Just when world leaders where attending grand opening of Olympic games in Beijing, Russian tanks moved into South Ossetia to counter Georgia’s surprise attack on the region. Russia has sent tanks, troops and warplanes in to the region. In the...
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Liberty is trampled under the feet of military regimes. Rights are abused in the name of economic development, political activism is choked to eliminate corruption. And people are being subjugated or made to believe in the superiority of nonpolitical...
The United Nations has often been written off as a failure as big powers continue to ignore it. The US invasion in 2003 is a case in point. But it seems now that it is proving to be a failure in more ways than one. The fault lies within. It is...
Despite of widespread poverty and illiteracy African countries are more interested in battles and genocides. If there is possibility of an Islamist group acquiring political power in a country its non-Islamic neighbour will be on the tenterhooks. The...
Kasovo's independence with kinks and hiccups has more or less become a power game between the two political giants of the world - Russia and US. The fierce altercation doesn't seem to end, as neither former will stop opposition to Kosovo...
Somalia's problems are getting worse day by day and there is a widespread belief that the war-ravaged country in the Horn of Africa would not be able to withstand the humanitarian catastrophe that is unfolding in front of the civilized world. Since...
The pinnacle of irony, that pierces deep in Africa, never seems to get away from Darfur or Chad either. Yet another black chapter added in the human history. The most condemnable and abhorred act that makes us hang our head in shame for being humans....
The violent political scenario in the impoverished oil-rich African country of Chad is the result of another, yet common world neglect. Chadians have hardly experienced a period of calm and peace since their independence from the French. According to...
The violence against women and girls is human rights problem throughout the world and it is widespread in the countries that are attempting to recover from conflicts and war. Rape and other forms of sexual abuse is very general practice in such...
As international pressure mounts on Burma to release political prisoners and pave the way for pro-democracy talks, it is worth looking at the challenges lying ahead of the UN to bring the south-east Asian country to the talks table.
Years of...
Bloodshed continues in the democratic republic of Congo that is struggling hard with rebels. Congo is the epicenter of simmering tensions for militias allied with ethnic lines who often fight for the control of a territory in the resource-rich eastern...
French President, Nicolas Sarkozy is acknowledged for his hard line approach and outspoken attitude. In his term as the President of a major European Union country, Mr. Sarkozy has been able to assert his policies and ideas on the international...
Myanmar's suppression of protests and ongoing arrests have restored a tense calm in the main city Yangon, but discontent and anger are simmering over the bloodshed, the top US diplomat here said Thursday.
Shari Villarosa, US charge d'affaires in...
The US has been the stiffest opponents to Libya and has often been observed to take a hardline approach towards the African nation. But these are changing times where diplomacy and shrewd deals can change past perceptions and replace them with new...
This is the truth and this is Somalia. When you try to breathe for the sake of survival, when you choke, looking at the tears of your beloved-ones for not able to feed them...though you try hard but it's not all the time that hard work pays...coz the...
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