Conflict

Crisis/Conflict/Terrorism

Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management One more messenger of peace fell prey to Pakistan's Mullah-military nexus in the night of April 24, 2015, when unidentified assailants shot dead Sabeen Mahmud, a prominent Pakistani women's rights activist, in the Phase-II area of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh. According to reports, Sabeen, accompanied by her mother, was just returning home after organizing a discussion on 'Unsilencing Balochistan' at 'The Second Floor' (T2F), a café that had been developed as a forum for open debates, of which she was Director. The event, "Un-Silencing Balochistan (Take 2)" was organized after the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) cancelled the talk due to security threats allegedly from Pakistan's intelligence agencies. The panelists in the discussion included 'Mama' Abdul Qadeer Baloch, the President of Voice for Baloch Missing Persons (VBMP), who had led a 'long march' to protest forcible disappearances in Balochistan; Baloch activists Farzana Baloch and Mir Muhammad Ali Talpur; and journalists Malik Siraj Akbar and Wusut Ullah Khan. more

'Nepal is not alone,' UN and EU aid chiefs say, reaffirming commitment to assist quake-hit country

New York, May 2 (JEN) Wrapping up visit to Nepal, the United Nations and European aid chiefs stressed that while relief teams are working around the clock to assist the thousands of people a ...

Security Council demands immediate end to hostilities in Mali

New York, May 2 (JEN): The United Nations Security Council Friday expressed its deep concern at the outbreak of violence that has occurred in Mali this past week, which “threatens to under ...

Ban calls for civilian protection in Yemen, urges ceasefire

New York, May 1 (JEN): The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, said on Thursday that he is gravely concerned about continued ground fighting and aerial bombardment in Yemen and th ...

Gaza: Security Council receives report of inquiry into incidents during conflict

New York, Apr 28 (JEN): In a letter transmitting to the Security Council the public summary of a report of the Board of Inquiry regarding incidents in Gaza during the recent conflict, United ...

Manipur: Violent Hills

Research Assistant, Institute for Conflict Management On March 31, two Assam Rifles (AR) troopers identified as Havildar N.K. Dolly and Havildar B.N. Kshetri were killed and Rifleman G.D. ...

Another Killer Dies

Research Associate, Institute for Conflict Management On April 11, 2015, Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Senior Assistant Secretary General Mohammed Kamaruzzaman (63), the third most senior figure ...

Eight months after Gaza war, ‘not a single home has been rebuilt’ – UN agency

New York, Apr 24 (JEN) Nearly eight months after the ceasefire that ended the most recent hostilities in the Gaza Strip, not a single destroyed home has been rebuilt in the enclave, accordin ...

Hostile parties in South Sudan’s Malakal urged to respect UN personnel and property

New York, Apr 24 (JEN) The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) on Thursday expressed deep regret at the continuation of hostilities in the Upper Nile state capital of Malakal, and ...

Conflict taking ‘immense’ toll on Yemen civilians, UN relief official warns

New York, Apr 24 (JEN) Escalating conflict in Yemen over the past month has worsened the already large-scale humanitarian crisis, the top United Nations relief official for the country said ...