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The Oure Cassoni refugee camp in northeast Chad ‘is something of a nexus in the geopolitics of Darfur.’ It is ‘home to 27,000 refugees, most of whom have been here for more than five years.’ The U.N. special representative to Chad describes it as a ‘rest and recuperation facility for rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement, who say [...]

In his first meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Barack Obama called publicly for Netanyahu to stop building new settlements in the West Bank, as well as put an end to the difficult humanitarian situation in Gaza. Netanyahu, on his part, put the emphasis on the danger posed by Iran’s nuclear program, preferring [...]