http://www.webremixed.info/ Aggregation of tags: civil-war Webremixer http://allafrica.com/stories/200801221277.html The movie Godzilla depicts a giant mutated man-eating lizard wreaking havoc in New York's Madison Square. It takes the courage of a few individuals to destroy the monster and its offspring. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:23:52 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200801221277.html 2008-01-23T00:23:52Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200801210960.html Ijaw National Human Rights Organisation (INHRO), has condemned the lingering communal dispute, which has led to reprisal attacks between the Odimodi and Ogulagha Ijaw communities and urged immediate end to the hostilities. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:02:14 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200801210960.html 2008-01-22T00:02:14Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200602010104.html The United States should use its Security Council presidency in February to urgently seek a transition of the African Union force in Darfur to a United Nations mission with a strong mandate to protect civilians, said Human Rights Watch and the International Crisis Group yesterday in letters to U.S. President George W. Bush and members of the U.N. Security Council. Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:22:43 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200602010104.html 2008-01-14T18:22:43Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200712210390.html Determined to put an end to perennial clashes between Fulani herdsmen and farmers in the state, Jigawa State government has constituted a high powered inter-governmental committee, to find lasting solution to the clashes. Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:03:09 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200712210390.html 2007-12-21T14:03:09Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200712100847.html It was Easter Sunday. They had just sat down for a huge meal, when a gang of armed men attacked. Her husband was shot twice by a bearded man wearing a mask and an overcoat. Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:07:11 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200712100847.html 2007-12-10T18:07:11Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200712050807.html Nigeria’s President Umaru Yar’Adua needs to act decisively to keep violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta from escalating and spreading. Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:09:02 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200712050807.html 2007-12-05T18:09:02Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200712040885.html Niger Delta militants have kidnapped a 75-year-old father of a former member, Rivers State House of Assembly, Pa Christian Mba in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:16:39 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200712040885.html 2007-12-04T18:16:39Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200710250675.html Somalia's northeastern self-declared autonomous region of Puntland has appealed for assistance for hundreds of displaced families from Sool region, which was overrun by forces loyal to the self-declared republic of Somaliland on 15 October. Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:40:14 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200710250675.html 2007-10-25T16:40:14Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200710190824.html The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND says it will extend its bombing campaigns beyond the creeks of the region to other parts of the country if the Federal Government "accedes to the military's request to raid militant camps" in the Niger Delta. Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:20:36 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200710190824.html 2007-10-19T15:20:36Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200710190090.html BEFORE THE WORLD KNEW it, on March 19, 2003, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was informed by the White House that the war in Iraq had begun. The first warplanes would be over Iraq in a few hours. Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:17:11 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200710190090.html 2007-10-19T10:17:11Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200407230043.html Retired Liberian soccer star George Weah was honored this month at the 12th annual ESPY awards organized by the U.S. sports television network ESPN. Weah received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, which acknowledges an athlete whose contributions transcend sport. Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:02:02 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200407230043.html 2007-10-17T23:02:02Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200710160074.html Laurent Nkunda was born in Rutshuru in 1967 near the Park of Virunga which was called Park Albert in colonial days. After the Genocide in Rwanda, the killers moved to Nkunda's homeland and proceeded on doing the same thing they had done in Rwanda. Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:47:07 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200710160074.html 2007-10-16T10:47:07Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200710090197.html Glen View  legislator Paul Madzore and 14 party activists accused of undergoing terrorism training in South Africa, yesterday, had their charges withdrawn before plea. Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:54:28 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200710090197.html 2007-10-09T10:54:28Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200709190015.html THREATS by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels that they will launch attacks in northern Uganda if their bases in DR Congo are attacked are causing tension in the north. Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:05:18 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200709190015.html 2007-09-19T11:05:18Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200510240104.html Expressing its serious concern over the deteriorating situation in Côte d'Ivoire and condemning serious recent attacks on United Nations peacekeeping personnel, the Security Council today called on all the parties in the divided West African country to implement immediately all the peace accords they have signed. Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:05:40 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200510240104.html 2007-09-10T05:05:40Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200510050063.html Ongoing conflict and a lack of funds are hampering efforts to roll out anti-AIDS treatment to HIV-positive people in parts of the Ivory Coast, government officials have said. Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:50:40 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200510050063.html 2007-09-10T04:50:40Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200510040028.html Some 5,000 civilians who fled fighting last week between the army and local armed groups in a gold mining area of northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)'s Ituri District began returning to their homes on Monday, a Roman Catholic clergyman said. Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:35:40 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200510040028.html 2007-09-10T04:35:40Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200510040001.html The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) was meeting on Monday to discuss the worsening security situation in Sudan's western region of Darfur where rampant ceasefire violations have resulted in dozens of deaths and further displacement. Mon, 10 Sep 2007 04:20:40 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200510040001.html 2007-09-10T04:20:40Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200709040082.html A delegation from the Ministry of Former Combatants and War Veterans led by its deputy minister, Lourenço Diogo Contreiras Neto, attends the ninth 19th Conference of the World War Veterans Federation that happens from this Monday to next September 07 in Singapore. Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:26:09 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200709040082.html 2007-09-04T09:26:09Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200708150037.html WHEN African scholar Mahmoud Mandani looks at the slaughter and displacement of civilians in Darfur he notices something odd. Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:12:54 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200708150037.html 2007-08-15T11:12:54Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200707090131.html Ntai Bagshaw traces the genesis of the Nigerian civil war, otherwise called the 'Biafran War', which was fuelled by deep-seated ethnic and religious rivalry in the polity and armed forces Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:51:39 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200707090131.html 2007-07-09T10:51:39Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200707090128.html Gakem, a community in Bakwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State is a unique place in several respects. Historically it was the border town between northern and southern Nigeria, between southern and eastern regions between the old Benue Plateau and South-Eastern State, and today between Benue and Cross River States. Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:36:39 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200707090128.html 2007-07-09T10:36:39Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200707090124.html It is still agony for the veterans of the civil war who were disabled fighting for the soul of the former Biafra. Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:06:39 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200707090124.html 2007-07-09T10:06:39Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200707060344.html June 13, 2007 marked the introduction of a motion in the German Parliament (Bundestag), dubbed: "Acknowledgement of and Reparations for German Colonial Crimes in the former South-West Africa". Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:22:26 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200707060344.html 2007-07-06T10:22:26Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200706251400.html Burundi appeared to be on course to lasting peace following a decade of bloodletting. This comes after the government and the remaining rebels, Palipehutu-Forces Nationales de LibÈration (FNL), agreed last week to reactivate a ceasefire agreement signed in November 2006, in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Mon, 25 Jun 2007 21:32:43 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200706251400.html 2007-06-25T21:32:43Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200706200025.html The Government of Sudan is saying that it is ready to accept a United Nations peacekeeping force in the troubled Darfur region. It also says it is ready to participate in a joint UN-African Union mediation to resolve the conflict, which has driven 2.5 million people from their homes, and threatens to spread into neighbouring Chad and engulf a much wider region. Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:04:40 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200706200025.html 2007-06-20T11:04:40Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200706190007.html The security situation in the southern Darfur town of Gereida has not improved and militia attacks against civilians, especially women, are continuing, the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) said today after wrapping up a four-day visit to the town. Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:19:48 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200706190007.html 2007-06-19T10:19:48Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200705250604.html Governor threatens to confiscate and reallocate disputed area to development partners if efforts to demarcate fail. Fri, 25 May 2007 17:13:07 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200705250604.html 2007-05-25T17:13:07Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200705100458.html Peter Tieh Nde, S.G. North-West governor's office talked to C.T on the new clashes pitting Oku and Mbessa in Bui and Boyo Divisions. Thu, 10 May 2007 17:10:26 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200705100458.html 2007-05-10T17:10:26Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200705090491.html A violent exchange of gun shots have again jeopardized peace between the villages of Mbessa, Belo Sub Division and Ichim, Oku Sub Division since May 5th 2007. Barely two months after the last confrontation that pit both communities resulting in massive destruction of property, they are again crossing swords over the disputed piece of land that separate Ichim in Oku, Bui Division and Mbessa in Boyo Division. Wed, 09 May 2007 15:53:41 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200705090491.html 2007-05-09T15:53:41Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200704270179.html The situation in the volatile city, Mogadishu, is calm on Friday as Somali government and Ethiopian troops are in control of the areas where the fighting took place in the past eight days. Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:26:15 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200704270179.html 2007-04-27T11:26:15Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200704270002.html United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his grave concern about the intensified violence in Somalia, and called on the world to step up its assistance to the war-torn East African nation. Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:17:36 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200704270002.html 2007-04-27T11:17:36Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200704160075.html Shaking hands and embracing, Uganda's government and Lord's Resistance Army rebels signed a new two-month truce on Saturday, boosting efforts to end one of Africa's longest and most brutal wars. Mon, 16 Apr 2007 05:10:45 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200704160075.html 2007-04-16T05:10:45Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200704160054.html MEMBERS of Parliament from Karamoja region have written to the government demanding that former warriors and disarmed civilians be given certificates of surrender. Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:55:45 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200704160054.html 2007-04-16T04:55:45Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200704160028.html First Lady Lucy Kibaki will on Monday visit the troubled Mt Elgon District, where independent reports say more than 140 people have been killed. Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:50:07 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200704160028.html 2007-04-16T04:50:07Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200704160026.html The Government has ruled out the possibility of Kenya providing arms to cargo ships crew travelling to war-torn Somalia. Mon, 16 Apr 2007 04:40:45 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200704160026.html 2007-04-16T04:40:45Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200704150017.html Elders from Hawiye clan in the Somali capital Mogadishu accused the Somali transitional government (TFG) of continuing the war in the capital and forcing the remaining civilian population to flee. Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:03:25 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200704150017.html 2007-04-15T17:03:25Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200704150016.html The secessionist government of Somaliland and the semiautonomous regional administration of Puntland in northeast and northwest of Somalia claimed victory over each other in their latest gun battle in the controversial settlement of Dahar in Sanag province, northwest Somalia. Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:48:25 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200704150016.html 2007-04-15T16:48:25Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200704150008.html The LRA have agreed to resume peace talks with the government in Juba on April 25, the UN special envoy, Joachim Chissano, has said. Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:04:07 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200704150008.html 2007-04-15T05:04:07Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200704130004.html With fighting in Somalia is at its heaviest since the outbreak of war over a decade ago, the top United Nations humanitarian official today voiced deep concern over the dire situation in the war-torn country where civilians fleeing the capital, Mogadishu, have been harassed, threatened, raped and robbed. Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:05:19 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200704130004.html 2007-04-13T05:05:19Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200704121012.html Seven people were killed during a clash involving rustlers and herdsmen in Turkana South District. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 23:13:48 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200704121012.html 2007-04-12T23:13:48Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200704120077.html The mob's moment of glory is the victim's hour of gory. And the mob's self-appropriated mandate dissipates as the target of its excitement fades.Hedger's herd instinct established long ago that animals tend to flock together in the face of imminent danger. But they recline to their individuality as the common enemy disappears. This is how elected politicians and those who aspire for elective leadership are behaving. Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:06:40 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200704120077.html 2007-04-12T05:06:40Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200704090019.html An estimated 400,000 somalis have been displaced since the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) backed by the Ethiopian army entered Mogadishu last December to eject the Islamic Courts Union (ICU). Mon, 09 Apr 2007 10:10:38 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200704090019.html 2007-04-09T10:10:38Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200704080148.html Daryeel Bulsho Guud better known as DBG which is a humanitarian agency based in Somalia's capital city delivered much needed aid to Banadir mother and child hospital which is the major health facilitate in the war ravaged capital of Somalia. Sun, 08 Apr 2007 23:06:10 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200704080148.html 2007-04-08T23:06:10Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200704080146.html The meeting which supposed to be held today by the traditional elders of Hawiye tribe and the Ethiopian military officials was postponed to Tuesday. Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:51:10 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200704080146.html 2007-04-08T22:51:10Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200704080105.html Uganda, Ethiopia and the Somali Transitional Government have been accused of aiding, abetting and committing alleged war crimes in war-torn Somalia, according to a panel of European Union layers. Reports of the attacks, over the last one week, have prompted the EU Commission's senior adviser on security for Somalia to send a letter to Eric van der Linden, the commission's head of delegation in Kenya, on April 2. Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:47:38 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200704080105.html 2007-04-08T22:47:38Z