect†as the basis for Council action. This [...]
A coalition of human rights, legal and union activists has succeeded in preventing a Chinese ship from delivering 77 tons of weapons and ammunitions to Zimbabwe’s army via the South African port of Durban. South African President Thabo Mbeki had earlier said that the government was “powerless” to stop the transfer, but activists obtained a [...]
Photos from the Democratic Republic of Congo, courtesy of Cédric Gerbehaye and MSF.
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Following Steven Spielberg’s resignation as Artistic Director of the Beijing Olympics, a number of leading advocacy groups have released a joint statement calling on China ‘to use all the influence at its disposal to press the Sudanese government to a) permit the swift, full and effective deployment of UNAMID; b) implement the North-South peace deal [...]
Here is somebody who can give us hope. Since New Year’s Day, Kenyan environmental and womens rights activist, parliamentarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai has made a series of powerful statements about the ongoing crisis in her country.
On the Green Belt Movement’s website, she helps to explain what is happening by reminding us [...]
Wise sailors have always been more interested in reliable weather forecasts than reports of yesterday’s storm damage.
As it happens, history is not a bad guide to future possibilities, especially when you consider some of the alternatives. But news isn’t history (yet). We look back only because we have better information about the past than the [...]