Key People and Parties
Kashmir: Key people and parties
Main Political Parties: The Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP): was founded in 1998 by Hashim Qureshi and Shabir Ahmad Shah as a separatist party that advocates self-rule for Jammu and Kashmir. The Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party (PDP): was founded in 1999 by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed and is a separatist party that [...] Read more >>>
Guatemala- Key People and Parties
Parties Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG): (‘The Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity’, in English) Started as a guerrilla movement but laid down their arms in 1996 at the end of the war, and now functions as a political party. Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes (FAR): The FAR (‘Rebel Armed Forces’, in English) A Guatemalan guerrilla organisation formed in [...] Read more >>>
Iraq: Key people and parties
People Jalal Talabani: The current President of Iraq and leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). Ali Al-Sistani: Al-Sistani is a Grand Ayatollah with large political influence. Amar Al-Hakim: Al-Hakim is the leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq. Ayad Allawi: Allawi is the former Prime Minister of Iraq and leader of the [...] Read more >>>
Uganda: Key people and parties
People Yoweri Museveni: Museveni, the current President of Uganda, came to power in 1986 after waging a five-year long guerrilla war against Milton Obote. Although initially lauded by the international community for his work in growing the Ugandan economy, critics began to emerge after Uganda’s invasion of DR Congo in 1997-8, and more recently over [...] Read more >>>
Liberia: Key people and parties
Samuel Doe: Former Dictator of Liberia. Doe came to power in 1980 after leading a military coup staged by members of the Krahn ethnic group, thus becoming the first Liberian Head of State not descended from colonists. Successive coup attempts prompted violent reprisals against the rival Gio and Mano tribes, laying the ground from the [...] Read more >>>
Lebanon: Key people and parties
Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO): a political party recognised as “sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people” by countries around the world who hold diplomatic relations with it. Israel: as with many conflicts in the Middle East, the ongoing war along the Israeli-Lebanese border is part of a longer and altogether larger Arab-Israeli dispute. Relationships between [...] Read more >>>
Thailand: Key people and parties
Southern Insurgency Southern-based militant groups function within a fluid and dynamic system. Broadly speaking they share similar objectives – an independent or relatively autonomous status for Pattani – however they differ widely in their approaches and capabilities. Whilst many tens of splinter groups exist, it is hard to determine which are smaller offshoots of larger [...] Read more >>>
Kosovo: Key people and parties
Boris Tadic: Current Serbian President. EULEX: European Union Rule of Law Mission deployed in Kosovo in 1998. Hashmi Thaci: Former guerrilla leader who became Prime Minister in January 2008. International Court of Justice (ICJ): In October 2008 the UN General Assembly granted Serbia’s request for the ICJ to consider if Kosovo’s secession is legal. Kosovo [...] Read more >>>
DR Congo: Key People and Parties
General Terms Mai-Mai militia: The term Mai-Mai is a generic term that refers to any community-led militia formed with the intention of defending their territory against other armed groups. The term does not describe any particular movement, affiliation or political objective, but groups which can be led by tribal elders, warlords, village heads or politically-motivated resistance [...] Read more >>>
