The State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee (a governing body of Buddhist monks founded by the Burmese junta in the 1960s to monitor activities of Buddhist monks involved in democratic movements)… Read more…
Great Lakes of Africa: Burundi Lindah Mogeni The most recent outburst of violence in Burundi resulted in the deaths of nine people shot dead by an unknown gunman at a… Read more…
Central and West Africa: Central African Republic Ruhi Bhaidani Pope Francis’ visit to Central African Republic scheduled for the end of this month may be pushed back due to recent… Read more…
Central and West Africa: Central African Republic Ruhi Bhaidani On Monday, three senior members of the Union for Peace in Central Africa (UPC), a moderate faction of the Séléka rebel… Read more…
As the crisis in Syria persists, nations around the world have been receiving massive influxes of refugees seeking asylum from Syria and Iraq. Refugees are attempting to gain access to… Read more…
Central and West Africa: Central African Republic Ruhi Bhaidani In addition to violence in Bangui, the proposed political process under the interim government of Catherine Samba-Panza has been further destabilized…. Read more…
Central and West Africa: Central African Republic Ruhi Bhaidani Although it seemed as if some progress had been made in Central African Republic (CAR) under the interim government of Catherine… Read more…
About Education Updates STAND publishes weekly news updates compiling the most important weekly developments related to emerging and ongoing mass atrocities in each of our five conflict zones. These reports… Read more…
As we prepare to welcome the new Managing Committee to DC for our annual August retreat, we wanted to take a moment to thank the AMAZING seniors from the 2014-2015… Read more…
Babacar Gaye, head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic, has resigned following allegations of misconduct by peacekeeping forces in the nation. The resignation comes at the… Read more…
