United Nations Day: Genocide trials in Cambodia
. To mark United Nations Day tomorrow, Tom Goodenough assesses the UN’s involvement in the trials of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Tom is a freelance journalist currently studying MA Newspaper...
View ArticleEgypt: a second revolution?
Tahrir Square c.Ramy Raoof . The events in Egypt of the past six days have not failed to shock the western world and have prolonged our fascination with the Arab Spring. As the country goes ahead with...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: another Biafra?
Six months ago South Sudan was born – yet fighting in the region continues. Rowan Emslie explores the path of the world’s youngest country, drawing links with the Nigerian-Biafran war of the 1960s....
View ArticleA Landmark Ceasefire
. To follow Aditi Gupta‘s recent post concerning the treatment of ethnic minorities in Burma, Alistair Walker examines the ceasefire between the Karen separatist movement and the Myanmar Government...
View ArticleSri Lanka: The Killing Fields
. Bombs in no fire zones, executions with no evidence of combat, a corrupt regime that is still in power – what will it take for the international community to respond to the cries of the Sri Lankan...
View ArticleA tribute to the Blue Berets (the DPKO)
. Alistair Walker analyses the sacrifices made by the UN’s Department of Peacekeeping Operations in Conflict. Alistair is studying an MA in Interactive Journalism at City University and has created the...
View ArticleParalympic Power: Disability in Sierra Leone
As London celebrates a wealth of skill from disabled people around the world, Hannah Loryman considers the shifting attitudes towards disabled people in Sierra Leone This year’s Paralympics sees the...
View ArticleUK policy in Sri Lanka: saying one thing, doing the other
Three years after Sri Lanka’s brutal civil war ended, both sides are still feeling the repercussions. Nate Barker reports on the British government’s hypocrisy in its policy towards the country....
View ArticleHuman Rights Watch Film Festival: The Patience Stone
In the first of a series of reviews from the Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2013, blog editor Emily Wight finds a moving account of one woman’s story in Afghanistan. About a month ago Shinkai...
View ArticleSyria: where do we go from here?
As the UN’s stalemate remains in place, with no official intervention, former DiA volunteer Lydia Greenaway explores the differing attitudes towards intervening and what the key issues are The Syrian...
View ArticlePartitioning: A tool for Greater Stability in Syria and Iraq
Is the current strategy used by the international community preventing conflict between Syria and Iraq? Jordan Creed suggests the potential of partitioning as a more effective strategy in the...
View ArticleThe fate of child soldiers
Recent news has demonstrated that Aegis, a British security firm, has been hiring child soldiers. Here, Vanessa Cameron discusses new research that asks what can be done to support child soldiers, once...
View ArticleCrisis in the Central African Republic – The regional impact
In this article Ben Jackson discusses the regional impact of the Central African Republic crisis. The Central African Republic (CAR), a landlocked state in the middle of the African continent, has been...
View ArticleSyria is a shining example of a greater cooperative need for a responsibility...
The civil war in Syria is a clear example of the world witnessing unprecedented displacement. It has produced over 6.6 million internally displaced persons due to violence, over 4.8 million people have...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Victims of Gender-Based Violence
The Rohingya Crisis continues to make headlines, as more and more evidence of shocking human rights violations comes to light. Gender-based violence has been prevalent throughout the crisis....
View ArticleCovid-19: How extremist groups in East Africa have capitalised on crisis
By Kalina Dmitriew From intrastate conflicts to interstate wars, peace and security challenges have for a long time posed an obstacle for development in East Africa. Radicalisation and extremism have...
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