News Roundup – 2 February 2015
William Schabas resigns as head of UN war crimes inquiry after Israel accuses him of pro-Gaza bias
Mali armed groups said to clash near Timbuktu
Nigerian troops fight back against Boko Haram’s big-city attack on Maiduguri
Chad army says kills 120 Boko Haram militants in Cameroon
Bomber blows herself up after Nigeria president’s rally
South Sudan’s warring sides agree fresh ceasefire deal, but What next for South Sudan’s 3,000 freed child soldiers?
Egypt court bans Hamas armed group
Ukraine, Rebel Talks End Amid Deadly Fighting
Ukraine Rebels Upbeat After an Infusion of Aid
Tracking the Weapons Used to Fight Ukraine’s War
US Weapons to Ukraine: Can the law protect in war?
‘Islamic State’ encroaching on Libya
Damascus Explosion Kills 7 Lebanese Shi’ite Pilgrims
Philippines mourns commandos killed in raid that threatens peace deal, yet Give peace a chance, say Philippine and rebel negotiators
Three blog posts on the 2008 killing by Israel and the USA of Imad Mughniyah, Hezbollah’s international operations chief, in Syria: by Kevin Jon Heller on OJ , Ryan Goodman and Sarah Knuckey on Just Security and Jack Goldschith on Lawfare.
