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Simon Roughneen

Simon Roughneen works for GOAL, an international humanitarian organization working with the poorest of the poor around the world. Simon previously worked for International Conflict Research (INCORE), and was Senior Northern Ireland and international correspondent for SecurityWatch.

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Peace in peril: Sudan, two years on

While Darfur burns, Sudan's north-south peace agreement is fraying, reports Simon Roughneen.

Darfur: between peace and delivery

The failure of the Darfur Peace Agreement to improve conditions on the ground will jeopardise the lives of already displaced and hungry people, writes Simon Roughneen from Fata Borno camp in northern Darfur.

Hard to believe your eyes: drought in Kenya and Ethiopia

The parched conditions in the Kenya-Somalia-Ethiopia borderlands are devastating the lives of Turkana and Oromo herders there, reports Simon Roughneen of the Irish development NGO Goal.

Ireland's alcoholic curse

Irish people’s high alcohol consumption has been transformed in the public mind from a cultural trait into a major medical and social problem. How did the country’s drinking culture acquire its harder, violent edge?

But war hurts more

Sierra Leone, torn apart by a decade of brutal civil war, desperately needs the catharsis that truth and reconciliation can bring. But the attempt to establish this process has encountered problems - confusion about the role of the two different commissions, a lack of public engagement and the non-compliance of critical witnesses. What can the international community do to help?