A UN police training officer demonstrates how to subdue a criminal suspect using non-violent methods during a training session with Liberian National Police recruits, Unification Town, Liberia. (UN P…

“This is not a religious crisis, actually,” said Dieudonné Nzapalainga, Catholic Archbishop of Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR) on March 14th. “It is a political and military crisis.” The ar…

Photo credit: Catalina-Martin Chico/European Commission DG ECHO/Flickr Aid worker attacks and attacks against civilian aid operations were at their highest levels last year, said Abby Stoddard, sen…

The closing ceremony of the 22nd African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 31, 2014. (AU Commission/Flickr) Convened under the theme of agriculture and food security in Africa, the 22…

Fleeing violence, a family resettles in the burnt-out shell of a light aircraft at Bangui International Airport, December 2013. (UNHCR/S. Phelps) Two months after the beginning of the French/Africa…

Catherine Samba-Panza sits prior to her swearing-in ceremony at the National Assembly in the capital Bangui, January 23, 2014. (MINUSCA/Flickr) Renewed international attention to the situation in …

Francesco Mancini, Senior Director of Research at the International Peace Institute, has compiled a list of ten key issues to watch that are likely to impact international peace and security in 2014…

The Central African Republic (CAR) is poised to become the next theater of operations of a European Union (EU) military mission.  On January 10, a month after the outbreak of inter-religious atrocit…

At the start of every month, the Global Observatory posts a list of key upcoming meetings and events that have implications for global affairs.   - Peace & Se…