United Nations Peacekeeping Chief in CAR Resigns
The head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic has resigned over the force’s handling of a series of sexual and other misconduct allegations. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told reporters on Wednesday he had accepted the resignation of Babacar Gaye of Senegal. It comes a day after Amnesty International accused UN peacekeepers […]
UN Must Urgently Address Accountability for Abuses By Peacekeepers in CAR
The UN must review the oversight of its peacekeeping operations, Amnesty International said ahead of today’s Security Council meeting called to discuss allegations of sexual abuse in the Central African Republic (CAR) revealed on Tuesday. On Wednesday Babacar Gaye, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the CAR and head of MINUSCA, the UN’s mission there, […]
Dispatches – Will Shocking Stories Force the United Nations to Act?
A 12-year-old girl is reported to be the latest victim of sexual abuse by the very people dispatched to protect her: United Nations peacekeepers. In the most recent case we know of, documented by Amnesty International, UN peacekeeping forces are said to have raped the girl in August during a house search in Bangui, capital […]
Don’t Negotiate with Boko Haram – Chad’s President Idriss Deby
Chad’s President Idriss Deby has said Boko Haram is no longer led by the fearsome Abubakar Shekau and that his successor is open to talks. Deby made the revelation Tuesday while addressing reporters in the capital N’Djamena on the 55th anniversary of Chad’s independence AFP) reported yesterday. He did not say what had happened to […]
Cameroon Dismantles Illicit Drug Network
Packets of cocaine, cannabis, heroin and some electrical appliances were seized August 9th. Nineteen individuals are currently in police custody after household items and illicit drugs including cocaine, cannabis, heroin and musical and electrical appliances, stethoscope, rolls of cloth, cartons of bags gas cylinders, gas plates and a bag containing mobile phones of doubtful origin […]
Cameroon Steps Up Security Over Boko Haram
Cameroonians are undergoing numerous security checks introduced after the government deployed large numbers of soldiers to all major towns to search people, shops and houses in response to terrorism threats. In addition to introducing wider security checks, the authorities in Cameroon have also advised business persons, schools and churches to recruit private security agents. At […]
Angola Huila – Government Mitigates Effects of Drought
The Provincial Government of Huila, through the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, has been developing since January this year, a number of strategies aimed at mitigating the effects of drought affecting the population in the municipalities of Gambos and Chibia. This was said on Thursday by the head of department of the sector, Moisés […]
Futsal “Zedu Cup” Tournament Be Launched Saturday in Lobito
A futsal tournament dubbed “Zedu Cup” will be launched on Saturday in Lobito city, central Benguela province, by the municipal committee of MPLA, under the commemorations of the 73rd birthday of the ruling party’s President and of the Republic, José Eduardo dos Santos. According to the information secretary of the referred Committee, Victor Chiteculo, the […]
United Nations inquiry into Central African Republic child rape claim
The UN mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has launched an investigation into allegations its soldiers raped a 12-year-old girl. It will also focus on accusations by Amnesty International that UN peacekeepers shot dead a 16-year-old boy and his father earlier this month. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said he was “personally dismayed and disappointed” […]
Boko Haram Has Been ‘Decapitated’: Chad’s President Idriss Deby Declared
Chad’s President Idriss Deby declared Tuesday that efforts to combat neighbouring Nigeria’s Boko Haram jihadists had succeeded in “decapitating” the group and would be wrapped up “by the end of the year”. Addressing reporters in the capital N’Djamena on the 55th anniversary of Chad’s independence from France, Deby said: “Boko Haram is decapitated. There are […]
