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Uganda: 20 LRA Fighters Surrender in DRC
TWENTY fighters of the Lord's Resistance Army have surrendered to the Congolese army as the three-week multinational assault on the rebels' hideouts in the Garamba jungles continues.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 23:35

Congo-Kinshasa: UN Reaches Villages in North-East Attacked By Ugandan Rebels
The United Nations refugee agency has reached towns in the strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the scene of bloody attacks carried out by the notorious Ugandan rebel group known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 22:46

'Blessed is the Hand That Gives,' Semele Advises BDF
On the first day of 2009, patients at Oodi clinic in the Kgatleng District shared some time with a group of Botswana Defence Force soldiers who had gone to donate some food and share some time with the sick.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 21:17

Somalia: AU Peacekeeper Killed in Mogadishu
An AU peace keeper was killed and another one was injured in a landmine blast that hit an AMISOM convoy in Mogadishu, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 18:54

Somalia: WFP Official Gunned Down in Gedo Region
An official working with the UN's World Food Program was shot and killed in southwestern Somalia Tuesday, Radio Garowe reports.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 18:15

Somalia: Lawmaker 'Kidnapped' By Insurgents
A relatively new member of Somalia's interim federal parliament has been kidnapped by suspected insurgents, Radio Garowe reports.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 18:15

Somalia: MPs Criticize Ethiopia Detention of Mogadishu's Ex-Mayor
Members of Somalia's federal parliament have criticized the continued detention of ex-Mogadishu Mayor Mohamed "Dheere" Omar by Ethiopian troops, Radio Garowe reports.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 18:15

Ethiopians Taking Over Towns
Hundreds of Ethiopian troops and Somali militias led by Col. Barre Aden Shire reached in Bardhere town some 490 km west of Mogadishu, witnesses said on Tuesday.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 15:01

Nigeria: Newly Promoted Army Officers Tasked on Dedication
NEWLY promoted officers of the Nigerian Armed Forces have been urged to rededicate themselves to the service of the nation. They are to show more commitments to their respective forces as well as use their new rank for the development of humanity.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 12:12

Nigeria: Airforce to Acquire New Aircrafts
The Nigerian Air Force will early this year acquire two ATR42 combat Aircrafts to patrol the nation's waterways against the activities of pirates and other criminal elements.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 11:49

Nigeria: 100 Air Force Chiefs Decorated With New Ranks
One hundred senior Air force officers including nine Air Vice Marshals, 29 Air Commodores and 62 Group Captains were yesterday decorated with their new ranks across the country with the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oluseyi Petirin in Abuja, ordering the immediate establishment of the Nigerian Airforce Aviation Maintainnace Company, with a view to checkmating the sharp practices of foreign maitenance companies involved in repairs of NAF aircraft.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 11:18

Nigeria: Army Denies Media Reports on Items Found With Jos Suspects
Military authorities yesterday in Jos denied media reports that some military items, including Nigerian Army uniforms, were found in possession of the 26 persons arrested last Friday.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 11:15

Jos Riots - Committee to Invite Military, Police to Testify
The House of Representatives Ad-Hoc Committee on the Jos crisis has said it would invite military and police to testify before it on their role in the crisis.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 10:11

Nigeria: 38 NAF Officers Decorated With New Ranks - As Yar'Adua Donates Two Aircraft to NAF
Presdent Umaru Musa Yar'adua has donated two aircrafts from his Presidential Airfleet to the Nigerian Airforce, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin said yesterday..
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:55

Somalia: Ethiopia Troops Capture Two Districts in Southwestern Somalia
Ethiopian soldiers backed by armored vehicles reentered two towns in southwestern Somalia, forcing Al Shabaab insurgents to withdraw, Radio Garowe reports.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:31

FG Vows Not to Recognise Guinean Junta
Nigeria will support the suspension of Guinea from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) when the body's Heads of State meet in Abuja on Friday to discuss the military coup in that country.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:24

West Africa: Ecowas Plans to Suspend Guinea
In an emergency meeting of Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) scheduled for Friday, the suspension of Guinea will be announced to emphasise to the new military junta the regional body's zero tolerance for military coups.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:24

What Are the Roles of Nigerian Troops?
The East African state of Somalia is at present a devil's workshop, being a theatre of war so precipitated by fundamentalists of religious colouration. On 14 December, 2008, government was near collapse when Islamic insurgents, the al shabals, accused of having ties with al Qaeda swore never to negotiate or share power with the West-backed administration of President Abdullahi Yussuf.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 09:23

Kony Will Be Killed If He Enters Country - Oyam LC5 Chief
THE Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony will be killed if he attempts to cross into northern Uganda, Oyam LC5 chairman Rtd. Col. Charles Okello Engola has warned.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 08:14

Army Recovers More Items From LRA
The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) have captured more military equipment and food from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 08:07

West Africa: Yar'Adua Moves to Checkmate Gaddafi
The coup in Guinea has pitched African leaders against each other as President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua is set to mobilise other West African leaders in a move to checkmate his colleagues from Libya and Senegal, Muammar Gaddafi and Abdoulaye Wade, who are believed to be supporting the new military regime.
Source : AllAfrica | 06-Jan-2009 07:03

Sudan: Bush Approves Darfur Air Lift
United States President George W. Bush on Monday authorized an immediate airlift of equipment and supplies to the international peacekeeping force in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 22:39

Congo-Kinshasa: UN Continues Assisting Displaced in Volatile East
The United Nations is continuing to rush assistance to help those uprooted by clashes in the war-torn far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including victims of violence at the hands of the notorious Ugandan rebel group known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 21:37

Zimbabwe: Hunt On for Rogue Soldiers After New Years Day Rampage
A manhunt has been launched by police in Masvingo for a group of soldiers who went on a violent rampage through the high density suburb of Rujeko on New Years Day.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 18:59

Mozambique: Military Registration Begins
The Mozambican Defence Ministry has tacitly admitted that, as in previous years, the majority of young people who should register for military service in 2009 will not do so.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 16:36

Burundi: Rebel Prisoner Release Under Way
The release of the first 80 prisoners detained over their affiliation with a rebel group, the Parti pour la Liberation du Peuple Hutu-Forces Nationales de Libération (Palipehutu-FNL), has begun, following a decree issued by Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on 30 December 2008.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 16:32

Somalia: Four Islamist Insurgents Make Unity
Four Somali, Islamist insurgents in the Somalia capital, Mogadishu said Monday they made unity between them.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 14:45

Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Deployed in a Provincial Capital
Ethiopian troops with more military trucks accompanied by Somali militias have reached in Garbaharey, a provincial capital of Gedo region in western Somalia, witnesses said on Monday.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 14:45

Somalia: Ethiopians Take Over Govt Base
The Ethiopian soldiers have taken over the control of Ex-control Afgoi which was a military base for the Somali government soldiers in Mogadishu on Monday, officials told radio Shabelle.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 12:39

Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Re-Enter Gedo, Al Shabaab Retreat
Ethiopian troops have reportedly re-entered parts of Gedo region and forced Islamist rebels to retreat inward, Radio Garowe reports.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 12:20

Somalia: Nine People Killed in Mogadishu
At least 9 people were killed in separate incidents of violence in Somalia's war-torn capital Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reported Sunday.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 12:20

Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Are Pouring Into the Country
Ethiopian soldiers have reached in Burdhubo and Balad Hawo towns in Gedo region in south western Somalia on Sunday, witnesses told radio Shabelle
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 11:50

Nigeria: Promoted JTF Officers Decorated in Warri
Security Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Restore Hope, has formally decorated several officers attached to it, who were recently elevated to various ranks at its Effurun Barracks headquarters near Warri, Delta State .
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 11:41

Nigeria: MEND Declares War On Bad Eggs
Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) over the weekend said it had declared war against bad eggs within the group, including those that were engaging in kidnapping in Akwa-Ibom State and other parts of the region.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 11:32

Somalia: Two Somaliland Officers Killed in Violence Linked to Voter-Registration
At least two military officers from Somalia's separatist republic of Somaliland were gunned down Saturday in a bloody battle in Togdheer region, Radio Garowe reports.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 11:17

Somalia: Islamists Take Over Bases Vacated By Ethiopian Soldiers
Islamic Courts Union (ICU) militiamen have began taking control of military bases vacated by withdrawing Ethiopian troops, Radio Garowe reported Saturday.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 11:17

Nigeria: Sirens, Horsewhips - The Example of the Military
In a remarkable display of sensitivity and civility, Defence Headquarters has moved to minimize the nuisance and humiliation daily suffered by Nigerians on streets and highways at the hands of military and police personnel who drive in siren-blaring convoys and oftentimes employing horsewhips to force other motorists off their lanes.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 10:30

Nigeria: 200,000 Barrels Affected in Attack On Burutu Pipeline
Another 200,000 barrels of oil were shut in at the weekend as militants attacked a pipeline at Okuntun village in Delta State.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 10:30

Nigeria: Militants Fall Out With Niger Delta Ministry
MOVEMENT for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta (MEND) has written off the new Ministry of Niger-Delta, saying it has no faith in the ministry.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 10:19

Nigeria: 26 Arrested In City of Violence
The joint military team deployed to maintain peace in the Plateau State capital on Thursday night arrested 26 suspected mercenaries in fake police uniforms with assorted arms and ammunition.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 10:07

Nigeria: Niger Delta Ministry - Civil Society Condemns Militants' Protest Over Ekaette
Coalition of Civil Society Groups in Nigeria has condemned plans by the Niger Delta Militants to embark on a protest mission to Abuja against the appointment of Chief Uffot Ekaette as minister of Niger Delta, saying it is scandalous and vexatious.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 09:14

Uganda: LRA Rebels Raid Congolese Army Base
THE Lord's Resistance Army rebels on Friday raided a Congolese army base in the Garamba jungles to get food, local officials said yesterday. In the overnight raid, the rebels attacked a park ranger station in Magero town, a few kilometres from the Sudan border.
Source : AllAfrica | 05-Jan-2009 06:53

Uganda: Is New Assault the End For LRA Rebels?
UGANDAN troops entered the Democratic Republic of Congo 20 days ago to flush out the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, after its leader, Joseph Kony, refused to sign a peace accord.
Source : AllAfrica | 04-Jan-2009 18:01

Somalia: Islamic Courts Forces Take Over Police Stations
Islamic Courts Union forces have taken control of police stations in Mogadishu as Ethiopian troops started withdrawing from Somalia, officials said on Saturday.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Jan-2009 19:59

Nigeria: Tensions Rise Again In Riot-Torn City
Barely weeks after the last crisis that virtually turned the once bubbling city of Jos into a ghost town, tension again enveloped the city yesterday, as security personnel took over almost every part of Jos.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Jan-2009 11:01

Somalia: More Ethiopian Troops Pull Out
The Ethiopian troops who had military bases in Balanbal town in central Somalia have vacated a base in the town on Friday evening, witnesses told Shabelle radio
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Jan-2009 10:43