Genocide Monitor

  • AFGHANISTAN: Militants launched a brazen attack on government offices and other public targets in Kabul, while suicide bombs killed 7 people along the Afghan-Pakistani border
  • SOMALIA: The new year has brought increased violence to Somalia, where 63,000 people have been displaced since January 1.
  • EASTERN BURMA: In Rangoon, Aung San Suu Kyi awaits a decision on her appeal, while in the northern Shan State,the United Wa State Army is arming civilians.
  • DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: MONUC and FARDC have begun Operation Amani Leo to provide increased protection for civilians and further disrupt the FDLR
  • DARFUR: The conflict continues in North Darfur, including clashes between the Sudanese government and rebels as well as attacks on UNAMID peacekeepers.
  • DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: As of September 2009, more than 1,400 civilians had been killed by members of the FDLR or FARDC in the eastern DR Congo since the beginning of 2009.
  • EASTERN BURMA: More than 470,000 civilians remain displaced in eastern Burma at the end of 2009.
  • AFGHANISTAN: Civilian casualties of the war in Afghanistan declined between September and October, but more than 1,900 civilians have been killed in the country in 2009.
  • DARFUR: Two major reports on Darfur are released, as the first set of Ethiopian helicopters and pilots are preparing to deploy to western Sudan.
  • EASTERN BURMA: The Thai Burma Border Consortium compares the situation in eastern Burma to that in Darfur.
  • DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: The Congolese army is documented as a major threat to civilians even as the Lord’s Resistance Army appears to be moving from the eastern DR Congo.
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  • DARFUR: Fighting resumes in the Jebel Marra region and the conflict in Darfur draws renewed attention from President Obama as the United States releases its new Sudan policy.
  • EASTERN BURMA: The U.S. releases its new Burma policy as tensions rise between Burma and China over the August fighting in northern Shan state.
  • AFGHANISTAN: Another suicide bombing rocks Kabul as the UN declared that September the second deadliest month for civilians in Afghanistan.
  • SOMALIA: While Al-Shabaab and Hisbul-Islam fight over control of the southern city of Kismayo, the numbers of Somali displaced continue to rise.