BEIJING (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping urged Israel to make "brave" decisions on the latest round of peace talks with the Palestinians, after negotiators ended another U.S-mediated session with no sign of a breakthrough. "At present, the Israeli-Palestinian talks process has entered a crucial stage; there are opportunities and [...]

By RAZAN GHAZZAWI 8 April 2014 on OpenDemocracy.net The battle for Syrian women's liberation is multi-faceted; and from first-hand experience, we learn just how often the intersectional modes of oppression are themselves used to undermine power. "They brought us by bus. We were a large group of female and male [...]

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31 MARCH 2014 by Allfrica.com Our two white UN vehicles are carefully moving down the dusty and bumpy road between Kenema and Koindu in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. We pass dozens of burnt, abandoned ruins of what were once sturdy brick and stone homes, some with hundreds of [...]

24 March 2014, Published by the United Nations Restoring access to water in conflict area is critical to post-conflict situation according to a new study. In times of war, water resources and infrastructure are often destroyed or become inaccessible to large segments of people living in conflict areas. Restoring these [...]

01 APRIL 2014 Published by The Belfast Telegraph. European support for Northern Ireland's peace process should continue for the longer term, a member of a high-powered delegation from Brussels said. Funding for a proposed cross-border bridge that would link counties Down and Louth has been withdrawn and the building of a [...]