Mark Duggans family and friends had called for a peaceful show of support and the community duly answered. tags: KillingUnrestVerdictVigil

The political crisis in Bangladesh caused by a bitter rivalry between the two main parties is taking its toll on the country's 22-billion ... tags: 22-billionandBangladeshdroppedgarmentglobalhave

Sunni militants and armed tribesmen angry with the government set off days of fighting when they took control of Falluja last week. On ... tags: 2010-AfricaAnbar_ProvinceandNorthNouri_al-MalikiQaeda-affiliated_Islamic_State

The leader of the Nusra Front, an affiliate of Al Qaeda in Syria, on Tuesday proposed an initiative aimed at halting the worst infighting ... tags: 2010-Abu_Mohammed_al-JolaniAfricaandBashar_al-MiddleNorth

The drumbeat of violence in recent weeks threatens to bring back the worst of the Iraqi civil war that the United States touched off with ... tags: 2010-AfricaandIslamicNorthOrganisationSaudi_Arabia

2013 has been the year of political turmoil in Tunisia. The assassination of the politician Chokri Belaid in February plunged the country ... tags: 2013AfricasTunisUnrest

There is further unrest in Egypt after a bomb targeted a military intelligence building in Anshas, a village around 100 kilometres north of ... tags: AttackbombBomb_blastEgyptFreshfurtherprovokes

In South Sudan, President Salva Kiir's government has agreed to end fighting with rebels following days of violence. Meanwhile, African ... tags: africaCentral_African_RepublicEgyptFranceNigeriaSectarian_violenceSouth_Sudan

Several children have been killed in the latest spate of violence that has gripped Syria for two and a half years now. Human rights ... tags: DebatemilitantPress_TVSyriaSyrian_crisisunrest

Ukraine has become a new battleground between the EU and Russia. The country is divided between those who want greater integration with ... tags: INFocusPress_TVRussiaTymoshenkoUkraineunrest

Muslim Brotherhood students of the group 'Students against the Coup' have been staging protests in universities across Egypt in recent ... tags: AfricaClashEgyptUniversityUnrest

Despite the arrival of 1,600 French troops, and patrols by the FOMAC African peacekeepers, the situation in the capital of the Central ... tags: airportBanguiCentralCentral_African_RepublicClashes_and_riotsFranceplagues