Conflicts - Page 6
Somalia: Al-Shabab in ‘the end of the aggressors” war
Al-Shabab have begun their 'new massive war' against the UN-backed Somali government, killing 32 people; including parliamentarians in a hotel assault close to the...
South Sudan: U.S. law weak amid LRA rebel attacks
A United States law that was passed in May and which demands the Washington administration to develop a strategy to ensure civilians are protected...
Guinea-Bissau: A time for change
The government of Guinea-Bissau, including its military, civil society, political parties and diplomatic corps have been challenged to work together and build a stable...
Nigeria: Arms cargo to epicenter of religious tension seized
Nigerian security officials may have salvaged a bloody religious war following the arrest of a cargo of arms and ammunition being smuggled into the...
Why we can’t be charitable to Blair
Whilst Tony Blair may have decided to get charitable with his money, it seems that the British public remain less than charitable in their...
Sudan – Darfur: A confused withdrawal of aid workers
Humanitarian workers from the United Nations and the Red Cross have been ordered to leave Darfur within 24 hours because their "security is no...
Tsvangirai and Zuma to lock horns over Zimbabwe GPA at SADC
Zimbabwe’s premier Morgan Tsvangirai and South African leader Jacob Zuma look headed for collision at the SADC summit in Namibia on Monday, with statements...
Sudan: Imminent war between North and South?
North and South Sudan will resume war should northern Sudan, hinder the referendum for southern independence, a top leader in Southern Sudan warned Friday.
Leading...
Ethiopia: Eritrean group set to overthrow government
A coalition of ten opposition parties from Eritrea have made a resolution to form a parliament in exile at their just ended assembly in...
Uganda’s remote drought-affected Karamoja region gets U.S. help
The United States Government has donated US$ 4.8million towards the
emergency relief operation of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in the drought-affected...
Rwanda: Free press, post-genocide
Regardless of Rwanda’s presidential election outcome on August 9th, one thing is certain – an independent press will not monitor the election results. ...
Sudan: Oil threatens South’s independence
Northern Sudan has been accused of settling Arab nomadic tribes in oil-rich Abeyi region where votes are required to influence whether or not the...
African Union summit ends with anti el-Shabab plan
As the 15th AU summit closed today in Kampala, African Union chairman, also president of Malawi Bingu wa Mutharika said that the big turn...
Somalia: Africa unites against al-Shabab extremism
The African Union has embarked on an all out offensive against al-Shabab militia in Somalia in order to bring an elusive civility and stability...
“Intervention will harm Iran’s democratic movement”
The head of BBC Persia Service, Sadeq Saba told an audience in the British Parliament on Monday that “any foreign intervention in any shape...
U.K. faces law suit over DR Congo resource-war
The British government is to face charges over its failure to surrender British companies and individuals trading directly or indirectly in conflict minerals and...
Uganda head lambasts Commonwealth and Commends China
Uganda's president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said the western world has squandered cultural links with Africa and mismanaged it by making lectures thereby losing...
Nigeria: Shell sells oil fields under pressure from militants?
Oil fields in Nigeria believed to account for some 50,000 barrels of oil per day, are to be sold by Shell, and while observers...
Omar el-Bashir, a source of African-European conflict?
Sudanese President al-Bashir is still in Chad where he is attending a summit of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD). The European Union (EU)...
Somalia: Military reinforcements from African nations begin
AU commission chairman, Jean Ping has said that two African states, Djibouti and Guinea are ready to immediately deploy a battalion each to Mogadishu...
Kenya: Man shot dead by police in Nairobi forced eviction protests
Amnesty International has urged the Kenyan authorities to investigate the death of a market trader reportedly shot dead by police during a protest against...
Peace process takes a hit in Central African Republic
A Sudanese led rebel faction in the Central African Republic has engaged the armies of the Central African Republic (CAR) over a disarmament, demobilization...
Guinea military seek to take over power again?
In a televised speech broadcast Sunday, Guinea's Army Chief, Major Ibrahima Balde revealed a planned assassination attempt on the lives of some of the...
Al-Shebab: In the name of obscurantism
Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the 11/7 twin bombings in Kampala, Uganda which caused the death of 73 people and wounded 85 more. The...
New U.S. legislation to curb mineral-driven conflict in Africa
The United States has passed a legislation that will crack down on companies listed on a U.S. stock exchange, dealing in minerals that fuel...
Libyan-Gaza-Israel Amalthea aid ship standoff as it happened
Amalthea, a ship chartered by the Libyan Gaddafi Foundation to deliver food and medicine to the Palestinian people who have been under Israeli naval...
Nigeria: Northern Christians and Muslims in renewed violence
Christians in a northern Nigerian state of Taraba, upset with a mosque in their neighborhood burned the house of worship to the ground, inciting...
Vive La France and French Speaking Africa!
Some 400 hundred soldiers from the African continent will be marching alongside their French military counterparts on Wednesday, the French national day. President Nicolas...
SA Xenophobia arrests counter Zuma comments
South Africa promised to host spectacular World Cup and they just did that, but they have also kept another promise-to flush our foreigners soon...
Sudan: Darfur chants victory over Bashir genocide charges
Genocide charges brought against Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court (ICC) have been dismissed by Khartoum as a "political" decision by...