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Semáforo is a monthly collection of news from around the world, classified by geographical area - Africa, America, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and Central Asia, and the Middle East. Semáforo also includes a section which monitors international organisations and the subjects on the international agenda for peace building.

Daily monitoring of news items is based on more than 60 sources and includes areas related to armed conflicts, humanitarian crises, international behaviour, unresolved conflicts, forced displacements, human rights, sustainable development, gender, governability and economic and political crises, militarisation and disarmament, peace processes and post-war rehabilitation and gender.

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Semáforo 267
01.06.12 - 29.06.12
To read the full document click here. (in Spanish)

Worsening
  • ARMENIA - AZERBAIJAN (NAGORNO-KARABAKH): Tension escalates due to the increase of ceasefire violations.
  • IRAQ: The country experiences its bloodiest day since the withdrawal of US troops with a death toll of 93 in coordinated attacks throughout the country.
  • LIBYA: Violence causes the death OF a hundred people and reveals the fragile security situation on the eve of the elections, which were delayed until 7th July.
  • NIGERIA (BOKO HARAM): Several incidents of violence cause the death of over 150 people and motivate an escalation of clashes between Muslims and Christians.
  • DR CONGO (EAST): HRW and Enough Project state that Rwandese army officers have provided weapons and support to the General Bosco Ntaganda rebellion.
  • SYRIA: The Syrian President affirms that the country is in a "state of war" in a context of escalating violence that has left hundreds dead during last month.
    • Alert
  • EGYPT: The Muslim Brotherhood candidate wins the presidential elections in a context marked by power struggles with the military.
  • INDONESIA (WEST PAPUA): The death of an activist in the West Papua National Committee shot by police triggers riots in Jayapura.
  • MALI (NORTH): Divisions between the Islamist group Ansar Dine and the Tuareg MNLA increase, while ECOWAS stands ready to intervene militarily in northern Mali.
  • PAKISTAN: Raja Pervez Ashraf is appointed prime minister by Parliament after the dismissal of Yousuf Raza Gilani by the Supreme Court amid a serious political crisis.
  • PAKISTAN (BALUCHISTAN): A wave of sectarian violence with several attacks on Sunni and Shiite population causes the death of 33 people.
  • SYRIA – TURKEY: The shooting down of a Turkish plane by Syria results in an escalation of tension between Ankara and Damascus.
  • SOMALIA: The adoption of the draft constitution, the last step of the Somali peace process, is on the brink of failure.
  • SUDAN: Numeorus protests against the government of Omar al-Bashir take place.
  • TURKEY (SOUTH): Violence escalates, while the main Turkish opposition party presents a proposal for a peace plan.
  • YEMEN (AQAP): Yemeni security forces launch a big-scale offensive against AQAP militants and regain control of several towns in the south.
    • Progress
  • MOLDOVA (TRANSDNIESTRIA): The authorities of Moldova and the breakaway region reach an agreement for the restoration of transport corridors.
  • SENEGAL (CASAMANCE): The new president and the military leader of the MFDC express their readiness to advance a negotiated solution to the conflict in Casamance.
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