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'Attacks on Peacekeepers Will Mot be Tolerated' - ICC Prosecutor
Today ICC Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, presents evidence to International Criminal Court (ICC) judges against rebel commanders for their alleged responsibility for crimes committed against African Union peacekeepers in Darfur on 29 September 2007.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 13:11

Hardline Islamist Leader Tells Kenya Not to Send Its Troops
Sheik Hassan Dahir Aweys, radical Islamist leader of a Somali opposition faction, has warned Kenya against sending its troops to Somalia to join the African Union peacekeepers who are already here, local media reports said on Thursday.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 12:03

Premier Arrives in Capital
Somali prime minister Nor Hassan Husein has returned to the Somali capital on Thursday morning, officials said.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 12:03

Nigeria: Govt Warns Saboteurs
Bauchi State government has cautioned unpatriotic people who are making plans to cause breach of public peace in some parts of the state by using religion as vehicle for achieving their mission.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 12:01

Africa: Accidents, Air Misses Make Africa 'World's Aviation Graveyard'
Chief Executive Officer, Ethiopian Airlines, Mr Girma Wake, has said increase in air accidents in Africa and the dangerous situation experienced by pilots due to poor navigational facilities have made the continent the graveyard of aviation in the world, thus discouraging financiers from investing in the industry.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 11:22

Zimbabwe: The Despot, His Friends and the Twisted 'Road to Zero'
ON NOVEMBER 9, the world witnessed another failed Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit on Zimbabwe.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 11:17

Nigeria: History Beckons Obasanjo in DRC
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo should take advantage of his recent appointment as a Special Envoy to the crisis-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to re-launch himself as one of Africa's Statesmen leading the pack in the resolution of the various ethnic and political crises and conflicts plaguing Africa.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 11:16

Nigeria: Militancy and Niger Delta Environment
In the last few weeks, the news from the Niger Delta region has not been all violence, kidnappings and sabotage.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 11:16

Nigeria: Attack on Oil Pipeline Causes Major Setback
Nigeria's crude oil export has suffered another major setback as United States oil major Chevron yesterday declared a force majeure on its Escravos crude oil exports, until the end of the year, due to last Friday's militant attack on its pipeline.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 11:16

Rwanda: Rwanda's Judiciary Improves By 95 Percent - ICTR
The Rwandan judiciary system has improved by 95 percent, recent reports from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) indicate, a result, of which pending genocide cases at the Arusha-based court may be transferred to the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 11:07

Rwanda: Former France Prime Minister to Stand Trial
Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, who is among the 33 French officials accused by the Mucyo commission for having taken part in the 1994 genocide, has been ordered to stand trial over a smear campaign against President Nicholas Sarkozy.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 11:07

Libya: Bush Calls Qadhafi to Praise Settlement Agreement
A telephone call between President Bush and a world leader is a common enough event to not merit much attention, but when the president called Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi November 17, it represented a remarkable turnaround in U.S.-Libyan relations.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 10:39

Rwanda: Jail Ex-Minister for Life, Says Prosecutor
Life imprisonment, maximum sentence envisaged by the Rwandan penal code, was requested Tuesday against the former Minister for Justice, Agnes Ntamabyariro, on trial in Rwanda since June 2006 after being arrested in Zambia in 1997.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 09:51

Somalia: Crisis is a Global Problem
THE seizure this week of a Saudi oil tanker by Somali pirates should serve as a wake-up call to the Somali crisis that has been neglected by the world for close to two decades.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 09:09

Nigeria: Human Rights Group Backs Court Martial Verdict
A non-governmental organization, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) yesterday threw its weight behind the Brigadier-General Bala Usara-led military Court Martial that recently meted out justice to six military operatives for supplying sophisticated weapons illegally to militants in the Niger Delta.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 09:00

Journalists Arrested At Censorship Rally
Police in Sudan arrested more than 60 journalists during a protest against media censorship, report the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and news sources. Riot police armed with canes and shields rounded up the journalists outside parliament on 17 November and took them to a police station. Those detained were subsequently released.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 06:46

Insurgents Attack Presidential Compound, Ethiopia Base
Somalia's Islamist rebels attacked the presidential compound and a major base for Ethiopian troops in the capital Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reported Wednesday.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 06:39

Somalia: Humanitarian Situation in Serious Decline as Security Worsens, Warns UN Chief
The deteriorating security situation in Somalia poses a serious threat to the delivery of humanitarian aid to millions of desperate people in the Horn of Africa country, the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned in his latest report to the Security Council today.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 06:32

Congo-Kinshasa: Feingold, Brownback Call for Ceasefire
Today U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduced a bipartisan resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following escalating violence in the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 22:58

Somalia: Secretary-General Deplores Latest Acts of Piracy Off Coast
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his concern at new acts of piracy off the Somali coast this week amid reports of a series of attacks or attempting hijackings in recent days in a region already notorious for the practice.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 22:48

Sudan: UN Chief Concerned Over Fresh Darfur Fighting
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged all sides to the Darfur conflict to refrain from hostilities as the United Nations tries to verify "troubling reports" of aerial bombings by Sudanese military forces and renewed fighting in recent days across the war-torn region.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 22:28

Congo-Kinshasa: Monuc Proceeds With New Troop-Configuration in North Kivu
MONUC has markedly stepped up its military presence in North Kivu, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the DRC, Alan Doss told on 19 November 2008, during the weekly press conference.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 21:55

Congo-Kinshasa: Monuc Promotes the Adoption of a Law for the Protection of the Child
In advance of Universal Children's Day, celebrated on 20 November each year, at the MONUC weekly press conference of 19 November 2008, Congolese children transmitted their demands to members of Parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 21:55

Congo-Kinshasa: Kisangani - the United Nations Envisages an Operation to Assist Dungu Refugees
A plan to redeploy humanitarian agencies to Dungu, in Haut-Uélé territory 800 kilometres to the north of Kisangani, is being considered to allow aid to reach 34,000 internally displaced refugees in the area. It follows a series of attacks, looting and abduction of children carried out by Ugandan fighters from the Lords Resistance Army, (LRA).
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 21:55

South Africa: Zimbabwe's Cholera Crosses Border
Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic has crossed into South Africa, with four confirmed diagnoses in a total of 68 suspected cases in the border town of Musina, according to aid workers.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 21:36

Nigeria: N100 Million Arms Sale to Militants - Major, 5 Others Jailed for Life
A ten-man military court martial headed by Brig-Gen. Bala Usara, yesterday in Kaduna, sentenced Major Sulaiman Alabi Akubo and five other soldiers to life imprisonment for illegally selling arms worth over N100 million to Niger Delta militants.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 19:28

Nigeria: Chief Clark, a Crusader of Peace
DEMORACY has been adjudged by political scientists across the globe as the best system for effective and positive leadership because it creates room for freedom of speech, freedom of association, freedom to probe corrupt office holders and all life activities associated with fundamental human rights.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 18:28

Congo-Kinshasa: What is the Future for the Peacekeeping Force?
Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria and newly-appointed U.N. envoy in the Great Lakes Region, has visited both Congolese president Joseph Kabila and CNDP rebel leader General Laurent Nkunda, attempting to chisel the outlines of a new peace in the region.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 17:23

Nigeria: Rename Niger Delta Ministry, Ohakim Tells Yar'Adua
Governor Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State has urged President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to re-brand the newly-created ministry that is to deal with the problems of the Niger Delta. Ohakim wants it designated as Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs to avoid the possible narrow connotation inherent in calling it Niger Delta Ministry.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 17:19

Congo-Kinshasa: Aid Workers Fear New Wave of Sexual Violence
Soaring insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has raised fears of a new wave of sexual violence in a region termed "the worst place in the world to be a woman" by aid workers.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 17:07

Mozambique: Renamo Armed Men Reappear in Maringue
Groups of armed men, loyal to Mozambique's former rebel movement Renamo, who were never demobilized at the end of the war of destabilisation, 16 years ago, have reappeared on the streets of Maringue, in the central province of Sofala.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 15:51

Arms Sale - Six Soldiers Bag Life Sentences, Two Demoted
Six soldiers, among them a Major, were yesterday sentenced to life imprisonment by a General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the Officer's Mess, One Division, Kaduna, for illegally dealing in arms.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 15:35

Somalia: Two Killed in Border Town Blast
Up to two people have been killed in the border town of Bulo Hawo near Kenyan border while nine other injured after a hand grenade was hurled on the municipal house of the town on Tuesday night according to residents.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 15:30

Somalia: Scores of Somalis Detained in Sudan
At least 100 Somali youths have been arrested in the southern Sudan town of jubba those allegedly wanted to pass on to Libya, victims said.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 15:30

Somalia: Presidential House Guards Handover PMs Houses Control
The Somali government troops were guarding the security of the Somali prime minister Nor Hassan Husseins house have wrestled the control of the house of as parts of the influences caused by the disagreement within the two top government leaders, officials told Shabelle on Wednesday.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 15:30

Nigeria: GOC Threatens to Throw Out Soilders From Barracks
Brig. Gen. Muraina Raji, the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 33 Artillery Brigade, Bauchi, has threatened to throw out any military officer found misusing the facilities in the barracks.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 14:47

South Africa: Piracy Pushes Up Maritime Insurance Costs
SOUTH African shipping companies say the surge in sea piracy cases has left them saddled with higher maritime insurance and transport costs.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 14:41

Nigeria: Niger Delta Ministry Will Bring Peace - Senator
Senator Kaka Malam Yale (ANPP-Borno) has said that the creation of a Ministry of Niger Delta by President Umaru Yar'adua would bring peace in the region.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 13:04

Congo-Kinshasa: UN Press Conference on Situation
Alan Doss, the Secretary-General?s Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, outlined efforts to address the crisis in North Kivu Province this afternoon, including diplomatic efforts by the new Special Envoy, the redeployment of forces to the east of the country, the request for an additional 3,000 peacekeepers and plans to create a separation zone between the belligerent parties.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 11:00

Congo-Kinshasa: UN Envoy Wants More Peacekeepers
The top United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today expressed hope that the Security Council will shortly approve a request for 3,000 additional troops to buttress blue helmets already on the ground in the country's east, the scene of fierce recent conflict.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 10:58

Nigeria: Soldiers Get Life In Jail for Dealing Arms to Oil Militatnts
On Tuesday, the General Court Martial (GCM) in Kaduna sentenced to life imprisonment Major Suleiman Alabi Akubo and five other soldiers for selling arms to the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 08:52

1994 Genocide - Ex-Rwandan Mayor Denies Conspired With His Co-Accused
The last defendant in a six-man trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Elie Ndayambaje, Tuesday strongly denied that he assisted his co-accused, former Rwandan Colonel in charge of civil defence in Butare prefecture, South Rwanda, Alphonse Nteziryayo, to train the militia and distribute weapons used during the 1994 genocide.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 08:41

Military II Trial - Witness Claims There Were Three Types of Road Blocks During 1994 Genocide
A subaltern of the former Rwandan army stated Tuesday before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) that there were, in 1994, three types of road blocks in his country.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 08:41

Bishops' Statement on Ongoing Conflict
Full text of a statement issued last Thursday by the Permanent Commission of the National Episcopal Conference of the Congo on the situation of the war-torn country.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 08:37

Uganda: ADF Rebels Want Peace Talks
THE Government is to hold peace talks with the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a rebel group that terrorised western Uganda for over a decade.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 08:28

Uganda: Christopher Mukiibi Returns
IT is not always that the phrase, old is gold, applies whenever the old is engaged. But veteran dramatist Christopher Mukiibi, deserved applause for his play Abasa Nabasa at Theatre La Bonita over the last two weekends.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 08:17