http://www.webremixed.info/ Aggregation of tags: arms-and-military-affairs Webremixer http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060793.html 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. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:35:08 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060793.html 2009-01-06T22:35:08Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060787.html 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). Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:46:20 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060787.html 2009-01-06T21:46:20Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060779.html 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. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:17:16 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060779.html 2009-01-06T20:17:16Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060702.html 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. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:54:44 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060702.html 2009-01-06T17:54:44Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060685.html An official working with the UN's World Food Program was shot and killed in southwestern Somalia Tuesday, Radio Garowe reports. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:15:59 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060685.html 2009-01-06T17:15:59Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060684.html A relatively new member of Somalia's interim federal parliament has been kidnapped by suspected insurgents, Radio Garowe reports. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:15:59 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060684.html 2009-01-06T17:15:59Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060683.html Members of Somalia's federal parliament have criticized the continued detention of ex-Mogadishu Mayor Mohamed "Dheere" Omar by Ethiopian troops, Radio Garowe reports. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:15:56 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060683.html 2009-01-06T17:15:56Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060598.html 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. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:01:48 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060598.html 2009-01-06T14:01:48Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060526.html 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. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:12:17 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060526.html 2009-01-06T11:12:17Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060513.html 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. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:49:13 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060513.html 2009-01-06T10:49:13Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060453.html 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. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:18:35 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060453.html 2009-01-06T10:18:35Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060436.html 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. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:15:29 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060436.html 2009-01-06T10:15:29Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060301.html 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. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:11:13 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060301.html 2009-01-06T09:11:13Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060265.html 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.. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:55:35 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060265.html 2009-01-06T08:55:35Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060204.html Ethiopian soldiers backed by armored vehicles reentered two towns in southwestern Somalia, forcing Al Shabaab insurgents to withdraw, Radio Garowe reports. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:31:56 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060204.html 2009-01-06T08:31:56Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060182.html 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. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:24:04 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060182.html 2009-01-06T08:24:04Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060179.html 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. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:24:03 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060179.html 2009-01-06T08:24:03Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060163.html 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. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:23:40 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060163.html 2009-01-06T08:23:40Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060100.html 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. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:14:55 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060100.html 2009-01-06T07:14:55Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060067.html The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) have captured more military equipment and food from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:07:36 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060067.html 2009-01-06T07:07:36Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060001.html 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. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:03:27 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901060001.html 2009-01-06T06:03:27Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901051334.html 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. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:39:22 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901051334.html 2009-01-05T21:39:22Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901051327.html 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). Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:37:01 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901051327.html 2009-01-05T20:37:01Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901051305.html 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. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:59:16 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901051305.html 2009-01-05T17:59:16Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901051230.html 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. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:36:01 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901051230.html 2009-01-05T15:36:01Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901051215.html 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. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:32:18 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901051215.html 2009-01-05T15:32:18Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901051172.html Four Somali, Islamist insurgents in the Somalia capital, Mogadishu said Monday they made unity between them. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:45:10 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901051172.html 2009-01-05T13:45:10Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901051171.html 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. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:45:08 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901051171.html 2009-01-05T13:45:08Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050958.html 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. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:39:21 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050958.html 2009-01-05T11:39:21Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050880.html Ethiopian troops have reportedly re-entered parts of Gedo region and forced Islamist rebels to retreat inward, Radio Garowe reports. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:20:45 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050880.html 2009-01-05T11:20:45Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050878.html At least 9 people were killed in separate incidents of violence in Somalia's war-torn capital Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reported Sunday. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:20:43 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050878.html 2009-01-05T11:20:43Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050803.html Ethiopian soldiers have reached in Burdhubo and Balad Hawo towns in Gedo region in south western Somalia on Sunday, witnesses told radio Shabelle Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:50:08 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050803.html 2009-01-05T10:50:08Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050719.html 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 . Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:41:26 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050719.html 2009-01-05T10:41:26Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050668.html 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. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:32:58 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050668.html 2009-01-05T10:32:58Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050624.html 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. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:17:30 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050624.html 2009-01-05T10:17:30Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050621.html Islamic Courts Union (ICU) militiamen have began taking control of military bases vacated by withdrawing Ethiopian troops, Radio Garowe reported Saturday. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:17:19 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050621.html 2009-01-05T10:17:19Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050416.html 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. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:30:35 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050416.html 2009-01-05T09:30:35Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050405.html Another 200,000 barrels of oil were shut in at the weekend as militants attacked a pipeline at Okuntun village in Delta State. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:30:12 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050405.html 2009-01-05T09:30:12Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050335.html 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. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:19:08 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050335.html 2009-01-05T09:19:08Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050305.html 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. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:07:25 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050305.html 2009-01-05T09:07:25Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050190.html 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. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:14:37 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050190.html 2009-01-05T08:14:37Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050014.html 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. Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:53:37 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901050014.html 2009-01-05T05:53:37Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901040050.html 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. Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:01:39 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901040050.html 2009-01-04T17:01:39Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901030024.html Islamic Courts Union forces have taken control of police stations in Mogadishu as Ethiopian troops started withdrawing from Somalia, officials said on Saturday. Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:59:42 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901030024.html 2009-01-03T18:59:42Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901030016.html 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. Sat, 03 Jan 2009 10:01:08 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901030016.html 2009-01-03T10:01:08Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200901030014.html 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 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:43:57 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200901030014.html 2009-01-03T09:43:57Z