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
Three international reports have fled Zimbabwe ahead of President Robert Mugabe’s 81st birthday celebrations, and a fourth is in hiding after police searches their offices and threatened to have them arrested for slandering the state. Those who fled, Angus Shaw… Read moreZimbabwe: journalists flee
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
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”
