Conflict
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 08:38
Civil war is raging in Nigeria’s northeast. Abuja says it is winning, but when Boko Haram attacks a military base, kills numerous soldiers and their dependents, then burns barracks to the ground, such claims strain credulity.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 08:27
The federal government has warned members of the armed forces including the military service chiefs and commanders, that it will not spare any officer found culpable in human rights violation in the course of their internal security operations.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 08:25
On Monday 24th February, European Union counter-piracy operation Atalanta and EUCAP Nestor, the civilian-led Maritime Security Capacity building EU Mission, hosted two training sessions for Tanzanian Maritime Police and Navy in Dar es Salaam to share knowledge and experiences in fight against piracy in the Horn of Africa and Western Indian Ocean region.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 08:22
European military experts will meet here Tuesday to discuss the crisis in the Central Africa Republic (CAR), according to an EU communique issued Monday.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 08:14
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has again taken to the airwaves to deliver a personal appeal to the people of strife-riven Central African Republic (CAR) to lay down their weapons, come together, and end the spiralling bloodshed and inter-communal violence that has plagued the country for months on end.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 08:06
As the IGAD led mediation talks resume in Addis Ababa, South Sudan’s political future looks uncertain.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 08:05
Somali gunmen reportedly kidnapped two Kenyan engineers working for a construction company in Mogadishu, and demanded a $1 million ransom for their release, Secretary General of the Seafarers Union of Kenya Andrew Mwangura told reporters Sunday (February 23rd).
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 08:02
The refugees of the Bembere refugee camp in the Central African Republic (CAR) are living in extremely difficult humanitarian, health, and security conditions. Since relief organisations have left because of the insecurity in the country, the Bembere refugees are suffering from a shortage of food and medicines.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 07:56
Israeli jets have bombarded an area on the Lebanon-Syria border, reportedly hitting a Hezbollah position, a Lebanese security source and a Syrian NGO said,
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 07:55
The Obama administration has been engaged in a largely secret debate about whether cyberarms should be used like ordinary weapons, whether they should be rarely used covert tools or whether they ought to be reserved for extraordinarily rare use against the most sophisticated, hard-to-reach targets.