The convention sets out for the first time the obligations of both African states and armed rebel groups to prevent displacement and to provide basic rights for those who are uprooted by wars and natural disasters.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Two reports by the U.N. peacekeeping force in the DRC and the Office of the U.N.High Commissioner for Human Rights describe some particularly heinous crimes committed by rebel groups and Congolese armed forces.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

The opposition meetings in Istanbul come two days after a top military defector said armed rebel groups have aligned under the leadership of the Free Syrian Army.

CNN: Annan says Syrian crisis can't 'drag on indefinitely'

Our correspondent says the number of confrontations between the armed forces and the rebel groups, which the authorities call "narco-terrorists", is increasing.

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It's not confined to a state's armed forces or to rebel groups.

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