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- UN team is attacked in Cote d'Ivoire
A UN team investigating the reported sale by Belarus of attack helicopters to supporters of incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to step down despite losing a bid for re-election, were shot at Monday in the capital, Yamoussoukro. The team -- which was dispatched to confirm the sale -- withdrew from the airport without injury. BBC (3/1), Bloomberg (2/28)       - New role emerges for China at United Nations
 Though typically reluctant to condemn other countries for human-rights violations, China backed a UN Security Council resolution condemning human-rights abuses in Libya and referring Libya's leaders to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court. The country's leadership is likely to be increasingly called upon to try to balance its internal policies with new foreign realities, according to this editorial. The Christian Science Monitor (2/28) - Aid workers struggle with Libyan refugees
 More than 140,000 refugees have fled the fighting in Libya in recent days, and even more are on the way, placing under enormous strain relief efforts in transit camps where they are await airplanes and ships to take them to their home countries, UN officials say. Aid workers reportedly were unable to cope with the influx of people, primarily Egyptians, on the Tunisian and Egyptian borders. The New York Times (free registration) (3/1) - Guterres is concerned for citizens of poor countries in Libya
Citizens from poor countries are unable to leave Libya and find themselves in physical danger, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said Monday. Wealthy countries have managed to evacuate thousands of nationals, while people from countries such as Somalia, Iraq and Sudan have been left to fend for themselves. AlertNet/Reuters (2/28) - Rapes continue in Democratic Republic of Congo
Aid group Meddcins Sans Frontieres has treated more than 200 people after sexual assaults since January in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Fizi region, where attacks on civilians are a common feature of long-running conflict in the country's east. While rape has been used on a large-scale as a weapon in the conflict, aid officials are worried by persistent reports of repeated attacks on the same groups of men, women and children. IRINNews.org (2/28) - China warns on soil, air and water
Rapid development is taking a toll on China's air, water and soil depleting natural resources to a dangerous level, Chinese Environment Minister Zhou Shengxian says. The remarks, and similar assessments expressed by Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, have prompted widespread speculation that Chinese authorities will unveil new environmental regulations during annual legislative meetings beginning this week. The New York Times (free registration) (2/28)  | - Opposition leaders in Iran said secretly imprisoned
Iranian opposition leaders Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have reportedly been taken to prison in secret after two weeks of house arrest after their calls for renewed anti-government protests. "The chiefs of the sedition have reached the end of the road, and it is time for [the authorities] to do their duty and judge and punish them," Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami was quoted as saying in the semiofficial Fars news agency. Los Angeles Times/Babylon & Beyond blog (2/28), Reuters (2/28) - Yemen protests gain official opposition support
Opposition parties and clerics joined anti-government protests in Yemen for the first time Monday after rejecting an offer from embattled President Ali Abdullah Saleh to form a unity government. Influential cleric Sheikh Abdul Majid al-Zindani, accused by American officials of having ties to al-Qaida, called the ongoing protests a chance to form an Islamic government. The New York Times (free registration) (3/1) - West ratchets up pressure on Gadhafi, weighs options
Western powers were preparing to take additional steps against the regime of Col. Moammar Gadhafi in Libya as the United States froze some $30 billion of the country's assets and maneuvered warships toward its shores, in response to his bloody crackdown against anti-government protesters. Among the measures under consideration by the United States and its allies is a no-fly zone over the country, which observers say is possible, yet complicated. Los Angeles Times (2/28), The New York Times (free registration) (2/28) - Kenya, Ethiopia mull response to al-Shabab threats
Kenyan and Ethiopian authorities are considering a joint assault on al-Shabab militias after the group threatened attacks on Kenya as retribution for training Somali government forces. The al-Qaida-aligned group has been battling to overthrow the Somali government and controls areas near the Kenyan and Ethiopian borders. AlertNet/Reuters (2/28)
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