News Roundup – 5-6 August 2014
Two interesting publications by Chatham House:
After Westgate: opportunities and challenges in the war against Al-Shabaab by Paul D. Williams
The UN and the African Union in Mali and beyond: a shotgun wedding? by Thomas G. Weiss and Martin Welz
Colombia Court Bars Rebels Guilty of War Crimes From Public Office
‘Islamist militants’ kill 10 in northern Cameroon
Amnesty International: Gruesome footage implicates Nigerian military in war crimes
UN outraged at ethnic murder of South Sudanese humanitarian workers
Israeli Pullback Won’t Quell Questions About “War Crimes”
Assessing the Gaza war outcome so far
Mission to search Malaysia Airlines crash site in Ukraine ends over safety concerns
Human Rights Watch: Ukrainian Insurgents Disrupt Medical Services
Car bombs kill 51 in Baghdad Shiite neighborhoods
40,000 Iraqis stranded on mountain as Isis jihadists threaten death
Iraq crisis: Mosul air strike ‘kills 60’
Killing of US general turns focus to Afghanistan’s insider attacks
Protesters in Sri Lanka Disrupt Meeting on Civil War Missing
Annyssa Bellal
Katharine Fortin
Rogier Bartels