Conflicts - Page 18
Congolese women stage protest against fighters
Women have gathered in number in Eastern Congo to protest against the fighting that has made life in the region a living hell. The...
DRC Conflict: Laurent Nkunda fights a war in retrospect
Laurent Nkunda has taken a stand point which is that until DR Congo disarms the Rwandan Hutu rebels, it will not enjoy true peace....
Reinforcement move in DRC conflict could be pure propaganda
Reports emanating from New York suggest that the 17,000-strong UN force in Congo has not been able to stop the fighting or halt the...
Oil War still rages on in Nigeria’s Niger delta
The Niger Delta blood oil scenario continued yesterday as Rebels sought to knock off Chevron facilities with their speed boats and steal arms from...
Negotiations or War – Rebel leader Nkunda warns
General Laurent Nkunda, Leader of the Tutsi rebel has called for negotiations with the government of DR Congo, otherwise he would attack Kinshasa, the...
DRC refugees caught in the middle of war and cholera
They have been 45 cholera cases reported in the refugee camp in Goma, in eastern DR Congo and the number could rise, aid agencies...
DR Congo crisis : S Africa calls for dialogue instead of military solution
There is no military solution to the problem s of the DR Congo (DRC), South African President Kgalema Motlanthe warned Sunday as he opened...
African and International efforts to curb Congo conflict underway
African leaders have met in Nairobi to demand a ceasefire and a humanitarian corridor to help the over two hundred thousand people displaced in...
DRC conflict: Castrating and using boys as shields
Uganda has accused rebels of renegade General Laurel Nkunda who is fighting the Kinshasa government of committing crimes against humanity by castrating men and...
DRC conflict: Bank Ki-Moon and Gordon Brown zoom in
Following the recent fighting in eastern Congo between government forces and Tutsi rebel forces that has forced 250,000 people from their homes, UN Secretary-General...
DR Congo President accuses Tutsi Rwanda President, USA dismisses case
Tutsi Rwandan President Paul Kegame had been accused by Congolese president, Joseph Kabila of supporting militants loyal to renegade Army general Laurent Nkunda in...
Laurent Nkunda Rebel leader in DRC : Hutus still Killing Tutsi populations
Leader of the Tutsi Rebels, General Laurent Nkunda believes that the Tutsis of eastern DR Congo are not safe and have never felt safe.
He...
Night of Chaos, Gunfire and Looting in North Kivu, DRC
It is all tears and blood as the sounds of gun shots, wails and tears build up the tension in Goma, eastern DRC Congo....
DRC Rebel leader says gov’t has betrayed the people
Rebel Tutsis in Democratic Republic of Congo have continued their offensive on Goma, the capital of the North Kivu province in the east of...
UN forces in fire for fire attacks against tutsi rebels in DRC
As Renegade leader Laurent Nkunda continues to lead his troop of Tutsi rebels across Congo, threatening the peace and stability of the country, the...
Veteran threats : Tsvangirai assassination plots revisited
ZIMBABWE'S militant war veterans, through it maverick leader Jabulani Sibanda have threatened to take drastic action against Morgan Tsvangirai.
They claim...
Sudanese president still legally free
As a result of insufficient evidence to indict the Sudanese president on war crimes, and crimes against humanity, the Judges at the International Criminal...
Russian role in EUFOR-Chad/CAR mission defined by EU
European foreign affairs ministers meeting in council in Luxemburg have approved Russia's participation in the EUFOR-Chad/CAR operation and defined the framework in which the...
Unknown military group planning to destabilize Botswana
A band of anonymous soldiers within the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) has threatened to destabilize that country within weeks.
In fact that would before the...
Côte d’Ivoire elections : UN hints on Ivorian preparedness
The UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative to Ivory Coast, Y. J. Choi has assured that preparations are in place to ensure a peaceful presidential election,...
Tribes clash over land in Nigeria killing several people
The Ezza and Ezillo communities in Ebonyi State in eastern Nigeria have been experiencing bloody clashes over land rights since the past five months...
Ethiopia concerned about butchering of civilians in Somalia
Concerned about the long history of violence in t he Horn of Africa sub-region, The Ethiopian Herald this week prodded the UN Security Council...
Dynamos accuse ZIFA of spying ahead of match with Cameroon
As Dynamos FC of Zimbabwe's prepares to do battle with Cameroonian champions Cotonsport Garoua it has accused top Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) offcial of...
Cancelled MDC meeting an indication of a positive movement on deadlock ?
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) on Thursday called off a
meeting of its decision making national executive council that
sources had said was set to...
ANC on the verge of splitting
The ruling Africa National Congress in South Africa could split amid growing speculation that a new political party would be formed soon.
There are rumours...
Uganda to compensate DR Congo
In an interview recorded Saturday, September 27, for the flagship news programme, La Grande Interview, broadcast September 29th, on the France based pan African...
Militants in the Niger Delta rounded up
Following information from some inhabitants of the Eleme area of Port Harcourt city, the Joint Task Force broke-into a den of suspected militants and...
Eritrea devoting all efforts to the destabilization Ethiopia ?
Ethiopia Thursday accused Eritrea of being the main stumbling block to the attainment of peace in the Horn of Africa. According to the Ethiopian...
Nigerian defence challenges Niger-Delta youths to peace
Reacting to Sunday's declaration of ceasefire in the ‘oil war’ launched by militants last week, the Defence Head Quarters said if the restive youths...
Nigeria wary of MEND cease fire declaration
Oil state governors and the military Joint Task Force (JTF) in Nigeria have moved to ensure that the cease fire declared by the Movement...