The killing and rape of hundreds of opposition supporters on September 28, 2009, by Guinean security forces are likely to amount to crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said in a comprehensive report issued today. Accountability for the attacks is key to addressing Guinea's ongoing political crisis, which deepened following a December 3 shootout involving the country's coup leader and his ...
In line with what it called its efforts at consolidating the gains of the amnesty programme and its commitment to developing the Niger Delta region as well as the transformation of the nation's economy, the Federal Government yesterday inaugurated a presidential committee and four sub-committees on the Niger Delta.
Sheik Aden Mahamed Nor Madobe, the speaker of the transitional parliament has held meeting in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Thursday and displayed for the lawmakers the date of the parliament's session in Mogadishu.
Mohamed Omar Habeb known as (Dere), the former mayor of the transitional federal government for Mogadishu has Thursday handed over his house and weapon to the newly appointed administration for Banadir region.
Addressing corrections officers at a workshop closing ceremony today, the Director of Prisons for North Darfur, Brigadier General Babikir Ali Ahmed Nasr, voiced his hope they took the knowledge they gained and used it to implement positive changes at their respective prisons.
Botswana Defence Force (BDF) soldiers have been advised to make their families part of the organisation.
A swift operation by security forces in Laikipia West District netted 24 rifles and 500 rounds of ammunition from herdsmen.
A Kenya Army corporal was killed as police battled gunmen at Gambela village in Tigania East District.
Vice President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday launched the 2010 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Emblem Appeal Fund and urged the private sector to join the government in improving the well-being of members of the Nigerian Legion.
Enough, the anti-genocide project at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement today regarding incursions by the Lord's Resistance Army rebel group against civilians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:
A Guinean renegade soldier who attempted to assassinate the country's military junta leader early this month has for the first time spoken out and claimed responsibility for the act.
United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the national army adopted new directives today for operations against rebels with the protection of civilians as the core focus following reports of massacres and other serious human rights violations by Congolese soldiers.
The top United Nations envoy to Somalia today welcomed the announcement of a meeting tomorrow of over 30 countries, known as the International Contact Group (ICG), to examine what concrete measures can be made to support the beleaguered Somali Government.
Indiscipline and a large operational area are still big challenges to the army, the Chief of Defence Forces has said.
Residents of the eastern district town of Kailahun, very close to the Guinean capital of Conakry, have expressed fear over the reactivation of the Guinean military garrison along the border.
Heavily armed military men, believed to have come from the Burma and Michel Camps, invaded the Ashaiman Timber Market last Friday, and subjected innocent wood dealers in the market to severe beatings.
The management and student of Pacesetters Academy, Abuja, have donated food items and clothing to retired military pensioners in the state.
African Union peacekeeping troops in Somalia, AMISOM have reportedly shelled several parts of the restive capital Mogadishu, causing the deaths of civilians, eyewitnesses said.
The Joint Military Task Force (JTF) code named Operation Restore Hope in the Niger Delta said it has destroyed over 600 illegal refineries in Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers state, just as seven suspected illegal bunkerers have been handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Criminals and shady characters in the cosmopolitan city of Lagos, who have hitherto, made living in the city a constant nightmare for innocent residents may have to seek alternative vocations as Governor Raji Fashola's administration has, determined to stem the tide of crimes and criminalities in the state.
United Nations peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have suspended logistical or other support for units of the National Armed Forces (FARDC) when there are sufficient grounds to believe their operations would violate human rights, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.
Guinea's military junta has vowed to fight and repel any "preventive deployment" of troops in the country as the international community has recommended.
Since the death of the former Guinean leader Lansana Conté and the accession to power of Moussa Dadis Camara in coup a year ago, the political environment in the country has been tense - a tension that culminated in the massacre of 159 people during a political rally in Conakry on September 28 this year.
THE United States will co-operate with Uganda to fight the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels. The US ambassador, Jerry Lanier, said his government made a commitment to support the peace process in Uganda and would continue to honour it until total peace is realised.
Following the conclusion of a three-day conference in Freetown, ECOWAS chiefs of defense staff have signed and approved a standby brigade force for Sierra Leone.
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