SEPTEMBER 2007 TRENDS

Eleven actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in September 2007, according to the new issue of CrisisWatch, released today.

Deteriorated Situations
Algeria, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia/Eritrea, Fiji, Lebanon, Myanmar/Burma, Nepal, North Caucasus (non-Chechnya), Somaliland (Somalia), Sudan

Improved Situations
Chad, Liberia, Sierra Leone

Unchanged Situations
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Basque Country (Spain), Belarus, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Central African Republic, Chechnya (Russia), Colombia, Comoros Islands, Côte d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Guinea, Guatemala, Haiti, India (non-Kashmir), Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel/Occupied Territories, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Maldives, Mali, Morocco, Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan), Niger, Nigeria, Northern Ireland (UK), North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Serbia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan Strait, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zimbabwe