August 02

• Regional Leaders Need New Plan to Handle Zimbabwe's Impasse [analysis]

  SAIIA

  Even before Zimbabweans went to the polls on 31 July 2013, the Southern African Development Community's Organ on Politics, Defence and Security raised a litany of concerns about... Read more »

• What Do Elections in Zimbabwe Really Mean? [analysis]

  ISS

  More than three decades of rule by President Robert Mugabe, recently as part of an uneasy alliance with the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), have reduced the income per person... Read more »

August 01

• UN Force Worries Aid Agencies

  AlertNet

  A new U.N. military brigade set up to track down and "neutralise" armed groups in order to reduce violence in eastern Congo may put both civilians and aid operations at greater... Read more »

• Climate Change Causes Violence

  SciDev.Net

  Changes in climate, such as increased drought and above-average annual temperatures, have caused a rise in human violence across the world, according to a study published today in... Read more »

• UN Ready to Work With New Cabinet to Advance Peace, Development Efforts

  UN News

  The United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) said today it stands ready to work with the new Cabinet to tackle the host of challenges facing the world's youngest nation. Read more »

• Nigeria Begins Troops Pullout From Mali

  Vanguard

  Nigeria began withdrawing some of its 1,200 troops in Mali, yesterday, and redeploy them in security operations at home, military authorities said, Tuesday. Read more »

• Regional Presidents to Discuss Amisom Strategy

  Sabahi

  Presidents of the six countries contributing troops to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) will meet Sunday (August 4th) in Kampala for an emergency session to streamline... Read more »

• Leaders Call On Darfur Tribes to 'Honour Treaty' As Clashes Subside

  Radio Dabanga

  Tribal and government leaders have called upon the Misseriya and Salamat tribes in Central Darfur "to honour the treaty signed between them", while the state's Presidential... Read more »

• Uhuru, Moi Discuss Regional Peace At State House

  Capital FM

  President Uhuru Kenyatta on Thursday held talks with former President Daniel arap Moi at State House, Nairobi. During the meeting, they discussed regional peace initiatives. Read more »

• Uhuru to UN - Compliment Region's Peace Bid for Congo

  New Times

  The United Nations' interventions in eastern DR Congo should "strengthen rather than complicate and overlap" peace efforts initiated by the Great Lakes region, Kenya's president... Read more »

• UN Goes On the Attack in the DRC (Dragging South Africa in With It) [analysis]

  Daily Maverick

  Over the course of its long engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations has issued plenty of ultimatums. On Tuesday, it issued another one, aimed at the... Read more »

• UN Mission in Eastern DRC Ineffective, Says Museveni

  The Star

  UGANDA'S President Yoweri Museveni yesterday said fighting has erupted in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo because UN peacekeepers "tolerate" rebels. Read more »

July 31

• Renamo Leader Should Give Orders to His Own Men, Not Govt

  AIM

  The head of the Mozambican government team in the dialogue with the former rebel movement Renamo, Agriculture Minister Jose Pacheco, has advised Renamo leader Afonso Dhlakama to... Read more »

• UN Chief Discusses Concerns With EU Foreign Policy Chief

  UN News

  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his deep concern about the direction of the transition in Egypt in a conversation with European Union High Representative Catherine... Read more »

• RSS Appeals for Support to Foster Regional Peace [press release]

  GoSS

  The special envoy of the President of the Republic, Dr. Barnaba Marial Benjamin has pleaded with the heads of the states of the Great Lakes region to focus on South Sudan in order... Read more »

• UN Renews Mandate for Darfur Peacekeepers - Calls for Focus On High-Risk Areas

  Radio Dabanga

  The UN Security Council (UNSC) passed a resolution on Tuesday extending the mandate of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation (Unamid) for a further 13 months, until 31... Read more »

• UN Security Council Renews the Mandate of UNAMID

  Ethiopia Government

  The UN Security Council on Tuesday (July 30) renewed the mandate of the joint African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) for a further 13 months, until August 31,... Read more »

• Gamcoy 15 Back From Darfur

  Daily Observer

  The first batch of Gamcoy 15, numbering 94, Monday touched down at the Banjul International Airport after a successful six-month peacekeeping mission in the Sudanese troubled... Read more »

• 'Difficult' Road to Reconciliation for Grand Gedeans, Says County Supt

  FrontPageAfrica

  The superintendent of Grand Gedeh County, Peter Solo, Wednesday bemoaned the manner of violence that took place in the county during the Liberia's 14 years civil war even though... Read more »

• UN Security Council Condemns ADF Attacks in DRC

  New Vision

  The United Nations Security Council has condemned the renewed attacks by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF-NALU) which resulted in 66,000 Congolese refugees and caused casualties... Read more »

• Nigeria's Mali Troops Arrive, Storm Borno

  This Day

  THISDAY has reliably gathered that over 100 troops of the Nigeria Peacekeeping contingent that were involved in the United Nations backed war effort in Northern Mali arrived... Read more »

July 30

• U.S. State Department Daily Press Briefing: Egypt, Zimbabwe, Tunisia [document]

  State Department

  Excerpt from the U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing Read more »

• Sector 'A' Donates to Sinoe Multilateral High School

  New Dawn

  Sector "A" Commander of the Nigerian Contingent of UNMIL, Brig. Gen. KI Abdulkarim has donated a 2.7 KVA generator to the Sinoe County Multilateral High School to power the... Read more »

July 29

• International Peace-Keeping Training Center to Establish in Addis

  ERTA

  Monday saw a signing ceremony that aims to establish international peace keeping training facility in Ethiopia. The signing of the agreement happens among UNDP, Japan Embassy to... Read more »

• Who Will Call HRW to Order?

  New Times

  Only a few hours after issuing yet another scathing report on the conflict in Eastern DRC and pack of lies against Rwanda, including the assertion from one of their many unnamed... Read more »