Conflicts - Page 4
Nigeria: Government winning war against Niger Delta militants
The Nigerian government appears to be winning its war against oil militants as the government's anti-rebel military forces capture more rebel hideouts in the...
Côte d’Ivoire: U.S. to take further additional steps against Gbagbo, family
“If President Gbagbo does not step down, the United States is looking to take further additional steps against him, his family, his wife, his...
Ivory Coast: UN Security Council position averts war
Members of the UN Security Council have finally acknowledged the victory of Alassane Ouattara in Côte d'Ivoire's presidential election. Sending a clear warning to...
Sudan: New date to be set for Abyei referendum
Sudan has postponed the referendum date scheduled for the oil-rich Abyei region. The vote on whether the oil-rich region will belong to the north...
Ivory Coast: Military coup feared after electoral coup d’etat
Tension remains high in Ivory Coast as incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo continues to defy calls from the African Union, United States, France and the...
Ivory Coast can learn from the parliamentry system of governance
As Côte d'Ivoire is in a unique situation with two presidents of the republic, beyond the short-term analysis of the scourges of the titanic...
AU Sends Mbeki to mediate Ivory Coast presidential crisis
Ivory Coast is in political crisis with both of its presidential candidates taking rival oaths of office based on competing election results. Former South...
Ivory Coast President sworn in after controversial election
Ivory Coast's president has been sworn in for another five-year term following a controversial vote that the electoral commission says he lost.
By annulling as...
Ivory Coast vote results overturned; President declared winner
Ivory Coast's Constitutional Council says the country's incumbent president has been re-elected, overturning results from the electoral commission that show the president losing to...
Ivory Coast: Presidential election results rejected as tension mounts
The Chairman of Ivory Coast's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), Youssouf Bakayoko Thursday afternoon declared Alassane Ouattara winner of the West African country's presidential election....
Ivory Coast: Electoral Commission misses presidential deadline
Ivory Coast's electoral commission has missed its deadline for declaring a winner in the country's presidential election. Those results have been delayed by supporters...
Nigeria: Battle between military and rebel forces intensifies
Renewed battle between the Nigerian military and rebels of the Niger Delta has intensified. And rebels have alleged that some 100 people, mostly civilians,...
DR Congo: UN report exposes army’s role in prolonging conflict
A United Nations investigation of the incessant conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has revealed evidence of illegal mining, smuggling, poaching, illegal taxation,...
Sudan: North attack on South gets UN reaction
An attack on south Sudan positions which left four southern Sudanese soldiers and two civilians wounded, has been described by the south as an...
Gambia government bids Iran goodbye
The Gambia and the Islamic Republic of Iran have broken diplomatic ties following reports that Iran was involved in an illegal arms shipment to...
Nigeria: Government forces and rebels resume battle over Niger Delta
An operation by the Nigerian Joint Task force (JTF) to enforce peace and break down rebel activity in the oil-rich Niger Delta will continue...
Guinea: Election results raise ethnic tensions
As soon as Alpha Conde was declared the first democratically elected president of Guinea, violence broke out in pockets of Guinea's capital, Conakry. The...
Western Sahara: Morocco incites potential for war
At six am on Monday 8th November, Moroccan armed military forces began a violent attack on one of the largest of Western Sahara's three...
“War is not an option” for North and South Sudan
North and south Sudan have assured the international community that war would not be an option, should the forthcoming January referenda sustain or divide...
U.S. could remove Sudan from terror list
The United States has conditioned its willingness to accelerate the process of removing Sudan from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism provided that...
Nigeria: Rebels resume oil attacks?
Two Americans, two French, two Indonesians and one Canadian have been taken hostage by militiamen in Nigeria after an attack on an oil company...
Nigeria’s mass deportations to root out extremism ahead of polls?
The Nigerian government has embarked on massive deportation of illegal immigrants from Chad, Cameroun and Niger due to suspicion that Islamist sects in Nigeria...
Nigeria: Iran remains quiet over seized arms ship
Nigerian authorities have failed to get any comments from the Iranian embassy in Nigeria concerning an arms-loaded ship from Iran which was seized by...
Zimbabwe: Destitution and fear among remaining White farmers
A handful of Zimbabwe’s remaining white farmers say security in the commercial farms was deteriorating at an alarming rate following the Monday, October...
Nigeria: Seized arms-loaded ship raises worry over possible tensions
An illegal arms shipment containing grenades, explosives and mortars has been seized in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest shipping port. The importation of arms has raised...
Sudan: Strong disagreement over oil region raises war fears
The date for a referendum vote to split the oil-rich Abyei region in Sudan has renewed tensions between northern Sudan and southern Sudan. The...
Sudan highly polarized ahead of referendum
As the referendum that could see Sudan split into two nations nears, the governments of north and south Sudan continue to accuse each other...
Sudan: George Clooney takes NBC to Sudan, fearing war
Hollywood star George Clooney has joined Delegates from the United Nations Security Council to emphasize the need to avoid war in Sudan as the...
Nigeria’s campaign trail and Independence-day attacks
The politics of vilification has begun in Nigeria ahead of a promisingly intriguing pending national elections, as presidential candidates seek points over the independence...
Nigeria President Goodluck Jonathan’s Facebook statement on independence day attacks and security in South East
My dear friends and fellow citizens, first let me thank God that we have been able to mark 50 years as a united nation...