Africa
Niger Delta Avengers re-ignite insurgency
A new militant organization, the Niger Delta Avengers, has claimed a string of attacks on oil infrastructure, and issued communiques broaching secession from Nigeria.
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Africa
Darfur: Sudan planning ‘Final Solution’?
Amid a referendum portrayed by Khartoum as a step toward peace, regime-backed militias unleash a new scorched-earth campaign in Darfur—reviving calls for US intervention.
Africa
Ethiopian troops to South Sudan after border raid
A force of Ethiopian troops crossed into South Sudan to launch a joint offensive with the Juba government against ethnic Murle militia fighters who staged a bloody cross-border raid.
Africa
Mining fuels renewed Darfur conflict
Russia is blocking release of an internal UN report that apparently shows how pro-government militias in Darfur are making some $54 million per year in gold mining.
Africa
Niger Delta pipeline blast signals renewed insurgency
A deadly blast on a pipeline in Nigeria's restive Delta region has raised fears that militants—pacified with an amnesty and pipeline protection contracts—are returning to arms.
Africa
Horn of Africa water wars leave Somalia dry
Ethiopia has completely halted the flow of water into Somalia by closing the gates on irrigation dams along the Shabelle River—leaving dry a key agricultural region.
Africa
Congo warlord convicted of crimes against humanity
The International Criminal Court declared unanimously that Congolese ex-military leader Jean-Pierre Bemba is guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Africa
AQIM claims Ivory Coast terror attack
Gunmen from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) claimed responsibility for the attack on a beach resort in Ivory Coast that killed 14 civilians and two soldiers.
Africa
South Sudan: ‘horrendous’ human rights situation
A UN Human Rights Office report describing a multitude of atrocious rights violations in South Sudan especially singles out government forces for a campaign of mass rape.
Africa
Somalia: US air-strikes on Shabaab camp
US drones and warplanes killed more than 150 al-Shabab militants in Somalia, with the Pentagon citing an "imminent threat" to US and African Union forces.
Africa
Renewed war displaces thousands in Mozambique
At least 6,000 villagers have fled their homes in Mozambique across the border to Malawi amid renewed fighting between the government and RENAMO guerillas.
Africa
UN warns of renewed Darfur conflict
The UN human rights expert for Sudan warned that fighting between government forces and rebels in Darfur has left tens of thousands displaced over the past two weeks.