Conflict
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 08:50
The UN Security Council on Monday voted to continue policing measures off the coast of Somalia that have seen a notable decrease in attacks by pirates, unanimously renewing authorizations for international action against the gunmen.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 08:44
The central Mozambique town of Gorongosa is living on the edge of bad memories. The threats by the Resistência Nacional Moçambicana (Renamo) to revive a civil war that killed up to a million people and displaced five million others is causing fear and suspicion among its residents.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 08:39
The Nigerian Navy says it is building commercial war ships for export within the African countries.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 08:38
An Al-Qaeda front group fighting in Iraq and Syria has called for jihadist groups to join forces under its banner, according to an audio message posted Thursday on the Internet.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 08:35
The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are triumphant at the defeat of the M23 rebel group, but analysts warn that other rebel groups will need to be subdued if peace is to be achieved in the east of the country.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 08:35
At Tuesday’s questioning of the government, both the Interior Minister and Defence Minister confirmed that all the individuals dressed up as regular security forces were those officially conscripted to the official army.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 08:26
Private security and improved naval tactics have been central to the fall in Somali piracy, but so have changed onshore conditions and the lure of oil.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 08:16
Earlier this week during a port-call at Dar es Salaam the Spanish Ocean Patrol Vessel ESPS ‘Meteoro’, as part of the EU Naval Froce (EU NAVFOR) Somalia Operation Atalanta has carried out a series of trainings with personnel from the Tanzanian Navy as part of the Local Maritime Capacity Building (LMCB).
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 08:02
The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) on Wednesday retook Kaling area in South Kordofan state from the rebel Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF), a military spokesperson in Khartoum said.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 07:42
But with increasing reports of arbitrary arrests and torture, and signs that the generals will not give up their privileges enshrined in the constitution, activists no longer feel they can remain silent.