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Author: Amanda Hsiao

New Violence in Somali Capital as UN Elevates Displacement Figure to 1.5M

There were reports of fresh fighting in the Somali capital of Mogadishu over the weekend, as the U.N. refugee agency released new stats about displacement caused by violence in the volatile country ...

Sudanese Archbishop: Raids in South Meant to ‘Disturb the CPA’

Sudanese Archbishop: Raids in South Meant to ‘Disturb the CPA’
In the midst of increasing violence throughout Sudan’s South, Archbishop Daniel Deng has emerged to say that some of the attacks are not from cattle raids as reported, but are well-organized killings instigated by those who want to derail the Sudan peace process. The archbishop said the insecurity caused by the violence may ultimately sabotage promises of national elections next year and a Southern independence referendum in 2011. “It is a way of telling the people, ‘Well, there is insecurity in the country, so we can not go for elections,’” he told Voice of America ...