News Roundup – Rest of Week 46
The child soldiers who escaped Colombia’s guerrilla groups
Dozens of Malian rebels seen arriving in troubled northern town of Kidal
Congo blames mediator Uganda for collapse of rebel talks but Congo ready to sign document formalizing rebel defeat
Militias attack Libyan protesters demanding end of out-of-control armed groups, killing 31
Syria opposition says armed Kurds ‘hostile’
Syria Rebels Recruit at Refugee Camp
International Crisis Group report: “Sri Lanka’s Potemkin Peace: Democracy Under Fire” (see here for the summary and here for the full report)
Myanmar political parties and ethnic armed groups to meet in Thailand
Philippine Rebel Group Complicates Aid Effort and In Tacloban City armed groups ‘lead’ looters but Philippine left rebel group declares unilateral truce in typhoon-hit areas
Annyssa Bellal
Katharine Fortin
Rogier Bartels