Nigeria’s Ogoni people are divided over Shell Oil’s agreement to pay $15.5 million as an out-of-court settlement over accusations that it was complicit in rights abuses in the 1990s.
Our May issue featured “The Voice of Free Somaliland,” an interview with Dr. Saad Noor, North American representative of the Republic of Somaliland—a stable, secular de facto independent country in what is known in the media (none too accurately) as… Read moreFree Somaliland: Our readers write
At least 244 people have been killed this week in clashes between the Misseriya and Rizeqat tribes on the border of the regions of Darfur and South Kordofan, Sudan.
Niger’s President Mamadou Tandja dissolved parliament a day after the constitutional court turned down his bid to extend his term. The opposition warns of a step towards dictatorship.
Rwandan Hutu militant Desire Munyaneza was convicted by the Superior Court of Quebec under Canada’s new Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act.
More than a dozen Ethiopian military trucks crossed the border into Somalia this week, as Islamist insurgents launch an all-out offensive for the capital Mogadishu.
Darfur rebel leader Bahar Idriss Abu Garda appeared before the International Criminal Court at The Hague to face war crimes charges over an attack that killed 12 African Union peacekeepers.
Thousands fled their homes in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, after at least 35 people were killed over the weekend, while masked Islamist fighters were seen heading toward the city.
The UN Security Council condemned an offensive by rebels battling Chadian government government forces, saying “any attempt at destabilization of Chad by force is unacceptable.”
The planned diamond mine at the centre of an international controversy over the forced relocation of Botswana’s Bushmen has been shelved due to the global recession.
Suspected Somali pirates who attempted to board an Italian cruise ship but were repulsed by Israeli security guards were later picked up by the Seychelles coast guard backed up by French forces.
Mauritanian exile and refugee organizations are calling for an independent commission to investigate the crimes of former dictator Maouya Ould Taya before scheduled elections go ahead in June.
