01: Africa
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The wave of violence against immigrants in South Africa leaves 42 people dead, while international organizations warn against the risk of the situation getting worst. |
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New clashes between the army and the SPLA in the oil region of Abyei pose a threat to the peace process in Sudan. |
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Darfur’s armed group JEM attacks Jartum and announces its will to overthrow the Sudanese Government of Omar al-Bashir. |
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The insurgent offensive against the Sudanese Government, which accused Chad of supporting the rebels, leads to a new breaking-off in the relations between Chad and Sudan and the closure of the common border. |
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Peace talks between Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government and the opposition coalition start in Djibouti. |
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The opposition armed group APRD and Central African Republic’s Government reach a peace agreement in Libreville under the mediation of the Gabon’s president, Omar Bongo. |
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Several organizations warn of an increase in murders of the survivors to Rwanda’s genocide of 1994. |
02: Americas
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Haiti’s political crisis intensifies following the parliamentary rejection to appoint the new prime minister proposed by the president. |
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The indigenous movement of Ecuador calls for an uprising against the Government if it does not consult the indigenous communities on the exploitation of natural resources in the country. |
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The Mutual Support Group of Guatemala asks formally for the investigation on human rights violations committed by the police and the army during the dictatorship of general Fernando Romeo Lucas Garcia. |
03: Asia
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Numerous civil society organizations criticize the appointment of the up to now chief of the Philippines’ army as new presidential counsellor in the peace process. |
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The Norwegian Government facilitates in Oslo the first meeting in three years between the Government of the Philippines and the political wing of the armed group NPA. |
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The Taliban militias of Swat (Pakistan) accede to abandon armed struggle in exchange of the imposition of the sharia in the area and the end of military operations. |
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Myanmar’s Military Junta announces a support to the Constitution of 92% of voters amid reports of fraud and intimidation of the opposition and criticism for holding the referendum despite the humanitarian crisis caused by the Nargis cyclone. |
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Former minister of social welfare within the Khmer Rouge regime appears for the first time before Cambodia Special Court. |
04: Europe
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The Turkish army intensifies the bombings against the PKK in the north of Iraq, as an answer to an attack by the armed group in the southeast of Turkey that left a death toll of six soldiers and 19 rebels. |
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Georgian president’s party wins the parliamentary elections, amid accusations of fraud by the opposition and tensions in the conflict area of Abkhazia. |
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The Armenian opposition leader Ter-Petrossian expresses its willingness to dialogue with the Government conditioning it to the investigation of post-electoral violence and the revocation of the limits to the right to demonstration. |
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The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights while countering terrorism ends a seven-day visit to Spain. |
05: Middle East
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The clashes between Yemen’s army and al-Houthi followers in the north of the country cause the displacement of 15.000 people, according to the ICRC. |
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The Iraqi army and police deploy for the first time since 2003 in Bahgdad's Sadr City neighbourhood, after a truce was reached with the Shia cleric Moqtada al–Sadr. |
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Israel and Syria inform about the beginning of peace negotiations with Turkish mediation, stating that they will be developed in good faith. |
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The Lebanese government and the opposition reach an agreement in Qatar that ends the clashes that caused a death toll of 65 people and injured 200 in one week. |
06: International Organizations
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UN Security Council calls the UN to lead the international community in its support for peacebuilding in countries in a post-war phase. |
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Pakistan, Bahrain, Gabon and Zambia, countries severely criticised by human rights organizations, will become members of the UN Human Rights Council. |
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The UN Human Rights Council appoints Cephas Lumina, from Zambia, as the Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt. |
