Ongoing negotiations between the two Sudans have resulted in an agreement on oil this weekend. Both countries made substantial concessions, but oil is only one aspect of the broader agreement set to be signed this year.
As the crisis in Mali takes root, ECOWAS meets with a rebel leader in northern Mali to open dialogue and begin the process of negotiating a peaceful solution.
This is not your everyday benefit concert. Tickets are not even being sold. They have to be earned. How a concert on the margins of the UN can help turn the tide against extreme global poverty.
One aspect of the Syria crisis that has not received much attention is sexual violence against Syrian women. Women Under Siege is trying to change that through a new crowdsourced map of where incidents of sexual violence have been reported in Syria.