Ethnic unrest

Indonesia: Terrorist Threats Remain, and Trouble in Sulawesi

Date: November 1st, 2005 |

The threat of terrorist attacks remains throughout the country and recent incidents show that Westerners or Western interests are targets. But other tensions exist here, and police are on high alert in Poso, Central Sulawesi, to prevent revenge attacks from Christians on Muslims after the brutal killings of three Christian girls. Sporadic violence has occurred [read more]

Indonesia

Date: May 7th, 2002 |

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A peace agreement that had tempered ethnic violence in Maluku province began to crack in recent weeks with further attacks by Muslim militants on Christian communities in Ambon. The attackers have largely been Islamic militant groups from outside the area spurred on by calls of jihad and often given free rein by security personnel. But [read more]

Indonesia

Date: January 13th, 2002 |

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After three years of sporadic violence in various parts of the country, there is some good news coming out of Sulawesi. A truce between Christian and Muslim communities in Poso appears to have the support of both groups and hopes are high that it will succeed. Buildings that were destroyed in the conflict are being [read more]

Nigeria

Date: July 2nd, 2001 |

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More than two weeks of fighting between rival ethnic groups in central Nigeria has killed as many as 200 people and displaced 50,000. The violence between the Azare and Tiv communities in Nassarawa state began June 12 and abated June 28. Relief efforts for the refugees are underway, but travel to the state should be [read more]

India

Date: February 12th, 2003 |

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Rajasthan state may be moving toward the Hindu-Muslim violence that has plagued nearby Gujarat the last couple of years. The state government intends to introduce a ban on the traditional Hindu religious icon, the trident, supposedly to protect Muslims. Hindu organizations adamantly oppose such a move and have vowed to fight it. Hindu activists claim [read more]

Ghana

Date: April 2nd, 2002 |

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Fighting between rival clans in the city of Yendi in the Dagbon Traditional Area, Northern Region caused 28 deaths at the end of March. The government announced a state of emergency, sent in troops to control the unrest, established curfews throughout the region and imposed news censorship. Further violence is possible and travel to the [read more]

Zimbabwe

Date: August 8th, 2001 |

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Armed squatters have occupied more than 500 farms for the past month, trying to wrest control of the land from white owners. President Robert Mugabe, whose popularity has dropped precipitously in recent years, most recently with voter rejection of his hand-crafted new constitution which would have given him power to seize and redistribute white-owned farms [read more]