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Shell workers kidnapped in Nigeria

A militant group in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta kidnapped two German and four Nigerian workers of Bilfinger Berger Gas & Oil Services, a contractor firm for Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell June 15. The workers were abducted around Warri by a… Read moreShell workers kidnapped in Nigeria

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Pentagon “Pan-Sahel Initiative”

The Pentagon is rapidly expanding its little-noted “anti-terrorist” training program in the nations of Africa’s Sahel. From page 11 of the New York Times, June 10: As Africans Join Iraqi Insurgency, U.S. Counters With Military Training in Their Lands A… Read morePentagon “Pan-Sahel Initiative”

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Darfur: Doctors Without Borders volunteers arrested

The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is protesting the arrest of a second representative in Sudan. Vincent Hoedt, a Dutch national and regional coordinator for MSF in Darfur, was arrested May 31 in Nyala. A… Read moreDarfur: Doctors Without Borders volunteers arrested

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Rwanda: one million await genocide charges

The UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), being held in Tanzania, has sentenced a former Rwandan civic leader to six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to involvement in the 1994 genocide. Vincent Rutaganira, 60, is the fourth man… Read moreRwanda: one million await genocide charges

Africa

UN: “Neighboring countries” fuel Congo violence

A day after "peacekeeping" troops got into a deadly gun battle with a Congolese militia, a UN official blamed "neighboring countries" for fueling the violence in Congo. The Pakistani "blue helmets" mixed it up with troops of the Nationalist &… Read moreUN: “Neighboring countries” fuel Congo violence

Africa

Nigeria: protesters shot at Chevron terminal

The UN’s IRIN news agency reports that Nigerian troops shot and killed four villagers who were protesting at the main export terminal run by ChevronTexaco in the Niger Delta Feb. 4. Over 200 protesters from the village of Ugborodo near… Read moreNigeria: protesters shot at Chevron terminal

Africa

Airstrikes hit Darfur village; UN: “not genocide”

The US is petitioning the UN Security Council not to prosecute Darfur war criminals–just another piece of Washington’s ongoing campaign against the International Criminal Court, which could one day be used against US troops or political leaders. Meanwhile, a report… Read moreAirstrikes hit Darfur village; UN: “not genocide”

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