Posts having tag: conflicts
S.A. THREATENS 'WAR' OVER SEMENYA ! South African officials have stepped up their defence of Caster Semenya, warning of a "third world war" if the row over her sex stops her ...
ENTEBBE RAID : I DRESSED THE BODIES ! Ugandan Captain Reverend Isaac Bakka tells the BBC about the day of the Israeli raid in 1976 to ...
OBAMA TACKLES UK PM ON LOCKERBIE ! It is the first time Mr Obama has raised the issue ...
SACKED SA TROOPS RETURN TO WORK ! The soldiers' union insists they had the right to ...
UGANDA 'SEIZES SENIOR LRA REBEL' ! The LRA rebels have waged war in several countries ...
GIVING BIRTH IN CONGO'S WAR ZONE ! By Steve Bradshaw ...
S.A. MUTINEER : 'I LIVE IN POVERTY!" ! About 3,000 soldiers took part in the march and clashed with police ...
'LEAK' LED TO UN KIDNAP IN NIGER ! Robert Fowler (right) and his aide Louis Guay were ...
GABON THREATENS 'STATE OF SIEGE' ! Protesters in Port Gentil set up barricades on main ...
SUDAN MILITIAS IN DEADLY RAIDS ! More people have died in southern Sudan than Darfur ...
SA U-TURN ON APARTHEID LASWSUITS ! Jacob Zuma was sworn in as president in May ...
MANDELA'S FAMILY ROWS OVER HOUSE ! Mandla Mandela says his father wanted the home to go ...
MALI PROTEST AGAINST WOMAN'S LAW ! Mali protest against women's law Women were among the crowd at the rally at Bamako's main stadium Tens of ...
PROGRESS AT DARFUR PEACE TALKS ! The Jem rebel groups have not signed up to the deal At least four of the numerous rebel groups in Darfur have agreed to work together, says the US envoy to Sudan. Scott Gration said the deal ...
SOMALI INSURGENTS IN DEADLY RAID ! Civilians are often caught in the crossfire in Mogadishu More than 20 people have been killed in heavy battles in Somalia's capital after Islamist fighters launched a pre-dawn raid in the south of ...
SCORES OF MIGRANTS PERISH AT SEA ! By David Willey BBC News, Rome ...
SOMALI TOWN CLEARED OF RADICALS ! Islamist groups control much of southern Somalia Islamists fighting Somalia's UN-backed government have lost control of a town - the second such loss in recent days. Commanders from a local militia ...
TUNISIA REPORTER MOVE 'BODES ILL' ! The group says media freedom is already extremely limited A group of pro-government reporters has seized control of Tunisia's largest journalism union two months before a general election, ...
ERITRA TO PAY ETHIOPIA MILLIONS ! Tens of thousands of troops remain entrenched along the border An international tribunal in The Hague has ruled that Eritrea will have to pay Ethiopia millions of dollars in compensation for war ...