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Semáforo is a fortnightly collection of news from around the world, classified by geographical area - Africa, America, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, and the Middle East. Semáforo also includes a section which monitors international organisations and the subjects on the international agenda for peace building.
Daily monitoring of news items is based on more than 60 sources and includes areas related to armed conflicts, humanitarian crises, international behaviour, unresolved conflicts, forced displacements, human rights, sustainable development, gender, governability and economic and political crises, militarisation and disarmament, peace processes and post-war rehabilitation and gender.
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Semáforo 201
Fortnight's newsletter 01.08.08 - 13.08.08
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01: Africa
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United Nations express deep concern over the withdrawal of the main party, PAIGC, from the national unity government and the sacking of the prime minister just three months before the elections. |
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Clashes between two rival militant gangs kill seven people in the Rivers state (Nigeria). |
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UN Security Council renews the mandate of UNAMID in Darfur after a debate that divided the international body between defenders and detractors of president Omar al-Bashir trial on war crimes. |
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United Nations reveals that Indian blue-helmets committed sexual exploitation and abuse in DR Congo. |
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Armed and political opposition groups in Central African Republic withdraw from the Inclusive Political Dialogue as a result of the amnesty law passed by the president François Bozizé. |
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Rwanda publishes a report accusing France of collaborating with the 1994 genocide. |
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A coup d’état in Mauritania overthrows the president that was elected in 2007 in the first democratic elections since the independence. |
02: Americas
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Bolivia’s president calls for dialogue and national unity after he and the prefects of the opposition departments conforming the “media luna” were ratified in their office by a recall referendum. |
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After four months of political and institutional crisis, the Haitian Parliament ratifies the election of Michèle Pierre-Louis as prime minister. |
03: Asia
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The Supreme Court of the Philippines adjourns provisionally the signing of the moro ancestral domains agreement between the MILF and the Government. |
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Several attacks kill 30 people in Xinjiang (China) in what some analyst consider as the most important outbreak of violence of the last years. |
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The murder o a prominent pro-independence leader in Jammu and Kashmir leads to the intensification of the protests that began in June, having caused the death of at least 25 people to date. |
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In the escalation of the offensive against the LTTE, the Sri Lanka’s Government declares that 5,714 militants of the LTTE and 520 soldiers have died since the cease fire broke up in January. |
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The Supreme Court of Thailand dictates an arrest warrant against the ex prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. |
04: Europe
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Georgia and Russia reach a fragile cease fire accord after the military operation of Georgia in South Ossetia was replied by Russia with the invasion of several areas of Georgia. |
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The authorities of Kosovo issue their first passports, while the president affirms that the situation in South Ossetia could discourage some countries from recognising the new State. |
05: Middle East
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At least 11 people die after the explosion of a bomb on the Lebanese capital, Tripoli, a day after the Parliament announced its support to the new Government of Fouad Siniora. |
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The confrontation between the supporters of Fatah and Hamas reignites in Gaza leading to the death of nine people and 90 other wounded in the worst violent incident since Hamas took control over the Strip. |
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The Palestinian negotiators reject the Israeli’s Government offer of ceding the 93% of the West Bank and declare that, if it is not possible to move forward, they would consider the creation of a binational State. |
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The Kurdish veto over the lack of agreement about Kirkuk blocks the passing of the electoral law in Iraq, while the UN proposes the holding of elections in the rest of the county in October as expected. |
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