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Tag: Africa

Africa

ICC to investigate Central African Republic

International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo announced May 22 that a war crimes investigation will be opened into hundreds of rapes and other violations in the Central African Republic. The investigation concerns the conflict between the former regime of President… Read moreICC to investigate Central African Republic

Africa

Congo: UN troops trade gold for guns

Pakistani UN peacekeeping troops have traded in gold and sold weapons to Congolese militia groups they were supposed to be disarming, according to a BBC report. These militia groups were guilty of some of the worst rights in during the… Read moreCongo: UN troops trade gold for guns

Africa

Ethiopia: Ogaden guerillas claim gains

The two main guerilla organizations in eastern Ethiopia’s Ogaden region—the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) and the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)—say their forces have killed more than 150 government troops in joint operations this month. Ethiopian officials deny the claim…. Read moreEthiopia: Ogaden guerillas claim gains

Africa

Somaliland: refugees face Kafkaesque nightmare

Hundreds of Somalis who have fled violence in Mogadishu for the separatist enclave of Somaliland are unable to obtain aid from the UN as refugees or internally displaced persons (IDPs), because the UN does not recognize the breakaway republic as… Read moreSomaliland: refugees face Kafkaesque nightmare

Africa

Mauritanian exiles file lawsuit against ex-dictator for ethnic cleansing

From the Global Information Network, May 21: New York, NY — Mauritanian exiles living in New York filed a class action lawsuit today against Maaouya Ould Sidi Ahmed Taya, for the crimes committed during a campaign of ethnic cleansing of… Read moreMauritanian exiles file lawsuit against ex-dictator for ethnic cleansing

Africa

Somalia: protein pirates strike again

A ship carrying tons of UN aid has refused to leave Kenya for Somalia following the May 19 pirate attack on an aid ship. The pirates failed to seize the ship, but one crew member was killed. It was the… Read moreSomalia: protein pirates strike again

Africa

Big finance feels pressure on Darfur?

Fidelity Investments of Boston is denying that a sharp reduction in holdings of oil companies doing business in Sudan is a result of activist pressure over Darfur. Anne Crowley, a spokeswoman for the mutual-fund giant, said the sales were decided… Read moreBig finance feels pressure on Darfur?

Africa

Somalia: road ambushes target officials, kill journalists

Two radio reporters covering a provincial governor in south-central Somalia were gunned down May 16 when the official’s motorcade was ambushed by clan militia. News editor Abshir Ali Gabre and reporter Ahmed Hassan Mahad of Radio Jowhar were killed when… Read moreSomalia: road ambushes target officials, kill journalists

Africa

Somalia: resistance, piracy continue

An African Union convoy was struck by a road-side bomb in the Somali capital of Mogadishu [May 16], killing an unknown number of Ugandan peacekeepers. [AlJazeera, May 16] A pair of aid workers—a Kenyan and a Briton—remain in the custody… Read moreSomalia: resistance, piracy continue

Africa

UN to investigate Somali rights abuses

John Holmes, the United Nations (UN) emergency humanitarian co-ordinator, has said that the UN will investigate accusations that human rights were violated during recent fighting in Mogadishu. Somalia has agreed to the inquiry. [AlJazeera, May 14] Aid workers are said… Read moreUN to investigate Somali rights abuses

Africa

Nigeria boasts new gas plant —militants abduct manager

Nigeria’s outgoing president Olusegun Obasanjo visited the restive southern Niger Delta region [May 14] to perform a ground-breaking ceremony for a new $8 billion gas plant. Militants in the region have waged an intensifying campaign against the many foreign oil… Read moreNigeria boasts new gas plant —militants abduct manager

Africa

Israel to aid Darfur refugees?

Israel’s Foreign Ministry has prepared an aid plan for the refugees of Darfur which it will submit to the cabinet for approval in the coming days. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Haaretz that the ministry’s aid plan is intended to… Read moreIsrael to aid Darfur refugees?

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