| NEPAL: Government must act on extrajudicial killings |
 KATHMANDU, 13 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - The government’s continued failure to investigate and prosecute extrajudicial killings during Nepal’s civil war (1996-2006) is ruining lives and devastating victims’ families, while creating a culture of impunity, the UN and rights activists say.
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GLOBAL: We can have food security, say two new reports |  JOHANNESBURG, 12 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Did you know that agriculture contributed 42 percent of Nigeria's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2008, more than double the 20 percent of revenue that oil brought into the national coffers?
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SRI LANKA: Interview with top government official on IDP camps, returns |  COLOMBO, 11 November 2009 (IRIN Asia) - One of the more contentious issues in Sri Lanka this year has been the plight of hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the north.
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In Brief: Burundians hand in thousands of weapons |  BUJUMBURA, 4 November 2009 (IRIN Global) - Civilians across Burundi have handed in thousands of guns, grenades and rounds of ammunition during a 10-day voluntary disarmament campaign.
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ASIA: Human rights body’s shaky beginnings |  HUA HIN, 26 October 2009 (IRIN Asia) - After only a few days Southeast Asia's inter-governmental human rights body is already being criticized over its terms of reference as well as its ability to have any impact on human rights in Myanmar.
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AFGHANISTAN: More than an olive branch |  JALALABAD, 25 October 2009 (IRIN Asia) - A major opium producer just a few years ago, Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar is now believed to be opium free, amid signs the once flourishing olive business is undergoing a revival.
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SRI LANKA: Donor frustration over IDP camps |  BANGKOK, 23 October 2009 (IRIN Asia) - Donors are increasingly concerned over the conditions in Sri Lanka’s camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) and are less likely to provide funding if they continue to restrict IDPs’ freedom of movement, say UN officials.
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MYANMAR: Rohingya youth face bleak future |  MAUNGDAW, 21 October 2009 (IRIN Asia) - Hla Moe, 25, has a university degree but it is worthless in the eyes of Myanmar's military government. Thus, he and other Rohingya youth have no choice but to till the land just as their ancestors have done for generations in Northern Rakhine State.
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AFGHANISTAN: Virtually no safety net for war victims’ families |  KABUL, 20 October 2009 (IRIN Asia) - Ahmad Wali died in a bomb blast in Kandahar city on 25 August and Samim was killed in a suicide attack in Kabul on 15 September. Both men left grieving families with little capacity to cope on their own.
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PHILIPPINES: Muslim rebels, government seek civilian protection |  MANILA, 19 October 2009 (IRIN Asia) - The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) says it is working with the government to establish a mechanism to protect civilians in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Mindanao from crossfire or clashes before formal peace talks resume.
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