Posts having tag: conflicts
'Attack' mars Nigeria oil amnesty! Militant attacks have sharply cut Nigeria's oil output Nigeria's main oil militant group has claimed to have carried out a new attack in the Niger Delta, hours ...
Horror of Kenya's 'witch' lynchings! Joseph Ondieki, at the grave of his mother, who was burned as a witch By Odhiambo Joseph ...
Nigeria to outline Delta amnesty! Mend says it is waiting to see if there is anything new on offer Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua is due to publish details of an amnesty for militants in the ...
Fury at Uganda shooting verdict ! Two died at the rally for ...
African al-Qaeda 'killed' US man ! Chris Leggett taught in a ...
Somalia MPs flee assassinations! Hardline Islamists have been battling pro-government forces since 7 May Scores of Somali politicians have fled the war-torn Horn of Africa nation in the last ...
Somali president calls emergency! Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed came to power in January Somali President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has declared a state of emergency in the ...
Kenyan veterans in UK court bid An estimated 160,000 people were detained during the insurgency A case against the British government brought by veterans of Kenya's independence struggle will be ...
Zimbabwe PM defends Mugabe unity! Former opponents Mugabe and Tsvangirai are now partners Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has defended his support of President Robert Mugabe in an ...
Ethiopia rejects Somali request ! Militants have been ...
Somali appeal for foreign troops ! Militants have been ...
Tense Niger set for August poll ! Mamadou Tandja says the people of Niger want him to stay Niger's electoral commission has set parliamentary elections for 20 August - two weeks after the ...
Gambia reporters' sedition charge Deyda Hydara was a vocal ...
Militants 'blow up Nigeria pipe' Militants say they are ...
Algeria militants 'ambush police'! Islamist militants have killed 24 Algerian paramilitary policemen - in one of the worst single attacks this year, according to reports. They were ambushed near the settlement of ...
Nigeria holds Ukraine arms plane! The Ukrainian plane was bound for Equatorial Guinea A Ukrainian aircraft reported to be carrying crates of weapons has been detained in Nigeria. It had made an ...
'Zimbabwe police still harass us'! Woza activists make their voice heard at an earlier demonstration in Bulawayo Amnesty International's Secretary General Irene Khan has described the human rights situation in Zimbabwe as precarious and says violations are continuing despite the ...
Nigeria holds Ukraine arms plane! The Ukrainian plane was bound for Equatorial Guinea A Ukrainian aircraft reported to be carrying crates of weapons has been detained in Nigeria. It had made an ...
Somalia minister killed by bomb! Mr Aden had moved to Beledweyne to boost the fight against insurgents Somalia's Security Minister Omar Hashi Aden has been killed in a suicide car bomb attack ...
Mutinous Congo troops fire at UN! Soldiers are refusing to take on the rebels without pay A UN base in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been fired on by army soldiers in a dispute over ...
