IRIN
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:24
M23, currently fighting the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) army and UN forces near the North Kivu capital of Goma, is just one of more than 30 armed groups in the country’s east, all of which - through casualties or desertions - need to constantly replenish their ranks. Any previous affiliations to militias is not a barrier for recruitment.
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 07:33
Tens of thousands of people, many of them displaced, remain in need of humanitarian assistance in South Sudan’s Jonglei State following clashes there in July.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 07:30
Among the refugees entering southeastern Chad from the Darfur region of neighbouring Sudan in the past few months are thousands of nomadic pastoralists.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013 - 07:14
Thousands of people have been displaced by clashes between government forces and an armed group in northeast Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ituri District, according to civil society and aid workers.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 08:16
When bullets tore through the streets of Kismayo in June, leaving over 70 dead as rival militias twice fought for control of the Somali port city, many international aid agencies halted a cautious scale-up of activities.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 08:13
The Nigerian government has stepped up its emergency food aid in response to severe food insecurity and child malnutrition in the northeast, where the military has been running a sweeping offensive against Boko Haram (BH) Islamists since June.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 07:15
If the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) North Kivu capital of Goma were a hotel, there would be a sign hanging on the door with the words “sorry - no vacancies.”
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 07:43
There is little discernible economic infrastructure on the 635km drive from Mali’s capital, Bamako, to the central town of Mopti, except for speed bumps and checkpoints where local vendors congregate to target vehicles as they slow. Rusted signs and faded banners from international donors dot the scrubland, advertising development projects either long abandoned or never undertaken.