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Nigeria: Use Restraint in Curbing Jos Violence
Nigeria should ensure that its security forces use restraint and comply with international standards on the use of force in responding to the latest...
Nigeria: Religion still a blindfold for violence
The State of Jos in Nigeria has proven to be a hot spot for religious violence, for the umpteenth time. Christians and Muslims have...
Guinea: Military Leader warned to stay away from the country
Recuperating Guinea's military junta, Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara, has been advised not to return to Guinea, because his return, according to analysts, would destabilize...
Zimbabwe: Veterans demand 20% of lands and mines amid threats
Zimbabwe’s liberation fighters have declared that they are entitled to
a 20 per cent share of any resource in the country saying they are the
poorest...
Obama Needs to Make Sudan a Priority in 2010
Enough, the anti-genocide project at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement today on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the...
Nigeria: Financial distrust threatens weak peace and civility in Niger Delta
A dispute between the Niger Delta communities of Nigeria and government officials over who must manage the ten percent of oil revenues promised them...
Nigeria as a terror ground: U.S. African commander “not aware”
Nigeria’s emergence on the US State Sponsored Terrorism list has not gone without official criticisms and ultimatums from Africa’s most populous state. Claims over...
Sudan: Fears over war outbreak
Sudan is on the verge of war, ten international aid groups have warned. The international community has been called upon to prevent a collapse...
Somalia: Islamist militia kicked out of key town by another group
Fighting between African Union-backed government forces of Somalia and Islamist group, al-Shabab, on Saturday and Sunday, have resulted in over 60 deaths and 100...
Cote d’Ivoire: UN Mission aids agricultural sector as mission comes to an end
Cote d'Ivoire has recieved a boost of $10 million dollars from a United Nations agency. The fund is to assist the West African country's...
DR Congo rebels training in Uganda
Democratic republic of Congo has complained that rebels who have plans to attack it are recruited and trained in Uganda.
Congolese adminstrator of Arua territory,...
Nigeria: Police clampdown on new extreme Islamic sect
Many have died in Northen Nigeria following a crack down by police of a Muslim sect on Monday. The group known as Kala Kato...
Eritreans back UN sanctions as leaders blame Ethiopia
According to local polls, most Eritreans support the United Nations sanctions imposed on Eritrea under the 'repressive' government of President Isaias Afwerki. Eritrea has...
Côte d’Ivoire: Peace villages for little model citizens
Living in harmony and respecting the rules of democracy. Two thousand Ivorian children have put this into practice under the leadership of Mireille Critie...
Of child soldiers and obscene systems
Or, it can be called a timely call to end the hypocrisy over child soldiers. I know my position would draw some fire even...
DR Congo: UN warned of military support against Rwanda rebels
U.S based human rights group has urged the United Nations Peacekeeping mission to abstain from supporting the military campaigns launched by the government armies...
Guinea: Manhunts and indiscriminate tortures begin
Check-points, rampant vehicular searches, violent raids, arrests, summary executions… Loyal junta forces in Guinea are leaving no stone unturned as they seek to lay...
Sudan: Tensions and warning signs of a North-South civil war?
The die may have been cast in Sudan as Southern Sudanese take to the streets demanding electoral reform and independence, following the arrest of...
Uganda beefs up security amid al-Shabab terrorist threats
Security in Uganda has been tightened up due to fear of Somali's al-Shabab militia attacks. More guards have been placed at security installations in...
Guinea: Calls for democracy heighten ahead of Junta leader’s return from Morocco
West African regional group has called for an immediate return to civilian rule in Guinea as the attacked military leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara...
Southern Sudan: No more guns by mid 2010
Sudan People’s Liberation Army, (SPLA), has said that South Sudan will be 'free of illegal arms' by mid 2010. SPLA Spokesperson, Kuol Dim Kuol...
Guinean junta leader shot in army mutiny
Guinea military leader Capt Moussa Dadis Camara has been shot in an act of mutiny that has left the West African nation and international...
South Africa: School a refuge from xenophobia
During school hours the pupils of Claireville Primary in the port city of Durban are spared the jibes and taunts of not being South...
DR Congo: International community overwhelmed by complexity of crisis
Human Rights watch has called on the United Nations to change its policy and strategy towards humanitarian intervention and conflict resolution in Congo. A...
DR Congo-The Hague: Warlords killed out of self defence
Congolese warlords facing trials in The Hague for the genocide of villagers of the ethnic Hema, in the mineral-rich Ituri province of the Democratic...
Somali-Americans, al-Shabab and a growing state of unrest
The United States government has clamped down on Somalis in America who aid, support and fight for al-Qaeda linked al-Shabab Islamist group. Young Somalis...
Uganda: Former LRA child soldiers undergo rehabilitation
A number of former child soldiers of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) are currently receiving help from various centres in Uganda. The rehabilitation centres...
Sierra Leoneans scorn initiative to enlist youths into police force
The government of Sierra Leone has moved to include youths in its law enforcement sector to boost the efforts of the police in their...
Uganda: Kenyan and Sudanese refugees refuse to go back home
About 4000 refugees from Sudan and Kenya are stranded at Kiryandongo refugee settlement camp located 250 kms north of Uganda's capital Kampala.
Whereas the government...
Guinea: Junta prepares to kill its own and destabilize West Africa
A Guinean youth militia group largely recruited on ethnic basis is, reportedly, being assembled ahead of January national elections. The government of South...