Tag: disorder
Sudan army officer dies, soldiers hurt in attack by Ethiopian militia-SUNA
A Sudanese military officer was killed and several soldiers wounded on Thursday in an attack by Ethiopian militias on the Sudanese side of the...
Bahrain wary of protests before Formula One ruling
Bahrain, eager for Formula One organisers to reinstate a motor race postponed after popular protests erupted in February, have acted to prevent...
Libya will replace energy chief who defected
The Libyan government says it will send a representative to the next OPEC meeting to replace the top oil official who defected...
Syrian forces kill 13 in besieged town – activists
Syrian forces killed at least 13 civilians in the central town of Rastan yesterday, activists said, in the latest attempt to quell...
Pro-Ouattara troops executed unarmed Ivorians: study
Troops loyal to Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara have killed at least 149 real or suspected supporters of Laurent Gbagbo in Abidjan since...
Rebel convoy in Sudan’s Darfur ambushed : rebel
Sudanese government troops ambushed rebels in the western Darfur region on Wednesday and Thursday, killing at least two fighters, a rebel spokesman...
Nearly 100 civilians killed in Abyei, official says
Nearly 100 civilians have been killed in Sudan's disputed Abyei region since the northern military seized it on May 21, an Abyei...
Yemen troops fire at protesters in Sanaa
Forces loyal to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh have this morning fired at protesters demanding an end to his three-decade-old rule in...
Somali clashes kill 21, wound 42
At least 21 people were killed and 42 wounded in fighting in Somalia, a human rights group says. Fighting between clans left...
Protests not just about service delivery: SAIRR
Service delivery shortcomings as commonly understood are only secondary factors in many of the protests in the last year, an analysis in...
Six reported killed in Somali capital fighting
Islamist insurgents fired mortar bombs at the presidential palace in the Somali capital overnight, prompting return fire by troops that killed at...
Nigeria pipeline attack forces Shell to cut output
Royal Dutch Shell says it has shut down three pumping stations in Nigeria's Niger Delta after a key crude oil pipeline was...
EU agrees on mission to train Somali forces
The European Union today agreed to set up a military mission in Uganda to train Somali government forces who are fighting an...
State Security looking at Somali threat
South Africa's intelligence agencies have reportedly stepped up their surveillance of possible terrorist threats to the country and June's World Cup, with...
Somalia, neighbours prepare for assault on al Shabaab
Countries bordering Somalia are planning to coordinate a major assault against positions held by al- Shabaab militia in Somalia, using ethnic Somali...
Rwanda grenade attacks show need to disarm: police
A string of unrelated grenade attacks that killed four people and wounded several others across Rwanda showed the need to reduce the...
Somali militia executes Shabaab rebel commander
A pro-government militia in Somalia executed a commander from the al Shabaab rebel group in public last week, ramping up the stakes...
Algerian security forces kill 10 militants: radio
Algerian security forces killed 10 Islamist rebels in an ambush, state radio reported yesterday, while in a separate development a Canadian firm...
Kibaki urges WFP to resume operations in Somalia
According to Kenya State House governmental website, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has urged the World Food Programme (WFP) to reconsider its decision...
MONUC outlines cooperation with FARDC group
Alan Doss, the Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) presented the main lines...
Sudanese agencies should plug Darfur aid gap
Sudanese aid agencies must be helped to fill in the huge gaps left in Darfur's aid operation by the expulsion of 13...
Tribesmen kill 139 in south Sudan raid: official
Armed Nuer tribesmen have killed at least 139 members of a rival tribe in an attack in a remote area of southern...
UK pledges aid for Sudan ahead of crucial elections
Britain announced a £54 million ($86.38 million) aid package for Sudan yesterday and said the African country faced a "crucial and critical...
Egyptian soldier shot dead in Gaza border clashes
An Egyptian soldier was shot dead during a violent protest at the Egypt-Gaza border yesterday, an Egyptian security source said.
The source said...
Jihadism in 2010: The threat continues, headed for SA, Stratfor says
For the past several years, STRATFOR has published an annual forecast on al Qaeda and the jihadist movement. Since our first jihadist...
Kabila fires 119 civil servants for corruption
Democratic Republic of Congo sacked 119 high-ranking civil servants as part of a presidential drive to clean up the often corrupt and...
South Sudan army-civilian clash kills 17: official
Seventeen people were killed last Thursday when armed civilians ambushed south Sudanese soldiers trying to disarm tribes following heavy fighting in the...
Gunman kills legislator in Somalia’s Puntland
An unidentified gunman killed a member of the local parliament in Puntland yesterday, witnesses said, the latest political murder to rock Somalia's...
WFP suspends operations in Somalia
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended its work in much of southern Somalia due to threats against its staff and...
Top LRA commander killed
The Ugandan military says its forces in the Central African Republic have killed the acting guerrilla commander of the rebel Lord's Resistance...
FDLR threat reduced: DRC minister
Congolese Information Minister, Lambert Mende, has said that the military campaigns against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) have...
Eritrean rebels claim killing 25 govt troops
Two Eritrean rebel groups said last Friday they have killed 25 government soldiers and wounded at least 38 others, in ambushes on...
Eritrean official denies border demarcation with Ethiopia
An Eritrean government official has described reports that an international body will soon demarcate the border between his country and Ethiopia as...
Military mentality haunts Nigeria governance: NEPAD
Nigeria's leaders still need to shed some of the attitudes and values built up under military rule if Africa's most populous nation...
More than 150 killed in Congo attacks this week: UN
More than 150 people were killed last week in fighting between government troops and armed groups in the Equateur province of Democratic...
Death toll in central Somalia fighting rises to 47
At least 47 people have been killed in central Somalia in fighting between Islamist rebels and a pro-government group for control of...
Ten killed in Niger attacks: security sources
Ten people including seven soldiers were killed during attacks by gunmen in Niger, security sources said last Saturday, adding to the week's...
Madagascar leader tears up power-sharing deals
Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina has formally rejected internationally brokered power-sharing deals and said any attempt by the opposition to form a parliament...
UN website details peacekeeper sex abuse claims
The United Nations unveiled a website aimed at improving transparency about sexual misconduct allegations and other charges leveled against members of its...
Danish cartoonist attacker suspected of al Qaeda ties
A Somali man armed with an axe and suspected of links with al Qaeda broke into the home of a Danish cartoonist...
Somali PM sees rebel rout from capital this month
Somali government troops are ready to launch a major offensive against insurgents and expect to drive them out of the capital by...
Eritrea claims it killed 10 Ethiopian troops
Eritrea's government has said its troops killed 10 Ethiopian soldiers after they attacked Eritrean positions on New Year's Day, something Addis Ababa...
Climategate, crime and recession
A jaded wire reporter once claimed originality was great but plagiarism as faster. I was reminded of this when I read a...
Analysis: Obama’s Afghan strategy
US President Barack Obama announced the broad structure of his Afghanistan strategy in a speech at West Point on Tuesday evening.
The strategy had three...
Pakistani preachers shot dead in Somalia’s Puntland
Masked gunmen killed seven Pakistani preachers earlier today at a mosque in Somalia's Puntland region, residents and local officials said.
Western security agencies...
