Updated February 2007
The most recent fighting in Somalia is another in a series of violent power struggles plaguing the Horn of Africa country, and one which threatens to spread beyond its borders. The most recent chapter in the country? often violent history saw Somali government forces and Ethiopian troops acting in support of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) overwhelm militias loyal to the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC). In June 2006 the Islamists had wrested control of large swaths of the country from warlords who had been the key power brokers in a country without a stable government since 1991.
Updated February 2007
The current conflict in the western region of Darfur has its genesis in 2002, with the scale of attacks being launched by the two main rebel groups, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), increasing significantly beginning in February 2003.
This page aims to provide resources related to the conflict between Israeli forces and Hezbollah fighters which began on July 12, 2006, resulting in Israeli military operations in Southern Lebanon and Hezbollah missile strikes in Israel. These activities have led to significant civilian casualties and fatalities, as well as large-scale destruction of infrastructure....
Since 1996 rebels, who claim to be inspired by Mao Zedong, have been fighting to establish a communist republic in Nepal. It is estimated...
At issue in a current legal dispute between the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the United States Department of Defense (DoD) is the faithful application of the Geneva Conventions.
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