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Djibouti a death trap as conflicts and drought threaten population
According to the official UN report on Djibouti, food supply and emergency aids is would be needed to keep the larger part of the...
Defence ministry dismisses threats of war in Nigerian oil region
The Oil War declared yesterday by the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) has been played down by the Nigerian Defence Headquarters,...
Violence breaks out in Harare as coalition deal is signed
Any hopes that Monday morning's formal signing of the power-sharing agreement, and the inevitable handshakes and smiles exchanged by political leaders, would signal...
MEND gives oil companies ultimatum after offensive leaves 3 dead
The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) Saturday reported the Nigerian military has launched a full scale offensive against its positions at...
Row over water leaves 2 policemen and several dead in Kenya
At least 13 people have been killed in inter-clan clashes over water in the north-eastern region of Mandera, a humanitarian official has said.
"The two...
More Destruction of lives and property expected in Ghana
More bloodshed and acts of aggression is expected in the months leading to Decembers presidential and legislative elections in Ghana, analysts have warned.
In anticipation,...
Police intolerance Zanu PF ultimatum ahead of MDC rally
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) turns 9 years on September 11. This week it was battling to secure a huge venue to host...
Violence spreads as speaker of parliament’s constituency seat is vacated
Zanu PF, referred to as "the military junta" by critics, at the weekend sealed off Matobo constituency in Matabeleland South which fell vacant...
Soviet weapons used in MEND and Nigerian Army stand-off
Thirty-five people were killed yesterday in violent clashes that ensued between security officers controlling the Niger Delta region and the region militants. The deadly...
Largest stockpile of anti-personnel landmines discovered
The Niger army says it has seized a stockpile of more than 1,000 anti-personnel landmines it found abandoned on the Niger-Chad border. If confirmed...
Underfunding threatening UN operations in Somalia
The United Nations relief workers and other humanitarian agencies are struggling to maintain a presence in volatile Somalia, against worsening threats to aid workers...
Nigerian military and MEND caught in a battle of accusations
MEND in a statement, Monday, said that a civilian commercial transport boat plying the Yenagoa-Fropa (southern Ijaw) route of the state had been attacked...
Fighting between Islamic insurgents and local forces displace thousands
Fighting between Islamic insurgents and forces of the local administration in Somalia's port city of Kismayo entered a second day on 21 August, displacing...
Nigeria’s MEND crisis : Is military force the best way forward ?
The deployment of additional troops to Nigeria's restive, oil-soaked delta has managed to improve security, but not even their commanders believe there can be...
Bakassi peninsula finally goes to Cameroon
Describing the process as ''very painful for all'', Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua has assured that the planned handover of the resource-rich Bakassi peninsula to...
Ousted Mauritanian President was coup leader’s puppet …
The leader of the newly-formed National Front for the Defence of Democracy, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Dahmane, told IRIN national police had dispersed demonstrators on...
PM and top gov’t officials released from captivity, President still in custody
Almost a week after their captivity in the highly criticised coup d’etat, four of Mauritania's high-ranking government officials have been released.
Those released, according to...
Preventing coups in Africa : Nigerian expert says Ghana should be a role model
Experts in Diplomacy and International Relations in Nigeria have underscored the need for African leaders to provide responsible leadership, promote good governance and rule...
South Africa joins Nigeria to condemn and reject Mauritanian coup
The South African government has joined the international community in condemning the military coup in Mauritania.
Department of Foreign Affairs spokesman Ronnie Mamoepa said South...
Nigerian President sends strong warning to Mauritanian Army Chief Mohamed Ould Mohamed for coup
The democratically-elected government of Mauritania has been toppled in a coup, according to the state media.
An announcement on state television Wednesday said the Head...
Mugabe to be granted amnesty in thursday’s deal with Tsvangirai
A blanket amnesty would be availed to Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe for the crimes he allegedly committed since 1980, sources close to the talks...
Rwanda accuses late French president François Miterrand and top French politicians of facilitating genocide
Rwanda is preparing to indict members of the French political and military establishment over their alleged complicity in the country’s 1994 genocide after it...
Deadly Somali bomb attack condemned
The United Nations top envoy to Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, has deplored Monday's bombing in Mogadishu, which killed 20 people, mostly women cleaners working to...
Zimbabwe power-sharing talks far from conclusion
Zimbabwe's rival parties missed Monday’s deadline to conclude power-sharing talks.
The talks are now likely stretch several days beyond the two-week deadline agreed by the...
African Anglican church : chronically homophobic or simply biblical ?
The issue of an openly gay bishop, Gene Robinson, in the United States has become the archbishop of Canterbury’s African kanker. A kanker he...
Mugabe’s Zanu-PF gets ultimatum from Tsvangirai’s MDC
A senior Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) official says the opposition party will not be ‘swallowed’ by Zanu-PF in the crisis talks in...
Ethiopia – Eritrea relations very sensitive as UNMEE leaves
Tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea are unlikely to escalate immediately following the departure of UN peacekeepers, but a mechanism should be found to quickly...
Shocking statistics of election violence released in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) a leading human rights group says more than 16 000 cases of politically motivated murder, torture, rape, assault and...
UN visit to Eastern DRC
A top UN official in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC ), Ross Mountain, is visiting North Kivu province with the Congolese Minister of...
Time has come for UN-led actions in Somalia
The United Nations envoy to Somalia told the Security Council on Wednesday that there were limited choices for bringing peace to the violence-wracked Horn...