May 17

• Congo-Kinshasa: Fears of Rebel Infiltration of DR Congo Army

  The "blind and unrestricted" reintegration of M23 deserters into the Congolese army could harm the country, according to Thomas d'Aquin Mwiti, the chair of the North Kivu civil... Read more »

May 8

• Somalia: Giving Extremists a Second Chance

  At 18, Farah Osman should not be a battle-hardened soldier. He should not have spent the last seven years fighting for the Somali Islamist extremist group Al-Shabaab, or have been... Read more »

May 5

• South Sudan: Sudanese Rebels Prepare for War

  A rebel coalition in Sudan has declared war on the government less than a week after it attacked Sudanese forces. "Now there is a fully-fledged war in the new south of the north,"... Read more »

April 24

• Congo-Kinshasa: Locals Refuse to Protest for M23 Rebels

  When M23 rebels tried twice to arrange a protest march against a United Nations resolution to deploy an intervention brigade with an offensive mandate to eastern Democratic... Read more »

April 13

• Congo-Kinshasa: The Forced Inheritance Of DRC's Military Kids

  The children of deceased police and army officers in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, are finding themselves forced to adopt their late fathers'careers in the... Read more »

April 12

• South Africa: Questions Raised About Deployment To DR Congo

  Kholekile Dlamini has been devastated by the death of her son Xolani Dlamini, a South African National Defence Force soldier who died in the Central African Republic. Like many... Read more »

• Mali: Urgent Need For Political Reform as French Depart

  With France withdrawing troops after chasing Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) from towns in northern Mali, the central government in Bamako should urgently launch a serious... Read more »

April 3

• Ethiopia: Building a Better Somali Region

  For over two decades Somali Region, in eastern Ethiopia, has been devastated by a grueling insurgency. Read more »

March 28

• Central African Republic: Will Rebels Respect the Peace Agreements?

  Despite assurances by the leader of the Séléka rebel alliance, self-proclaimed president of the Central African Republic Michel Djotodia, that a "red brigade" would... Read more »

March 23

• Rwanda: More Rebels Seek Asylum After War Crimes Suspect's Surrender

  As the Rwandan government said on Thursday Mar. 21 that it would do all it could to ensure the speedy transfer of war crimes suspect General Bosco Ntaganda to the International... Read more »

March 15

• Congo-Kinshasa: Locals Forced to Pay Army and Rebels

  On the way to his fields, Denise Mambo, a resident of Kitshanga, North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, stops at a rope laid across his path. Read more »

March 6

• Mali: Refugees Look to Rebuild Their Lives

  Malian refugees in Mangaïze, northwest Niger, are keen to return home to start work and be able to support themselves once more. Read more »

February 22

• Mali: Tuaregs and Arabs Not Ready to Return to Mali

  Fatimata Wallet Haibala sits among a group of women and teenage girls under a tent, her handicapped boy on her lap. Read more »

February 13

• Mali: West African Troops Arrive

  Soldiers belonging to the African-led International Support Mission to Mali continue to stream into this West African nation, as several hundred troops have already been deployed... Read more »

February 12

• Mali: Christian or Muslim - We Are All Victims of Those Militants

  At the entrance to the Evangelical church in Mopti, central Mali, military soldiers stood on either side of the door as Pastor Luc Sagara greeted his parishioners for Sunday mass. Read more »

February 8

• Cote d'Ivoire: Victor's Justice Plays Out in Côte d'Ivoire [analysis]

  The extradition of high-level allies of former Côte d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo from Ghana back to their home country, including a most recent one on Feb. 5, has... Read more »

February 7

• Africa: 'Drone' a Dirty Word in the UN Lexicon

  The "drone", one of the eminently controversial lethal weapons deployed by the United States in its war against terrorism, is obviously a dirty word in the U.N. lexicon. Read more »

February 2

• Mali: Malians Digging Deep to Support War Effort

  Malians, including students and businesses owners, are donating money to their military's costly war against armed Islamic groups that have occupied the north of this impoverished... Read more »

January 31

• West Africa: U.S. Urged to Boost Sahel Diplomacy

  As Washington broadens its military "footprint" in the Sahel region of Africa, U.S. analysts are urging the administration of President Barack Obama to devote more effort to... Read more »

January 23

• Mali: Chadian Soldiers Join Battle for Northern Mali

  A column of Chadian soldiers - members of the region's most battle-hardened army - moved north from Niger's capital Niamey on Tuesday to join French and African forces battling to... Read more »

January 21

• Guinea Bissau: Coups Become the Norm in Guinea-Bissau

  Chronic instability, extreme poverty, drug trafficking and corruption are the tragic lot of Guinea-Bissau, which this year commemorates four decades of independence from Portugal. Read more »

January 15

• Mali: U.S. Prepares to Back Military Intervention

  U.S. Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta has applauded France's surprise airstrikes on Islamist rebels in northern Mali that began late last week and continued over the weekend. Read more »

January 8

• Africa: Abandoning Nuclear Weapons - Lessons From South Africa [analysis]

  Not many nice things can be said about the apartheid regime in South Africa. It was racist, violent in the brutal oppression of many of its own citizens, and was despised around... Read more »

December 19, 2012

• Mali: Analysts Worry Over Military Intervention

  Even as U.S. and French officials suggest that a United Nations resolution on military intervention in Mali could come by the end of the week, concerns are rising that such action... Read more »

December 13, 2012

• Sudan: Major Study Suggests Crimes Against Humanity

  Reporting on the results of a two-year investigation, on Wednesday the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch presented findings that suggest that the Sudanese government's aerial... Read more »