Militias force nearly 2,000 to leave Libyan capital’s largest shelter for internally-displaced: UNHCR
Libyan militias have forced nearly 2,000 people from an ethnic minority likely targeted for their alleged links to the former Gadaffi Government, to flee long-established shelters in the capital Tripoli, the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday. In an appeal for the human rights of families originally from the city of Tawergha to be […]
Trekking With ‘Ambazonia Defense Forces’ – Inside a Separatist War
Emmanuel Freudenthal is the first journalist to spend time with an anglophone armed group, trekking for a week with them in the sun and rain, across rivers and up steep hills, through dark rainforests and fields of giant grass. In this two-part series, he explores the make-up and motivation of the Ambazonia Defense Forces, and […]
All You Need to Know About South Sudan’s New Power-Sharing Accord
After months of negotiations aimed at ending a civil war that has killed tens of thousands of people and forced some 4.5 million from their homes since December 2013, South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar signed new power-sharing and ceasefire agreements on 5 August. The conflict, coupled with a dire national […]
Zimbabwe Army Boss Defends Commander-in-Chief Overthrow On Defence Forces Day Eve
Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Commander Lieutenant-General Edzai Absolom Chanyuka Chimonyo has defended former state President and Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander-in-Chief Robert Mugabe’s ouster in a military coup November last year. Chimonyo was addressing the media at the Josiah Magama Tongogara barracks on the eve of Tuesday’s Defence Forces Day, the first to be presided over […]
Security Forces Kill 37, Wounded 44 in East Hararghe, Oromia Region
The number of people killed after attack by the Liyu police in at least three separate localities in Eastern Hararghe zone of the Oromia regional state has climbed to 37, according to Tizita Abay, communication officer of the Mayu Muluke Wereda where more than 30 of the causalities were from. More than 44 have been […]
Central Africa: Security Council concerned by ‘grave security situation’, calls for better agency cooperation
With Central African countries beset by ongoing terrorist activity, instability and the effects of climate change, the Security Council has asked the United Nations Secretary-General to review the work of the UN Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), and recommend areas for improvement. In a Presidential Statement released on Friday, the 15-member body acknowledged UNOCA’s […]
UN-backed meeting of African States targets terrorism, violent extremism
Regional security topped the agenda of a United Nations-backed joint summit on Central and West Africa searching, among other things, for a practical approach to fighting terrorism. In a statement issued on Thursday through his Deputy Spokesperson, Farhan Haq, Secretary-General António Guterres commended the Central and West African regions for the successful Joint Summit of […]
South Sudan’s Peace Agreement – Good News or More Trouble Ahead?
South Sudan has a new peace agreement. The question is: will it hold? According to author and scholar Douglas Johnson, that depends on a lot of factors. If it holds, the deal on power-sharing signed on August 6 by President Salva Kiir and his now reinstated Vice President Riek Machar could end a civil war […]
Zimbabwe Army Commander Philip Valerio Sibanda Is Said to Demand: Who Ordered Crackdown?
Zimbabwe’s armed forces chief is demanding to know who ordered troops last week to break up protests against the ruling party’s election victory and why he wasn’t informed about the decision, according to three senior government officials. General Philip Valerio Sibanda asked for an explanation from President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa, his advisers and intelligence chiefs of […]
Talks Underway After Federal and Somali Region Authorities Violence Leaves Trail of Casualties, Destruction
Talks that started on Sunday b/n federal & Somali regional state authorities are underway and may lead to an “amicable settlement”, a government source told Addis Standard. The talks involve both regional & federal administrative, military, security & intelligence authorities, according to our source. See thread since Saturday for more pictures and video: #Ethiopia:The fed […]
