Author: Laura Heaton

A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...

A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday (or very rarely, on Saturday) ...

Last week two young girls were shot in a public execution in Somalia after the extremist al Shabaab Islamic movement accused them of being spies. But as the news broke, a group of Somali women were meeting in Nairobi to discuss their role in bringing peace to the war-torn country ...

On the surface the controversy of the IGAD meeting appears as yet another gesture to undermine the ICC and flout the court’s arrest warrant for Bashir, but it can also be seen as a small victory ...

A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...

U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said she has “yet to receive any information that alleviates our deep concern" over alleged arrests and intimidation by Sudanese intelligence of Darfuris who spoke to the U.N ...

Author Jane Bussmann’s recent comedy show rendition of her book, The Worst Date Ever, gave a new spin to human rights advocacy and some of the factors perpetuating Africa’s longest-running war ...

A weekly round-up of must-read stories, posted every Friday ...

The Obama administration recently indicated a shift in its approach for addressing widespread instability in Somalia that is in essence a rethinking of its unconditional support for Somalia’s weak central government ...

Clooney seems to be keen to tell U.S. officials what they say they know but have, until recently, done surprisingly little to address, I wrote in this guest post for Think Progress' blog, The Wonk Room ...