Stalemate in Southern Thailand

Crisis Group's blog On the African Peacebuilding Agenda features up-to-date analysis and commentary on issues surrounding Sub-Saharan Africa by senior staff from the Africa Program. Recent posts:

"Time to Rethink the Kimberly Process: The Zimbabwe Case", Thierry Vircoulon, 4 November 2010.

"West African Elections: There's too Much at Stake", Richard Atwood and Richard Moncrieff, 29 October 2010.

"Côte d’Ivoire : Les trois inconnues du scrutin", Rinaldo Depagne, 28 October 2010.

Iraq Security Forces Post-US Withdrawal

23 October 2010: Perhaps the most important element in the formation of Iraq's government is the future of the security forces. Where do they stand, seven years after being dismantled? Crisis Group's Middle East Deputy Program Director Joost Hiltermann tells us.

14 Oct 2010: In a joint letter, the International Crisis Group, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have declined the invitation of Sri Lanka's Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) to appear before it. The Sri Lankan government is promoting the Commission as an independent mechanism for reconciliation and restorative justice after its decades-long civil war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), yet the Commission fails to meet basic standards and is fatally flawed in structure and practice.