Conflicts - Page 15
Eritrea an ally to Somali rebels, US army on stand-by
United States has accused Eritrea of supplying arms to al-Qaeda linked foreign fighters and Islamic hardliners fighting government forces in Somalia. The government of...
Nigeria: Rebels reject offer, take 15 hostages, vow to shoot aircrafts
Foreign oil workers in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria have been ordered by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)...
Somalia on the verge of al-Qaeda takeover
Somalia is on the verge of becoming a country under the authority of al-Qaeda linked Islamist militants as rebel groups, al-Shabab and Hisbul-Islam, close...
Somali Islamists interested in violence not peace
50 people have died and many more injured in Mogadishu as Islamist groups and government forces enter the fourth day of fighting. The Western-backed...
Sudan gov’t allows humanitarian aid, rejects peace
The government of Sudan has refused to cooperate on all fronts of the International stage: While it has agreed to allow humanitarian aid agencies...
Chad: Uncle-Nephew and Bashir row threatens stability
A few days after the Doha accord signed between the government of Chad and Sudan to end the hostilities between them, there have been...
Madagascar: A political crisis without end…
Manandafy Rakotonirina, the Prime Minister designated by Marc Ravalomanana, exiled President of Madagascar, was arrested Wednesday in Antananarivo. Mr. Rakotonirina had published, Tuesday, a...
Nigeria: Rioting soldiers get life, corrupt officers go free?
27 former Nigerian United Nations Peacekeepers soldiers who sought compensation for the delay in the payment of their benefits have been convicted of mutiny...
Burundi: High cost of integrating rebels into civilian life
After 10 years of ethnic conflict in Burundi, the people have decided they have had enough as 21,000 fighters surrender to the African Union....
Nigeria: Delta village emptied as military attacks rebels
Following an attack on Naval officers in the Niger Delta Creek by rebel militia, that left two soldiers dead and many more injured, the...
Hutu rebels reunite, re-eqip and vow assassinations
The hunted Hutu militia in DR Congo, known as the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR), is reported to be reunited again, equipped to...
Al-Qaeda responsible for US Congressman bomb attack?
The al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militia known as al-Shabaab have claimed responsibility for mortar attacks that were aimed at a plane carrying U.S Congress man, Mr....
Dangerous reporting from Mugabe’s Zanu pf Zimbabwe
Reporting from political hot spots is not a glamorous job, veteran journalist Peta Thornycroft warns. To be successful, you need a logical and methodical...
Rwanda ’94: Grief and Pain mark remembrance day
It was 15 years ago, sometime in April, when Rwandans who had been divided against each other by their Belgian colonialist, suffered man-inhumanity-to-man. Blood...
Madagascar: Ravalomanana’s shadow haunts Rajoelina
A national forum under the auspices of the Transitional High Authority (HAT), led by Andry Rajoelina, opened yesterday in Madagascar with the party of...
Threats or Amnesty: Nigerian President and Rebels react
Nigerian President, Umaru Yar'Adua has offered Niger Delta Militias in Nigeria a chance to be rehabilitated and reintegrated back into society if they put...
DR Congo: Who is to blame for rampage, gov’t or rebels?
OXfam aid agency has reported widespread looting, burning of villages and an alarming rate of sexual violence in North Kivu, Eastern Congo, where over...
Nigeria: Agip to clean up or suffer destruction
Italian oil giant, Agip have been accused of dumping harmful toxic waste in Ndokwa community in Delta State, Nigeria, and the community's youths have...
Egypt – Israel: Before the war of Kippour
Before the war of Kippour in 1973, Sadat had persuaded King Faisal to use petrol as an arm against the state of Israel... Yet...
Madagascar: Rajoelina faces isolation as another crisis looms
New Madagascar president, Mr. Andry Rajoelina, who forcefully took over power from Madagascar's democratically elected government under Mr. Marc Ravalomanana is already facing isolation,...
Obama and Ban Ki-Moon to tackle Sudan issue together
President Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon have agreed to seek ways to end the immediate humanitarian crisis in Darfur and work toward long-term...
Madagascar: “You can now call me president!”
After loosing every backing from the Military, Madagascar's President, Mr. Marc Ravalomanana, resigned from office to bring a three-month-old power tussle in the...
Somali gunmen abducted UN officials over employment
Four UN staff members abducted by unknown armed men on 16 March in Wajid town, 340km northwest of the capital, Mogadishu, have been released...
Rajoelina succeeds coup d’etat as President resigns
Shortly after Andry Rajoelina, a former disc jockey, ordered the Malagasy military to storm the presidential palace and offices, a physically worn President Ravalomanana...
Madagascar: Rajoelina redefines “coup d’etat”
Over a 100 soldiers loyal to Madagascar opposition leader, Mr. Rajoelina stormed one of the Madagascar presidential palace smashing down the palace gate with...
Madagascar: Military takes sides, Joins a puzzling embroglio
The tug of war between Andry Rajoelina and Marc Ravalomanana might be drawing to an end, as an order from the opposition leader to...
Madagascar: Constitutional and unconstitutional forces clash
Under heavy pressure, President of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana, has agreed to submit to popular vote proposed by the opposition in order to resolve the...
Madagascar: Ultimatums, Legitimacy and Uncertainty
The power tussle between the President of Madagascar Mr. Marc Ravalomanana and opposition leader Mr. Andry Rajoelina, has played into the psychology of Malagasies,...
Madagascar: Army vows neutrality amid civil war threats
Madagascar’s army on Tuesday gave the country’s president and opposition a 72-hour ultimatum to resolve a crisis that has cost at least 100 lives.
The...
Nigeria: Jos stoning of President reveals systemic fissure
The president of Nigeria, Mr. Umaru Yar'Adua, was shown no appreciation or regard during his visit to Jos, the capital of Plateau state, where...