Genocide Monitor

  • BURMA: As the Burmese government continues its crackdown on dissent ahead of the fall elections, thousands of members of ethnic minority groups are fleeing the country.
  • SUDAN: The ICC issued a second arrest warrant for President al-Bashir, charging the Sudanese leader with genocide.
  • AFGHANISTAN: Civilian casualties have increased slightly since 2009, but the number of people killed in NATO airstrikes has halved.
  • SOMALIA: In response to twin bombing attacks by al-Shabab militants in Uganda, two more countries intend to contribute troops to the African Union’s peacekeeping mission.
  • AFGHANISTAN: Violence is on the rise in Afghanistan, with June seeing the most fatalities for NATO troops since the beginning of the war.
  • SUDAN: As clashes continue in Darfur, the ICC is pressing for the arrest of two Sudanese indicted for crimes committed in Darfur.
  • DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: MONUC peacekeeping forces have begun to withdraw to make way for the MONUSCO mission, a force specifically focused on civilian protection.
  • SOMALIA: According to Foreign Policy magazine, Somalia retains the position of "most failed state" for the third year in a row.
  • SUDAN: Renewed fighting is reported in South Darfur and across South Sudan.
  • BURMA: Residents of eastern Burma are on the move as clashes take place between the government and ethnic militia.
  • DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: The Lord’s Resistance Army remains a threat to Congolese civilians and the United States ratifies the LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act.
  • SOMALIA: The International Committee of the Red Cross calls Somalia the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
  • SUDAN: The first multi-party elections in 24 years are marred by multiple irregularities and electoral fraud.
  • BURMA: Tensions rise along the Thai-Burma border as the junta proceeds with its plans to integrate ethnic militias into a Border Guard Force.
  • DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: A new Oxfam report illustrates the pervasiveness of gender-based violence throughout the east.
  • SOMALIA: Millions of Somalis have been displaced by violence and drought and more than 169,000 people have fled their homes in 2010.
  • SUDAN: New fighting is reported in the Jebel Marra region of Darfur, even as Sudan prepares for landmark elections in April.
  • BURMA: Troops begin to concentrate in Shan State and the NLD announces a boycott of this fall's elections.
  • DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Brutal Lord's Resistance Army attacks are reported in the Haut- and Bas-Uele region of the DR Congo.