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The United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) called off the 5th phase of their agitation program following a request by the High Level Political Mechanism (HLPM) on 22 January 2010. The UCPN-M announced that it had called off the entire protest program, including the indefinite general strike set to begin on 24 January 2010. The [...]
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Archive: January, 2010
A Ray of Hope for writing a new Constitution
Liberia section added
We’ve today added Liberia to the regions covered on Insight on Conflict. Liberia is still recovering from a brutal Civil War that lasted over a decade, ending in 2003, and over the coming months we will be adding information on the many active peacebuilding organisations there. Peacebuilding in Liberia came to wide public attention with [...]
Sport, Propaganda and the Burundi General Elections
As the general elections in Burundi approach, tension is rising amongst young people, and in particular those who are members of different political parties. The elections are due to take place between May and June 2010. Since 2009, these tensions have been manifested in a perhaps surprising place; at sporting events. Some youth groups have [...]
High Level Political Mechanism (HLPM) Formed in Nepal
A ‘High Level Political Mechanism’ (HLPM) has been formed in Nepal, tasked with moving the country forward from the political impasse in the peace process and the writing of a new constitution. The HLPM is under the co-ordination of the President of the Nepali Congress, Girija Prasad Koirala, and the other two members are Prachad, [...]
New operation to replace Kimia II in DR Congo
The army of the DR Congo, the FARDC, has commenced a new military operation, Amani Leo, to replace Kimia II, their operation in the eastern parts of DR Congo that received damaging criticisms over alleged human rights violations. The new mission will again be targetting the FRLR and other militia groups, with protecting civilians as [...]
LRA in DR Congo
ReliefWeb have added a report, from the Missionary International Service News Agency (MISNA), on the presence of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in the Orientale Province. These Uganda rebels are arguably the most notorious of all the fighters currently active in the region; their presence will certainly on heighten the dangers to the local population. Posted [...]
Holy Cows in Kashmir
On December 4 2009, Fazal Haq Qureshi, 65 year old separatist leader from the moderate separatist alliance of Hurriyat was attacked by unknown assailants. Perceived as an ‘honest peace broker and negotiator’ between the government and separatist clan, he had almost four decades ago laid the foundation of a secessionist movement in Jammu and Kashmir. [...]
UDA decommissioning in Northern Ireland
Good news today in Northern Ireland, where the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) has claimed to have completed putting their weapons beyond use. This comes some 5 weeks ahead of their February deadline, when the decommissioning body ceases to operate. The UDA claim was officially confirmed by General John De Chastelain, head of the international decommissioning [...]
Update on the Nepal Peace Process
With the end of three-day general strike called by United Communist Party of Nepal, Maoist (UCPN-Maoist), December 20-22, the party has concluded the third phase of agitation against the President’s move to reinstate the Army Chief of Staff. At the same time, the UCPN-Maoist has announced an awareness-raising campaign for the forth phase of agitation. [...]
