Education Update: Week of November 8
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…
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…
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…
I recently picked up Samantha Power’s “A Problem From Hell” again. One of the themes of the book is repetitive disappointment. Time and time again, humans worldwide have fallen victim… Read more…
Burma Burma has been hit by a monsoon and massive flooding. More than 150,000 people have been affected and 27 people have been confirmed dead, although the actual figure is… Read more…
Burma The National League for Democracy (NLD) has confirmed it will contest the upcoming elections despite their leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, remaining banned from becoming President. Suu Kyi said… Read more…
Burma The election has been set for November 8th. It is Burma’s first open general election in 25 years. The incumbent Union Solidarity and Democracy Party, led by President Thein… Read more…