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Angola: two years after the endof decades of war

by Jan Van Criekinge | Comment | March - May 2004

Angola is one of the countries in the world that has been most affected by war and violence over the past four decades. ...

State of terror

by Peter Burt | Comment | December 2003 - February 2004

The problem is, the Thai government always obeys the US administration. They should realisethat a free trade agreement with the US would hurt Thai farmers. And Thailand might become a terrorist target if we support the US war on terrorism.
Suriyasai Katasila, secretary general of Thailand's Campaign for Popular Democracy

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Hate radio: Rwanda

by Radio Netherlands | Feature | December 2003 - February 2004

During 1994 an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 people were killed in the Rwandan genocide. Therole of radio broadcasts across the country in inspiring and encourag-ing individual and collective acts of violence has become one of the best-documented and most extreme cases of the use of media to fuel conflict.After being indicted in 1996 by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the trials of reporters allegedly central tothe hate broadcasts began in 2001. Radio Netherlands reporters have kept a close eye on developments.

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Tyrants always fall. Always

by Yeshua Moser-Puangsuwan | Comment | September - November 2003

Although not forseen by the political pundits of the time, the salt campaign launched by Mahatma Gandhi and the Congress Party in India became the key nonviolent direct action campaign to ...

Daily living with terror

by Saswati Roy | Feature | September - November 2003

Since 9/11 the word “terror” has become known the world over-- its impact has become more vivid, glaring on us. ...

South Asia and the international arms trade

by Tom Lansford | Feature | September - November 2003

South Asia remains one of the most volatile regions of the world. Continued arms sales and weapons transfers only exacerbate both ongoing and potential conflicts in the area. ...

Memory and memorials from Chile: 30 years since the military coup

by Roberta Bacic | News | September - November 2003

An itinerant exhibition of 27 photographs has been put together in an effort to share the process of dealing with the past alongside the relatives of the disappeared and those executed for ...

Viva Rio: farewell to arms in Brazil

by Josephine | Feature | September - November 2003

Although Brazil is not officially at war, the country has the one of the highest homicide rates in the world, with more than 35,000 firearm deaths every year. ...

An end in sight?

by Keith Goddard | Comment | June - Aug 2003

Over the past three years, one of the most frequently asked questions in Zimbabwe (and often asked of me by my 79-year old mother) has been “why are they not taking to the streets ...

Moving into the future: building peace in North-East Asia

by James Reilly | Feature | June - Aug 2003

Despite being one of the world's most dynamic economic and political regions, North-East Asian security remains surprisingly dominated by the past. ...