Conflict
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 07:33
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo witheringly criticizes President Goodluck Jonathan’s governance in an eighteen page, ostensibly private, letter that has been leaked to the press. Obasanjo’s catalog of Jonathan’s shortcomings and mistakes runs the gamut from failing to address the underlying causes of security issues in the Niger Delta and the jihadist Boko Haram insurrection in the North to subordinating the well-being of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to his own political ambitions.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 07:18
Central African Republic's interim leader is weighing a possible amnesty for militias involved in Christian-Muslim violence that has killed hundreds of people, most of them civilians, in exchange for their disarmament.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 07:00
France will ask for more help from European partners to bolster its peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Sunday.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:54
A group of Palestinians approached the Israel-Gaza security fence on Sunday morning and began carrying out suspicious activity on the ground near the barrier, an IDF source said.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:46
The U.S. Embassy in South Sudan is deeply concerned at the recent outbreak of armed violence in Juba. We ... request for all parties to “cease hostilities immediately and exercise restraint.”
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:42
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir says an attempted coup by soldiers loyal to his sacked former deputy Riek Machar has been put down. It comes after heavy gunfire overnight in the capital, Juba.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:35
Syrian government aircraft have dropped barrels laden with explosives on rebel areas of the northern city of Aleppo, opposition activists say.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:15
Protesters chanted antigovernment slogans and called on the country's President Ilham Aliyev to resign, accusing him of corruption and falsifying the results of the October 9 presidential election.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:13
The rally was held in connection with the recent rise in gasoline prices, but the statements of the opposition went beyond the main topic of the action.
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 06:12
The Central Asian state of Turkmenistan, described by rights groups as one of the world's most repressive, proclaimed its first multi-party elections on Sunday; but both parties vowed loyalty to its leader and opponents remained in exile.