Month: October 2006

Baghdad, 5 October, 2006— The second in a series of IRIN stories examining the obstacles Iraq faces in implementing its government’s plan to reconcile different sections of Iraqi society. Click on the following link for […]

Owiny Ki-Bul, 5 October, 2006— The most distinctive feature of Owiny Ki-Bul, an assembly area in southern Sudan for Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) fighters, is a brick structure whose roof is covered in iron and […]

Bouake, 4 October, 2006— Hundreds of people protested in the main rebel-held northern town of Bouake on Wednesday to demand the departure of President Laurent Gbagbo ahead of a regional meeting on Cote d’Ivoire aimed […]

Abuja, 4 October, 2006— Elections due to be held in Nigeria next April could be the genuine litmus test of democracy in the country – the first time in history that power would be transferred […]

Baghdad, 4 October, 2006— The first in a series of IRIN stories examining the obstacles Iraq faces in implementing its government’s plan to reconcile different sections of Iraqi society. The Iraqi government has launched a […]

Panjwai, 4 October, 2006— Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in southern Afghanistan who have left their homes due to fighting say they urgently need more assistance. Recent fierce fighting between NATO, government and Taliban militants forced […]

Kampala, 4 October, 2006— The Ugandan military has resumed operations in areas of war-affected northern Uganda, despite ongoing talks with the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Juba, southern Sudan, an army spokesman said on […]

Dakar, 3 October, 2006— Victims, witnesses and perpetrators of atrocities committed during Liberia’s 14-year-civil war began recounting their experiences to a team from the country’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) on Tuesday. “We have deployed […]