31.01.2012 - Source: 
BBC News 
Egypt: "Chinese workers seized in Egypt"
Sinai peninsula: According to officials, Bedouin tribesmen have kidnapped 25 Chinese workers [ID 209985]
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04.02.2012 - Source: ReliefWeb
Syrian Arab Republic: "Ban voices deep regret after Security Council fails to agree on resolution " , Author: UN News Service
China and Russia vetoed a draft UN resolution aimed at ending Syrian government's crackdown on protesters [ID 209971]
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03.02.2012 - Source: ReliefWeb
Syrian Arab Republic: "Russia rejects Syria text as deaths mount " , Author: Agence France-Presse
Russia plans to reject a draft UN resolution to pressure the Syrian government to end its crackdown on protesters; at least 25 people reportedly killed in clashes between government troops and rebel forces [ID 209969]
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01.02.2012 - Source: ReliefWeb
Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic: "Lebanese Border Town Harbors Syrian Refugees" , Author: Voice of America
Article on Syrians fleeing to Lebanon to avoid violence in their country [ID 209967]
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30.01.2012 - Source: BBC News
China, Sudan: "China doubts Sudan workers freed in South Kordofan"
South Kordofan: 29 Chinese construction workers kidnapped by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N); Sudan's army said that 14 had been "liberated", but according to Chinese officials, all were still missing [ID 209956]
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05.02.2012 - Source: BBC News
Egypt: "Egypt 'to put on trial foreign NGO workers'"
The military council said it is to put on trial 43 people over the funding of NGOs and street protests against them; offices of several NGOs were raided and a number of foreign staff banned from leaving the country [ID 209941]
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03.02.2012 - Source: BBC News
Egypt: "US tourists seized in Egypt's Sinai peninsula freed"
Sinai peninsula: 2 US women tourists and an Egyptian guide, who were kidnapped by Bedouin tribesmen, have been released; according to officials, the kidnappers had demanded the release of recently arrested relatives [ID 209940]
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09.02.2012 - Source: ReliefWeb
Cameroon, Nigeria: "Nigerians flee to Cameroon to escape Islamist violence" , Author: Agence France-Presse
Many Nigerians have fled to neighbouring Cameroon to escape violence claimed by the Islamist sect Boko Haram and revenge attacks by Christians [ID 209939]
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02.02.2012 - Source: ReliefWeb
Mali: "President urges Malians not to attack civilian Tuareg" , Author: Agence France-Presse
President Toure urges people not to attack Tuareg civilians; families of soldiers protest in Kati against president Toure and accuse him of backing the rebels of the Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA); Tuareg homes vandalised in Segou and Kati [ID 209938]
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08.02.2012 - Source: ReliefWeb
Nigeria: ""Raining Bombs" Causing Hundreds to Flee Northern Nigeria" , Author: InterPress Third World News Agency
Article on people fleeing violence in the state of Kano [ID 209936]
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06.02.2012 - Source: Reuters
Mali: "Mali says 20 rebels killed, thousands flee" , Author: AlertNet
Timbuktu region: 20 Tuareg rebels of the secessionist Azawad National Liberation Movement (MNLA) killed in clashes with government troops; at least 13,500 civilians fled the fighting into Niger and Mauritania [ID 209935]
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08.02.2012 - Source: ReliefWeb
Nigeria: "Nigerian Islamists wear police kit for attacks: official" , Author: Agence France-Presse
According to the head of the secret police in the city of Kano, members of the Islamist sect Boko Haram wear police uniforms to launch attacks; 3 police uniforms were allegedly recovered in an army raid on a Boko Haram hideout
[ID 209934]
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07.02.2012 - Source: ReliefWeb
Nigeria: "Three blasts rock north Nigerian city" , Author: Agence France-Presse
City of Kaduna: According to authorities, explosions rocked an army barracks, a bridge and an air base [ID 209932]
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06.02.2012 - Source: ReliefWeb
Nigeria: "Blasts rock northern Nigeria, police station attacked" , Author: Agence France-Presse
Northern Nigeria: According to police, gunmen blew up a police station and injured one officer in the city of Kano as blasts rocked a market in the city of Maiduguri [ID 209930]
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01.2012 - Source: Brookings Institution
Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo: "Internal Displacement in West Africa: A Snapshot"
Report on internal displacement in West African countries (general information; root causes; laws and policies; protection) [ID 209927]
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07.02.2012 - Source: Reuters
Iraq: "FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb. 7" , Author: AlertNet
Update on security developments (7 February 2012)
[ID 209926]
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06.02.2012 - Source: Reuters
Iraq: "FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb. 6" , Author: AlertNet
Update on security developments (6 February 2012) [ID 209925]
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05.02.2012 - Source: Reuters
Iraq: "FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb. 5" , Author: AlertNet
Update on security developments (5 February 2012) [ID 209924]
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30.01.2012 - Source: BBC News
Egypt: "US citizens seek refuge at Cairo embassy"
Cairo: Several US citizens have taken refuge at the US embassy amid a crackdown on foreign-funded pro-democracy groups; the ruling military council has accused foreign groups of funding street protests against them; at least 10 foreigners are barred from leaving Egypt [ID 209919]
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08.02.2012 - Source: BBC News
Nigeria: "Nigeria Islamists claim army raid"
Kaduna: Boko Haram claims responsibility for suicide bombing at army headquarters and for an attempted attack on an air force base [ID 209916]
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08.02.2012 - Source: BBC News
Sudan: "Sudan to get peace body in Darfur"
Article on the newly launched governing body Darfur Regional Authority [ID 209915]
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01.02.2012 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Iran, Iraq: "Camp New Iraq (formerly Camp Ashraf) residents and the determination of their refugee status claims"
Brief note on Camp New Iraq residents and the determination of their refugee status claims [ID 209902]
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06.02.2012 - Source: International Crisis Group
Zimbabwe: "Zimbabwe’s Sanctions Standoff"
Report on international sanctions imposed on the country in response to human rights abuses and political violence and their impact on the political situation [ID 209896]
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07.02.2012 - Source: BBC News
Sudan: "Chinese workers released in Sudan"
Group of Chinese workers, who were kidnapped by rebels in Sudan one month earlier, freed and flown to Kenya, according to officials from both countries [ID 209893]
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07.02.2012 - Source: BBC News
Mali: "Mali: Tuareg rebellion forces medical staff to withdraw"
Medical charity Doctors of the World withdraws from northern Mali after a recent outbreak of fighting by Tuareg rebels, who want an autonomous region in the Sahara desert [ID 209892]
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