CrisisWatch N°58, 1 June 2008
Eight actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated in May 2008, and four improved, according to the new issue of CrisisWatch, released today. Violence flared ahead of and during 1 June parliamentary elections in Macedonia with two killed in clashes between rival Albanian parties. Brutal xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa erupted in Alexandra township on 11 May and spread across the country. The situation also deteriorated in Guinea, India (non-Kashmir), Mali, Myanmar/Burma, Sudan and Zimbabwe. The situation improved in Lebanon, Nepal, Syria and the Taiwan Strait. br / For June CrisisWatch identifies Zimbabwe as a Conflict Risk Alert.
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