Posts having tag: conflicts
'Dozens die' in Nigeria clashes! At least 32 people have been killed in a gun battle between security forces and a radical Islamist group in north-east Nigeria, reports say. Dozens of people attacked a police station in ...
Unveiling Zanzibar's unhealed wounds! Zanzibar was a centre of the East Africa slave trade By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown ...
ZIMBABWE - LETTER FROM THE DIASPORA ! 24th july 2009 Dear Friends, However bloody the battle, be it in Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, the DRC or Ruanda, sooner or later the opposing sides have to sit down and talk to each other. One of the excuses that Africa and the west have used for not intervening in Zimbabwe has been that there ...
Troops crawl after Guinea attack ! Gen Toto (r) has warned Capt Camara (l) against making enemies Members of Guinea's presidential guard have been shown on national TV begging on their knees for ...
Rock divides East African neighbours ! By Josphat Makori BBC News, Migingo Island ...
Somalis charged with hijacking ! Twelve suspected Somali pirates have been charged with hijacking a Yemeni oil tanker earlier this year, according to Yemeni authorities. The suspects were seized when Yemeni forces retook ...
South Africa discontent spreads ! There is anger in some of South Africa's poorest areas Violence in South Africa's townships has spread as residents protest about what they say is a lack of basic services, such as water and housing. Police have fired rubber bullets at ...
Nigeria militants release crew ! Militants from Mend say the releases were a "dividend" from the ceasefire Militants in Nigeria have released six crew members they seized from an oil ...
Kenya boosts Somali border force ! Kenya is worried the lawlessness in Somalia could spill over the border Kenya has promised to reinforce its border with Somalia after several abductions near ...
Kenya boosts Somali border force ! Kenya is worried the lawlessness in Somalia could spill over the border Kenya has promised to reinforce its border with Somalia after several abductions near ...
Mineral firms 'fuel Congo unrest' ! Rebel groups control large parts of the trade, Global Witness says Western mineral firms are fuelling violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo by failing ...
Somali Islamists ban UN agencies ! Al-Shabab and its allies control much of southern Somalia and Mogadishu Somali militants accused of links to al-Qaeda have banned three United Nations agencies ...
Mali ex-rebels to tackle al-Qaeda ! The main group of Tuareg ex-rebels in Mali has agreed to help the army tackle al-Qaeda's North African branch. Both groups roam across the Sahara Desert and so correspondents say the ...
South Sudan army denies UN charge ! By James Copnall BBC News, Khartoum ...
Darfur rebels free Sudan troops ! By James Copnall BBC News, Khartoum ...
Nigeria 'ready for 10,000 rebels' ! Militant attacks have sharply cut Nigeria's oil production Some 10,000 militants could benefit from an amnesty in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta region, a ...
Sudan rivals agree to avert war ! Much of Abyei was left in ashes after last year's clashes Rival parties from north and south Sudan have agreed new plans to prevent conflict ahead of next week's ...
UN 'open to Uganda rebel talks' ! Mr Kony is said to have little interest in the peace process The UN has insisted it is committed to talks with Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony and his rebel group, ...
Wanted Bashir 'drops Uganda trip' ! Mr Bashir has visited Egypt and Libya since the warrant was issued Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir has cancelled plans to travel to Uganda, a Ugandan official ...
Nigeria authorities welcome truce ! Mend has attacked pipelines and buildings in the Delta Nigeria's government has welcomed a 60-day ceasefire declared by the main militant group in the ...
