Africa: 2012 World Peace Statistics

The Institute for Economics and Peace released the 2012 Global Peace Index, in Africa Central Africa Republic listed among the least peaceful countries and Botswana among the most peaceful countries.

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Africa: Mozambique Among World's Top 50 Peaceful Countries

Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique, 17 June 2012

Mozambique remains among the world's top 50 most peaceful nations, taking the 48th position, for the second consecutive year, on the 2012 Global Peace Index (GPI) released in ... read more »

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The scene of one of the Kano blasts in Nigeria.

Africa: The 'Big Six' Arms Exporters (document)

Amnesty International, 11 June 2012

1. China read more »
Namibia: Stop 'Bloodbath' Says International Community

Namibia Economist, 1 June 2012

Promises of "strong retaliation" against Namibia if it does not stop the annual seal harvest have again been made by the international community. In a letter addressed to the local ... read more »

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AU soldiers cleaning their guns in their Tawilla base, adjacent to Rwanda IDP camp, north Darfur, Sudan.

Sudan: Current Negotiations Between Sudan and S. Sudan - the View From Khartoum (analysis)

Sudan Tribune, 31 May 2012

There are good reasons to believe that Khartoum will use these internationally hailed talks as a means of silencing criticism about its continued campaigns of starvation in the ... read more »
Gambia: 6.6 Million Youths Displaced Worldwide

The Daily Observer, 31 May 2012

About 6.6 million youths are currently being displaced worldwide by armed conflicts and other factors, the executive secretary of the National Youth Council has disclosed. He ... read more »
Nigeria: Suicide Nation (opinion)

Daily Trust, 28 May 2012

One abominable act that is creeping into the Nigerian society nowadays is suicide - the extreme act of deliberately killing oneself. Although there are no statistics on suicides in ... read more »
South Sudan: Darfur in the Still Deepening Shadow of Lies (analysis)

South Sudan News Agency, 25 May 2012

The United Nations continues with its cynical policy of "see no evil, hear no evil...report no evil" in Darfur. read more »
Africa: Islamic Militancy Draws U.S. Into African Security (analysis)

AfricaPlus, 16 May 2012

In the third of a three-part series for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Dr. Richard Joseph examines Africa's "prismatic narrative," in which African developments must be ... read more »
Nigeria: Is the United Nations of Nigeria Our Answer? (column)

This Day, 27 March 2012

Nigeria should disintegrate peacefully. No, a united Nigeria is the answer. A sovereign national conference is the only way. No, sovereign national conference is a euphemism for ... read more »
Central Africa: Kony 2012, Military Realities (analysis)

AfricaFocus, 14 March 2012

"Chasing the leaders, which seems to be the strategy preferred by both the Ugandan People's Defence Force and the US military, is a hit or miss approach that will call down more ... read more »

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jeffjedi06

Jun 12 2012, 23:09

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Zim doesnt import arms - mugabe exchanges them for looted diamonds. Anyway the people need to be working not playing as soldiers. No point in buying planes the zim airforce only crashes them or doesnt know how to maintain them. no point in buying tanks or the likes - theres no diesel or petrol to run them on.

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