Genocide Monitor
- DARFUR: Security remains poor as a reauthorized UNAMID still lacks the proper equipment and personnel to carry out its mandate. While President Bashir attempts to secure domestic support against the ICC, international leaders are expressing concern over the world court's effect on the peace process.
- SOMALIA: Civilians continue to be targeted by insurgent groups and Ethiopian soldiers, as political infighting threatens to doom the peace process.
- EASTERN BURMA: Expanded US sanctions on Burma attempt to further deprive the junta of its export earnings. Villagers in the east fled their homes in anticipation of a new offensive by government-backed militias.
- IRAQ: Despite recent car bombings, civilian casualties in Iraq continue to fall.
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- DARFUR: The ICC prosecutor asks for an indictment of President Omar Bashir, while security in Darfur deteriorates even further.
- SOMALIA: Aid workers are increasingly targeted in the country, which may cause an even wider food crisis.
- ZIMBABWE: Violence against opposition supporters continues, dampening the recent announcement of negotiations between Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai.
- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Continued targeting of civilians results in 200 deaths and hundreds of rapes.
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- DARFUR: Darfur remains insecure, while the government of Sudan continues its non-cooperation with the ICC. The appointment of a new joint AU-UN mediator for Darfur may help move the peace process along.
- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Jean-Pierre Bemba, former Vice President of the DRC was extradited to The Hague to stand trial for crimes against humanity, as Thomas Lubanga's war crimes trial is temporarily suspended.
- SOMALIA: Recently named the world's most unstable state, Somalia is an increasingly dangerous location to carry out humanitarian operations.
- ZIMBABWE: Robert Mugabe won a single candidate run-off after the opposition MDC boycotted the electoral process. International condemnation is increasing as calls for a power-sharing arrangement incorporating the opposition MDC grow louder.
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- DARFUR: The situation in Darfur continues to deteriorate contributing to a rise in banditry and increasing food insecurity and activists continue to call for increased pressure on the Sudanese government.
- ZIMBABWE: Election violence continues, forcing MDC candidate Morgan Tsvangirai out of the race as the international community steps up its condemnation of the Zimbabwean government.
- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: The trial of accused war criminal Thomas Lubanga was temporarily suspended due to questions of fairness, casting doubt on the future of Lubanga's case.
- EASTERN CHAD: A rebel offensive aimed at overthrowing President Deby has been checked, but not before rebels captured several towns.
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- ZIMBABWE: Election violence continues with the armed forces implicated in the intimidation of opposition activists. Increasing violence against opposition members and the harassment of diplomatic staff illustrate the severity of the situation.
- DARFUR: The International Criminal Court increased pressure on Sudan to surrender indicted war criminals and is preparing a case against the Sudanese government for carrying out an organized campaign of violence in Darfur. UNAMID peacekeepers are facing additional difficulties after the murder of a Ugandan police officer near El Fasher.
- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Hutu extremist rebels opened fire on a refugee camp in North Kivu, displacing up to 5,000 people, setting back the peace process, even as hundreds of other rebels demobilize.
- SOMALIA: Fighting between supporters of the Somali government and Islamist rebels rages in Mogadishu, while a recent truce agreement lays the groundwork for a possible stabilization of Somalia.
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