Conflict
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 11:12
Mamphela Ramphele’s new political party, AgangSA is making high level corruption a political issue in the run-up to South Africa’s 2014 national elections. Her party has called for a minimum sentence of fifteen years for any public official convicted of corruption, and the same for any member of the public convicted of corrupting a public official. She is also calling for new legislation that would prohibit government officials and their families from doing business with the government. In her travels around the country, she is visiting townships and “informal” (shack) settlements, where she highlights the fact that the principal victims of corruption are the very poor.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 11:09
Heavy clashes have broken out in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between M23 rebels and the army.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 09:11
Pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia are at the lowest level since 2006 because of tougher ship security and more Western naval patrols, while onshore al Shabaab militants have shifted tactics to guerrilla warfare, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 09:09
Pirates attacked an American-flagged oil industry vessel off the Nigerian coast early Thursday and abducted the captain and the chief engineer, both United States citizens, the Nigerian Navy and a private security firm reported. The abductions appeared to be the first involving American hostages in that region in at least two years.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 08:32
Pirates attacked an oil supply vessel off the Nigerian coast and kidnapped the captain and chief engineer, both U.S. citizens, American officials said on Thursday as the Nigerian military ordered its Navy to rescue the men.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 08:25
Pirates attacked an oil supply vessel off the Nigerian coast and kidnapped the captain and chief engineer, both U.S. citizens, American officials said on Thursday as the Nigerian military ordered its Navy to rescue the men.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 07:57
Report from Brass said yesterday that suspected pirates attacked an oil vessel and took two American mariners hostage. The abduction of the two Americans came barely two days after Exercise African Winds organised by the African Partnership Station (APS) during which it vowed to tackle piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.
Friday, October 25, 2013 - 06:34
Statement by United States Department of State Spokesperson Marie Harf on the recent kidnapping of two Americans off the Nigerian coast.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 12:24
Political negotiations meant to resolve Tunisia’s political crisis and prepare for its next elections were further delayed Wednesday after separate incidents of violence against state security forces.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 - 12:22
Piracy off the coast of Somalia, once regarded the most dangerous sea passage, has dropped to the lowest level in seven years, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations said in a report submitted Wednesday to the Security Council.