Conflict and War

"Peace from Rwanda." Photo: courtesy of <a href="http://bachersblog.com/">Adam Bacher</a>

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Stories of Reconciliation and Rebuilding in Rwanda

Rwanda, 1994: Hundreds of thousands of people, mostly members of the Tutsi minority, are slaughtered by their ethnic Hutu neighbors in one of the worst genocides of the 20th century.

Example of a user-based interactive map. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/whiteafrican/2912806680/in/set-72157605424701325/"> whiteafrican (flickr) </a>

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Can Twitter and Wiki Maps Help Humanitarian Aid?

Imagine being an aid worker isolated in rural Zimbabwe, where the worst cholera outbreak in 15 years has claimed more than 4,000 lives in recent months.

Picture of a refugee camp for Swat Valley civilians. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/aljazeeraenglish/3559310232/">Al Jazeera English (flickr)</a>

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The Economic Fallout From Pakistan's Taliban Troubles

Pakistan’s Swat Valley is currently at the epicenter of an armed conflict between the Pakistani military and the Taliban insurgents.

Lebanon’s banking system has helped ease the pressures of the financial crisis within the nation. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thriol/38619497/">thriol (flickr)</a>

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Lebanon's "Conservative Reflex"

Lebanon’s economy grew by 9 percent last year, one of seven nations to show positive economic growth in the midst of a

Pirates stock up on goats, cigarettes and other supplies when they return to shore. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/charlesfred/62784891/">CharlesFred (flickr)</a>

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Piracy Boosts Somali Economy

Piracy along Somalia's coastline represents a very lucrative business — as the pirates collectively earned an estimated $150 million in 2008 — but what is piracy's effect on Somalia's

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The situation for the Batwa pygmies in Central Africa, stranded and forced from their homes.

The guardian weekly recently published an article interviewing the pygmy chief Jean Pierre Canetto about the continuous mistreatment of his people, the Batwa pygmies in Congo.

A Palestinian man looks out towards destroyed buildings following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/farshadebrahimi/3159835222/in/photostream/">Amir Farshad Ebrahimi (flickr)</a>

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Gazans Digging To Survive

A stated aim of Israel's military strikes in Gaza was to destroy underground tunnels between Egypt and Gaza because they're used by Hamas to smuggle in weapons.

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Mercy Corps Aid Delivery Reaches Gaza

Despite Israel’s commitment to establishing a humanitarian corridor and daily three-hour ceasefire, delivering humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip has been a challenge.

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Civilians Struggle In Gaza

Given the frequently gloomy headlines regarding the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, many may not be surprised to hear of the latest violence in the region.

Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/reway2007/2181093568/">reway 2007 (flickr)</a>

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Bees Without Borders

What do bees have to do with poverty alleviation? A nonprofit founded by a beekeeping expert has found that the two can go hand-in-hand.

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Is Poverty Linked to Terrorism?

It seems obvious that poverty and terrorism are closely interwoven. The search for answers in last week's terrorist attacks in Mumbai has prompted the links between the two to be probed once again.

A Congolese woman recovers at a hospital in Goma, DRC. Photo: <a href=" http://www.flickr.com/photos/endrevestvik/2373350227/">Endre Vestvik (flickr)</a>

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Addressing Rape in the Congo

Congo has the world's biggest deposits of gold, copper, diamonds, and tin. Its dramatic mountain landscapes once inspired Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn’s romantic saga in The African Queen.

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The Cell Phone Paradox

Buffer zone in Nicosia. Photo: Bree Freeman

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Economics as a Catalyst for Peace

The last divided capital city in the world is Nicosia, Cyprus. Armed soldiers line each side of a buffer zone, with Greeks living on one side and Turks on the other.