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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 23. Mars 2012 / Time Line March 23, 2012
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The Pursuit of Justice in Guatemala : National
Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 373
Washington, D.C., March 1, 2012 -- Today marks the 30th anniversary
of the coup that propelled General Efrain Rios Montt to power and
launched the most violent period of the 36-year internal armed
conflict in Guatemala. The National Security Archive and the North
American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) mark the coup
anniversary with the publication today of NACLA Report on the
Americas, "Central America: Legacies of War," containing feature
article by National Security Archive's Kate Doyle on "Justice in
Guatemala."
03/23/2012
Mali conflict exacerbates Sahel food security crisis: UN
humanitarian chief
English.news.cn 2012-03-23 17:53:45
BANGKOK, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Conflict in Mali is exacerbating the
food crisis in Sahel where 10 million people are suffering from
hunger, visiting UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said here
Friday, a day after a coup in Mali.
People have been moving out of Mali into neighboring countries as a
result of the conflict, even before the coup. "What it has done is
to exacerbate an already difficult food situation in that part of
the world," said UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian
Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Amos.
More than 10 million people are suffering from hunger as drought,
poverty, high grain prices and environmental degradation hit Mali,
Niger and six other Sahel countries. Conflict between rebels and
government forces have driven tens of thousands of people from
northern Mali into Niger, a country hit hard by epidemic hunger
with 5.4 million people struggling for food.
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