June 19

• Amnesty Office Denies Withholding Ex-Militants' Stipends

  Vanguard

  THE Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Abuja, has denied the claim that its officials were colluding with some ex-militant leaders to dispossess ex-militants of their monthly... Read more »

• Jonathan Seeks Global Assistance to Fight Terrorism

  Leadership

  President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday made a strong appeal for greater global cooperation and coordination in the war against terrorism, saying Nigeria and other countries will... Read more »

• A Gambit That Could Backfire

  This Day

  Shaka Momodu writes that by showing compassion for the Boko Haram sect despite the fact that the sect's activities constitute grave threat to national security, opposition parties... Read more »

• South Sudan - a Tumultuous Mixture of Raw Human Hatreds (part 1) [opinion]

  SSNA

  If an objective South Sudanese, were to step outside, her/his legal, constitutional, socio-cultural, and psychological figurative coat; and then, look at South Sudan, as an... Read more »

• On Abyei - Enough Is Enough [opinion]

  SSNA

  No one whether locally or internationally can still argue there is more hope to resolve Abyei stalemate peacefully. It has been everybody's wish that dialogue could prevail over... Read more »

June 18

• Police and Military Crackdown After Women's Protest

  Maka

  For the first time since the end of war, in 2002, the Angolan government has soldiers to patrolling the streets of a town and conducting house searches and arrests. Since June 15,... Read more »

• Mali Officials, Tuareg Rebels Sign Accord

  VOA

  Mali's government has signed a deal with Tuareg rebels that will allow the army to return to a key rebel-held city ahead of next month's elections. Read more »

• AQIM Reportedly Confirms Commander's Death in Mali

  VOA

  The militant group al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb is reported to have confirmed the death of one of its top commanders. Read more »

• Q&A - of Riots and Rice in Africa

  IPS

  Thanks to food riots in several African cities fuelled by high rice prices between 2007 and 2008, sub-Saharan Africa is growing and eating more rice after governments were forced... Read more »

• Advocacy Groups, Congo Experts Applaud Appointment of Feingold as Great Lakes Envoy

  ENOUGH

  Nineteen advocacy groups and Congo experts applaud U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for his appointment of former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) as the new U.S. Special Envoy... Read more »

• Ban Appoints Rwandan General As Military Chief of Mission

  UN News

  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Major General Jean Bosco Kazura as Force Commander for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization... Read more »

• Year After Church Bombings Kaduna Struggles to Rebuild

  VOA

  Sectarian violence has plagued central Nigeria for decades and tens of thousands of people have been killed. Many mosques and churches are still rubble and in some cities the... Read more »

• Zambia Opposition Demands Inquiry Into Violent Attacks

  VOA

  Zambian opposition parties are calling for an independent investigation into violence allegedly carried out by a militia group affiliated with President Michael Sata's ruling... Read more »

• Shababaab Post Pictures of Two Aps On Twitter

  The Star

  The al Shabaab yesterday posted photos on Twitter of men they claim are two missing APs believed to have been kidnapped by the militia from Damajaley AP camp last month. Constables... Read more »

• Four Months in Cape Town Begin - Questions of Race, Xenophobia and Positionality [opinion]

  IDS

  It can be hard to explain a 'work-based learning placement'. Usually people equate it with 'research' or an 'internship'. Then come the questions: if it is research, where are your... Read more »

• Shabaab Posts Pictures of Two Aps On Twitter

  The Star

  The al Shabaab yesterday posted photos on Twitter of men they claim are two missing police officers believed to have been kidnapped from Damajaley AP camp last month. Constables... Read more »

• Renewed Clashes in Benghazi

  Magharebia

  Libya's General National Congress on Sunday (June 16th) postponed the vote on a new president in the wake of another round of Benghazi clashes, Libya Herald reported. Read more »

• Nigerian Military to Investigate Level of Involvement of Alleged Terrorists

  Premium Times

  The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Monday promised that all suspects arrested in the communities where terrorists were active would be investigated to ensure their level of... Read more »

• Al-Shabaab Releases Photos of Captured Kenyan Police, Weapons

  Sabahi

  Photographs al-Shabaab posted Sunday (June 16th) on Twitter of two Kenyan police officers abducted last month are authentic, Dadaab District Commissioner Albert Kimathi told... Read more »

• Kerry Announces Feingold as Great Lakes Representative [press release]

  State Department

  Remarks by Secretary of State John Kerry, Press Briefing Room Read more »

• Unesco Fears for Historic Sites in Syria, Mali

  VOA

  United Nations officials say world cultural heritage sites are under attack in such places as Syria, Mali and the Central African Republic. Read more »

• Nigerian Refugee Exodus Spreading to Cameroon

  VOA

  The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) reports people are continuing to flee the crisis in northeastern Nigeria's Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states. It said the refugee exodus is... Read more »

• Refugee Software Apps Selected as Finalists in "Hackathon" Event

  Capital FM

  Two projects developed by Kenyan-based software developers designed to connect refugees and victims of war have been selected as finalists in the two-day developer session... Read more »

• A Letter on DRC to the British Prime Minister [document]

  Save the Congo

  Dear Prime Minister RE: The G8 Time to Save the Congo! Read more »

• The Plight of Child Refugees in Democratic Republic of Congo [press release]

  IFRC

  For 14 year old Patricia Yakoto, 1 February 2013 began like any other day, but it would end with her world, as she knows it, being turned upside down. "I was sent to the market by... Read more »