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RSS FeedDjibouti: US troop deployment on the up
2011-12-13, Issue 563
This Washington Post article notes that there will soon be more US troops based in Djibouti than in Iraq. Since 2002, Djibouti – a former French colony – has played host to the only permanent US military base on the African continent. Camp Lemonnier ...
Seychelles: US drone crash lands
2011-12-13, Issue 563
A Us drone has crashed in the island nation of Seychelles, an incident that comes just over a week after a US drone went down in Iran. The latest crash comes just hours after Defense Secretary Leon Panetta visited Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, the base...
Nigeria: Bomb blast kills 10
2011-12-14, Issue 563
A powerful bomb blast targeting soldiers followed by gunfire rocked the troubled Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Tuesday 13 December, with at least 10 people killed, an official and a hospital source said. Residents claimed soldiers reacted to the bomb...
Egypt: Arms suppliers urged to halt transfers to the Egyptian army
2011-12-21, Issue 563
Global arms suppliers must halt the transfer of small arms, ammunition and other repressive equipment to the Egyptian military and security forces, Amnesty International said after the army again violently dispersed protests in Cairo. The organisatio...
Egypt: Cairo clashes drag on with continued violence
2011-12-20, Issue 563
Egyptian clashes entered its fifth day in central Cairo as military leaders struggled to contain a new challenge to its rule, which continues to be dogged by images of savage attacks on protesters. Egyptian health ministry officials announced that 12...
Somalia: Shabab-held Somali village hit by air strikes
2011-12-21, Issue 563
A warplane bombed a Somali village held by al-Shabab fighters near the border with Kenya on Tuesday, killing several civilians, a Somali military official said. It was not immediately possible to identify who carried out the attack in the village of ...
Cote d'Ivoire: Violence rocks western Cote d'Ivoire
2011-12-21, Issue 563
Clashes pitting groups of armed youths against government forces in the west of Cote d'Ivoire killed at least six people at the weekend, a senior official said Sunday. The unrest in Vavoua started after a dispute between Republican Forces (FRCI) and ...
Egypt: Groups show videos, testimonials to counter military propaganda
2011-12-21, Issue 563
Twenty-nine youth and rights groups called on Egyptians Tuesday to revolt against the 'tyrannical' military that killed peaceful protesters and burning state-institutions. To counter statements made by the ruling military council a day earlier, repre...
Libya: Huge arsenal test for Libyan rulers
2011-12-07, Issue 562
Militias outside the control of Libya's central government are holding vast stores of tanks, rockets and small arms in the city of Misrata, an arsenal that will test the ability of the country's new rulers to assert their authority. A Reuters team ga...
Burundi: Peace hurt by human rights challenges, killings, says UN envoy
2011-12-08, Issue 562
Burundi has made some progress in consolidating peace, but recent developments could reverse gains, according to the UN top envoy in the country. Karen Landgren told the UN Security Council that efforts to preserve the peace are being marred by human...
Nigeria: 15 feared dead in Kaduna blast
2011-12-08, Issue 562
It was tragedy in Kaduna on 7 December as more than 15 people lost their lives and several others injured following a bomb blast that hit the heart of the city. The incident occurred shortly after the elders in the North ended the Peace and Unity Con...
South Sudan: Civilians flee as rebels hit South Sudan village
2011-12-12, Issue 562
Fresh fighting broke out in South Sudan on Sunday following a rebel assault on civilian and police bases in Pigi County in the troubled Jonglei state, officials said, four days after an earlier attack in Jale Payam in the same state. Militiamen loyal...
Kenya: Policeman killed, soldiers injured
2011-12-12, Issue 562
A Kenyan policeman was killed and 11 soldiers were wounded after twin blasts near the Somali border with Kenya, a military spokesman said Sunday. Police said the police officer, who died in one of the explosions, unknowingly stepped on the landmine, ...
Libya: Gunfight erupts near Tripoli airport
2011-12-12, Issue 562
Gun battles broke out near the international airport in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, army officials said. An army spokesman told Libyan TV two gunmen opened fire on Saturday on a convoy accompanying army chief Maj-Gen Khalifa Haftar but called it an ...
East Africa: Kenya, Eritrea take their Somalia quarrel to the UN
2011-11-29, Issue 560
Just days after Asmara called for reprimand against Kenya for associating her with Somali rebel group Al-Shabaab, Kenya has filed a case before the UN Security Council's sanctions committee calling for investigations into Eritrea's alleged support to...
Egypt: Officials refuse to sign for teargas imports
2011-11-29, Issue 560
The arrival of seven and a half tons of tear gas to Egypt’s Suez port created conflict after the responsible officials at the port refused to sign and accept it for fear it would be used to crackdown on Egyptian protesters. Local news sites published...
Libya: Overthrow new Libyan government, says Qaddafi's daughter
2011-11-30, Issue 560
Muammar Qaddafi's daughter has urged Libyans to overthrow their new rulers, possibly violating the terms of her exile in Algeria. In an audio message broadcast on Syria's al-Rai television station, Aisha Qaddafi called for a revolt against the men wh...
DRC: Arms embargo, sanctions renewed
2011-11-30, Issue 560
The Security Council has agreed to extend by another year the arms embargo and other sanctions it has imposed against armed rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) for nearly a decade. In a resolution adopted unanimously, the 15-me...
Uganda: Fresh plunder claims of Congo minerals
2011-11-30, Issue 560
The Central African Republic and DR Congo have accused the UPDF hunting down LRA rebels in the two countries of allegedly involving in illegal extraction of timber, gold, diamond and other gems. This is contained in a report by the Brussels based Int...
Swaziland: Opposition to military spending grows
2011-11-30, Issue 560
Swaziland spends 4.7 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on paying, equipping and barracking the 3,000 soldiers in its army, and now parliament has passed a US$8 million supplementary budget for the force, provoking a rare public reaction in...
Global: Anti-terrorism legislation, impediments to conflict transformation
2011-12-04, Issue 560
This Berghof Conflict Research paper, ‘Anti-terrorism Legislation: Impediments to Conflict Transformation’, reviews the ambivalent impact of terrorist ‘blacklisting’ regimes on peace processes with non-state armed groups, and argues that when applied...
Sudan: Fighting flares in disputed Sudan region
2011-12-04, Issue 560
Fighting has erupted in a disputed border region between Sudan and South Sudan, with the Sudanese army claiming a strategic victory in its offensive against rebels in the state of South Kordofan. The army said on Saturday it had captured camps on a k...
Nigeria: Police link Boko Haram sect to politicians
2011-11-22, Issue 559
Nigeria's secret police have said Boko Haram Islamic militants are receiving funding from certain politicians in the north. The intelligence agency said it had arrested an alleged spokesman for the group, who told them he was sponsored by a politicia...
Zimbabwe: China delivers AK's, handcuffs
2011-11-22, Issue 559
The Zimbabwean Defence Force has taken delivery of 20,000 AK-47s, uniforms, 12-15 trucks and about 21,000 pairs of handcuffs, says this article from Black Business Quarterly. The arms were delivered from China via a secret circuitous route, avoiding ...
CAR: UN envoy sees momentum on releasing child soldiers
2011-11-23, Issue 559
A Central African rebel group's agreement to release an estimated 1,500 child soldiers is a sign that momentum is gathering in the strife-torn country for all armed groups to soon end the recruitment and use of under-age fighters, a senior United Nat...
Burundi: Troops kill 18 in clashes, says official
2011-11-23, Issue 559
Burundian troops killed 18 gunmen in fierce clashes, a government official said on Tuesday 22 November, stoking fears that a new rebellion may erupt in the central African nation. The coffee-producing country has enjoyed relative peace since the Hutu...
Egypt: 71 dead in Cairo alone, medical sources
2011-11-23, Issue 559
A medical source in the Zeinhom morgue near Cairo’s Tahrir Square has told Bikyamasr.com that 71 Egyptians have been killed since clashes erupted. This was as fierce fighting between protesters calling for an end to military rule and the police and t...
Nigeria: Town burns in Islamist sect attack-police
2011-11-27, Issue 559
Churches, homes and the police headquarters in the small northeast Nigerian town of Geidam were set ablaze in a wave of night time gun and bomb attacks by a radical Islamist sect, the police said on Sunday. 'Four policemen were killed, 20 wounded, ei...
Southern Africa: Piracy pact between SA, Moz and Tanzania
2011-11-15, Issue 558
The United States ambassador to Mozambique has saluted an anti-piracy agreement signed between South Africa and Mozambique last week which presages an accord with Tanzania. South Africa's defence minister Lindiwe Sisulu signed a memorandum of underst...
Mauritania: Army 'kills Qaeda chief in Mali'
2011-11-16, Issue 558
Mauritanian forces killed a top official of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) during an air raid into Malian territory, a Mauritanian security source said. Mauritanian national Teyeb Ould Sidi Aly allegedly headed operations carried out with exp...
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