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- ‘Reintegration of child soldiers is a development issue’
- Development agencies lack funds for successful reintegration, says UN Under-Secretary-General Radhika Coomaraswamy. Rehabilitation of child soldiers ...
- UN to stay in Afghanistan, says Ban Ki-moon
- UN Secretary-General has assured Afghanistan that his agency will not move out of the country as long as development needs of the strive-torn nation are not ...
- Landmines are Kashmir's nightmare
- Jammu and Kashmir is heavily laden with landmines posing serious threat to people living close to the Line of Control that divides the Indian and ...
- UN assures protection of gravesites
- After the news spread that human remains from Dasht-e-Leili, a gravesite in northern Afghanistan were disappearing, it was construed as an attempt to remove ...
- Sri Lanka's war widows continue to suffer
- Three decades of war between Sri Lankan forces and Tamil rebels have left an estimated 33,000 war widows. Despite government’s claim that several measures have ...
- Recovering from conflict
- UNDP’s latest report Post-Conflict Economic Recovery: Enabling Local Ingenuity emphasises that recovery programming in war-torn countries must be ...
- Christians march for peace and justice
- Thousands of Christians in the Indian capital marched from Jantar Mantar to Mahatma Gandhi’s memorial at Rajghat on October 2 to protest the ongoing violence ...
- Tracing the roots of violence
- It is not sufficient to deduce the recent spate of communal violence in parts of India only in terms of power play, says Rajesh Kasturirangan, a fellow ...
- Children trapped in conflict show scars of violence
- In eastern India prolonged agitations over land acquisition in Nandigram have left adverse impact on its children, says a survey conducted by CRY. Dismal ...
- UN says women must promote peace and security
- Peacekeepers must ensure security for women in post-conflict situations. Gender issues needed special focus, especially when sexual violence was routinely used ...
- Fresh charges of atrocities against Myanmar’s military
- Members of Karen ethnic community in Myanmar are fleeing to neighbouring Thailand due growing excesses against them by the country’s ruling military regime. ...
- Myanmar biodiversity threatened due to prolonged conflict
- The protracted conflict between the Karens and military has not only caused immense miseries to the people with massive displacements but also has taken a ...
- Giving dignity to suppressed voices
- At times words are not enough to raise a voice against injustice and denial. A photo exhibition jointly organised by Amnesty International India and Centre for ...
- Tackling extremists with moderation
- Mumbai's recent terror attack indicates how the country's older political conflicts have been rendered noxious by the fallout from the war on terror. The key ...
- Violence against Christians continues in eastern India
- India’s prime minister may have declared violence against Christians a national shame, the discomforting fact is that perpetrators continue to spread terror ...
- Communal violence spreads tentacles to northeast India
- Bodo tribals and Muslims in Assam in northeast India are clashing with each other for past several days on the issue of alleged ‘illegal migrations’. Giving it ...
- Land is an emotive issue in Kashmir
- Thousands of farmers, whose fertile orchards and agricultural fields in Jammu and Kashmir remain under the occupation of Indian security forces, are running ...
- Negotiating peace through 'jirgah of the air'
- Despite numerous attempts by NATO-led forces to win the hearts and minds of Afghans, the distrust and fear among local populations is only growing. Gordon ...
- Nepal rights groups raise issue of 'enforced disappearances'
- Their families have no clue if their loved ones are alive or dead. During the conflict period, between 1996-2006, hundreds were subjected to 'enforced ...
- Reinvigorating heritage sites in Kashmir
- The protracted conflict in Kashmir Valley has not just taken the toll on its people but also on its ancient tombs, mosques, temples, and other vernacular ...
- Targeted killings of Christians meant for ‘religious cleansing’
- A fact-finding team of concerned citizens has found enough evidence to suggest that the Orissa state government in eastern India was working in collusion with ...
- Tamil Tiger faction to stop child recruitment
- Someone who himself joined Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam as a 17-year old boy has spoken out against children getting into the armed culture. Better known ...
- Humanitarian crisis looms large over IDPs
- Rain-induced floods and food shortage are adding to the problems of Sri Lanka's civilian population trapped in the fighting between the government forces and ...
- LTTE chief says struggle to continue
- In his annual speech broadcast on radio and the internet, Velupillai Prabhakaran said the rebel forces will fight the government's war of aggression for the ...
- Indian PM concerned over the plight of Sri Lankan Tamils
- With LTTE and Sri Lankan forces locked in a battle, the Tamil population in the country is feeling seriously threatened. Indian Prime Minister has now taken up ...
- Young Afghans learn amidst conflict
- For the young boys and girls of Afghanistan, it has always been a war zone. However, an NGO run by a local doctor in the country’s eastern region has changed ...
- Sri Lanka steps up release of non-combatant refugees
- The Sri Lankan government is said to have markedly stepped up the release of more than 300,000 displaced Tamils from camps in the north. Everyday between ...
- Donor frustration over IDP camps in Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan government has tightened its grip on the internally displaced people living in camps. Donors are saying that they are less likely to provide funding ...
- Pakistani army reclaims key town in Bumer
- A day after the Pakistani army launched its attack on Taliban militants, the federal government has managed to reclaim a key town in Bumer district. For past ...
- Armed militias controlling central India
- Maoist insurgents and state-sponsored vigilante group Salwa Judum have made tribal dominated Chhattisgarh in central India, a battleground where two ...
