Armed Groups Seize Schools in Central African Republic – Charities
Armed groups have been attacking schools in the Central African Republic and using them as bases amid persistent violence in the landlocked nation, a charity network said on Thursday. In one incident when an armed group attacked peacekeeping troops near a Bangui high school, many students were “allegedly used as human shields” and 80 children […]
Expect More Sex Abuse Cases in Central African Republic – UN Force Chief
The head of the United Nations stabilisation force in the Central African Republic, Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, has said there must be no mercy for peacekeepers who commit sexual abuse offences, adding that he expected more cases to come to light. The 11,000-strong security force, known as MINUSCA, has been mired in a series of sex abuse […]
Moroccan Forces Repress Sahrawi Political Prisoner Ibrahim El Buhiti
The Sahrawi political prisoner Ibrahim El Buhiti was subject to physical and verbal repression by a prison staff, indicated The Executive Office of the Collective of Sahrawi Human Rights (CODESA). According to his family, Ibrahim sufferedill-treatment by the prison administration in Ait Melloul. the Moroccan authorities have arrested Ibrahim on March 2015 in Glaimim (southern […]
Egyptian Army in Major Sinai Operation
The Egyptian army said it has launched a major anti-terror operation in North Sinai, killing 29 jihadists, official MENA news agency reported yesterday. The military operation targeted terrorist hotbeds in the cities of Rafah, Sheikh Zuweid and Arish, the Armed Forces said in a statement late on Monday. Terrorist hideouts, vehicles and equipment were destroyed […]
New Central Africa Sex Abuse Accusation Against French Army
The French army faces a new charge of sexual abuse of a minor in the Central African Republic (CAR), following April’s revelations of a sex abuse scandal there and another in Burkina Faso in July. A soldier serving in France’s Sangaris force in the CAR has been accused of sexually abusing a teenage girl, who […]
Peace, Stability Characterise Most Elections
World attention is focused on Africa where major elections with varying but converging stakes will take place in October 2015. Citizens of the Central African Republic, Burkina Faso, Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea and Tanzania gathering momentum to vote their leaders in the presidential, legislative and local government elections that will chart they way forward in furthering […]
Monuments to Namibian Soldiers in Huíla and Cunene Provinces
Two monuments will be built in 2016, in Cassinga (Jamba), southern Huila province, and Shetekela (Ombandja-Xangongo), Cunene province, to honor Namibian soldiers fallen in Angola, during the liberation. The Information was released Monday, in Luanda, by the minister of National Defense, Joao Lourenco, while addressing a meeting of the Ministerial Commission between Angola and Namibia. […]
Fight Against Migration Requires ‘Settlement of Conflicts, Support to Development’
Algeria, Niger and Chad on Sunday called on the international community to address the global migration issue by finding solutions to its root causes, through the settlement of conflicts and supporting development programmes. Algeria, Niger and Chad “underlined the alarming proportions reached by the global migration and called to address its root causes by finding […]
Counterterrorism – Africans ‘Have a Lot to Learn’ From Algeria
African countries “have a lot to learn” from Algeria in the fight against terrorism, especially its “effective response capacity” to terrorist attacks, Francesco Madeira, the director of the African Centre for Study and Research on Terrorism (ACSRT), said Sunday in Algiers. “Our goal is to boost the capacity of those states to face terrorism as […]
Army Thwarts Attempt to Smuggle Weapons, Ammunition in Southern Algeria
An attempt to smuggle a quantity of weapons, ammunition and shells was foiled Monday by a detachment of the People’s National Army in Bordj Badji Mokhtar, said the Ministry of National Defence in a statement. “As part of measures to strengthen border security and fight against organized crime, a detachment of the People’s National Army […]
