May 16
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Country Enters 'Critical Stage' as Transition Ends
UN News
Somalia is entering its "most critical stage" as the end of its transitional governing period approaches in August, a United Nations envoy said today, calling for the international... Read more »
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Captured Rebel 'Eligible for Amnesty'
New Vision
A Lord's Resistance Army commander captured at the weekend is eligible to apply for amnesty, a Ugandan government legal adviser said on Tuesday, but a United Nations official said... Read more »
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Thousands Flee Fighting in East
UN News
The top United Nations refugee official today voiced his alarm at new inflows of refugees into Rwanda and Uganda, fleeing fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo... Read more »
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IRIN
In the last few weeks fighting between government troops and "mutineers" has ended three years of relative peace in North Kivu Province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),... Read more »
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Hague Prosecutors Accuse Militia of Village Massacre
RNW Africa
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court argued in summing up Tuesday that two Congolese ex-militia leaders are guilty of a bloody massacre of villagers that claimed more... Read more »
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Muted Applause for Ugandan Rebel's Arrest
IWPR
As the Ugandan military seeks to flush out Joseph Kony, leader of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army, LRA, analysts are downplaying the significance of last weekend's capture of a... Read more »
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Former Arsenal Transformed Into Nature Reserve
AIM
The Mozambican government announced on Tuesday that an area once occupied by a military arsenal, in the outer Maputo suburb of Malhazine, is to become an "ecological park". Read more »
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Army 'Kills Two Somali Businessmen' in Lower Jubba Region
Shabelle
Kenyan military operating inSomalia's southern regions have reportedly killed two local businessmen and injured another one in Lower Jubba region, south Somalia, reports said. Read more »
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Two People Were Killed Separately in Mogadishu, Baidoa
Shabelle
Unknown masked gunmen have assassinated on Tuesday night an official in TFG in Somalia's southern town of Baidoa, witnesses said. Read more »
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Worst Human Rights Situation in 50 Years [press release]
AI London
Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by fighting in northern Mali and dozens have been subjected to arbitrary detention, extra-judicial executions or sexual violence... Read more »
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No Action On Police Beating of Rights Worker [press release]
HRInfo
The failure of Moroccan authorities to follow through on investigating the beating by police of a Human Rights Watch research assistant is a case study of impunity for police... Read more »
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Troops - Toughen Up to Stay True to Whom? [analysis]
RNW Africa
Hundreds of young Somalis completed military training in Uganda last week. The recruits are now bound for home, scheduled to join local armed forces in an ongoing struggle against... Read more »
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21 Gendarmes to Face Trial [press release]
U.S. Embassy Abidjan
Some 21 gendarmes, who were released recently after being tried and acquitted by a military court for alleged breach of state security, will re-appear before the same court today,... Read more »
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Pandemic Influenza Table Top Exercise Begins
U.S. Africa Command
Nearly 100 civilian and military representatives from seven African nations, the United States and three United Nations organizations met in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso, May 14,... Read more »
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Video Operator Gives Account On 2006 Foiled Coup
Daily Observer
One Babou Loum, a video operator resident in Barra in the North Bank Region, Tuesday told the Special Criminal Court(SCC) in Banjul, presided over by Justice Emmanuel Nkea that he... Read more »
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Beyond Kony 2012 - a New E-Book [book review]
African Arguments
Amanda Taub - blogger at Wronging Rights - has been quick out of the blocks in producing what would appear to be the first book-length analysis of the Kony 2012 phenomenon. Read more »
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Nation to Receive Anti-Aircraft Missiles Within Months - SPLA
Sudan Tribune
The Chief of General Staff of South Sudan's military, General James Hoth Mai, on Tuesday said that within a "few months" the government will provide anti-aircraft missiles to... Read more »
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Africa and the EU - Africa APPG Report On Trip to Brussels [document]
African Arguments
The European Union is playing an increasingly important role in mediating how the UK relates to Africa across a range of policy areas including international development, foreign... Read more »
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Soldiers Gun Down Struggling Rangers At Nyayo
The Star
Soldiers Ulinzi Stars gunned down struggling Rangers 3-0 at the Nyayo National Stadium on Monday night to move to within eight points of the Kenyan Premier League leaders Sofapaka.... Read more »
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DP's Mao Wants Captured Kony Commander Pardoned
New Vision
THE Democratic Party (DP) has asked government to grant amnesty to the captured senior commander of the brutal Lord's Resistant Army (LRA), Caesar Acellam Otto. Read more »
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PE12 Continues Multinational Training, Promotes Teamwork
U.S. Africa Command
Sailors assigned to the guided-missile frigate USS Simpson (FFG 56) participated in a multinational training exercise aboard the Hellenic navy training ship Aris at the NATO... Read more »
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499 Security Personnel Train On Counter Terrorism
Daily Trust
The Nigerian Army Base Camp, Kachia in Kaduna State has commenced training for 499 security personnel on counter terrorism and counter insurgency. The training which is for 299... Read more »
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Jonathan - Insecurity Responsible for Fat Security Budget
Daily Trust
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said the military and other security forces were given the largest share in the 2012 budget to be able to combat the security challenges in... Read more »
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Shalli Faces Wait for Poca Attack
Namibian
THE case in which former Namibian Defence Force chief Martin Shalli wants the Prevention of Organised Crime Act to be declared unconstitutional is due to be argued in the High... Read more »
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Jonathan - Military Crucial to Achieving Transformation Agenda
This Day
President Goodluck Jonathan has stated that strong, modern and proactive military is pivotal to achieving the administration's transformation agenda especially in the face of the... Read more »
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