What You Need To Know: Week of 11/24
Burma On Wednesday, 22 people were killed and another 15 wounded when the Burmese Army shelled a rebel military academy in Laiza, a city in Burma’s northern Kachin State. The… Read more…
Burma On Wednesday, 22 people were killed and another 15 wounded when the Burmese Army shelled a rebel military academy in Laiza, a city in Burma’s northern Kachin State. The… Read more…
In August of 2011, the civilian death toll in Syria had just surpassed 2,000. Today, that toll is reaching 200,000 and the conflict is being pushed further and further into… Read more…
The Darfur Women Action Group (DWAG) recently held their 3rd annual Women and Genocide Symposium, which brought together prominent scholars, attorneys, activists, and concerned citizens from conflicts around the world…. Read more…
The framing and representation of death in the Syrian war in the mainstream media plays a critical role in shaping our collective responses to the crisis. Media coverage of the… Read more…
What you need to know from the past week in Burma, DRC, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, and Nigeria. Burma US President Barack Obama made his second official visit to Burma… Read more…
Over the past couple months, attention has turned to Syria, Iraq, and Turkey as the United States carried out bombing campaigns against the infamous extremist group, the Islamic State (IS), in… Read more…
What you need to know from the past week in Burma, CAR, DRC, Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, and Ukraine. Burma Two years after his first visit, US president Barack Obama… Read more…
This week, President Obama set off for a much-anticipated trip to East Asia where he will engage regional leaders in four major meetings: the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in China (APEC),… Read more…
Everything you need to know from the week ending with 11/3 Burma In Mandalay, Burma’s second largest city, thousands marched in support of a controversial so-called interfaith bill that puts… Read more…
STAND students present two opposing views on conflict minerals and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Please note that each author’s views are their own, and do… Read more…