Africa War, Hurricanes, Earthquakes & Natural Disasters

Pirates seize French ship off Nigeria

Source: Hindustan times

Mogadishu :: Somalia | about 16 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Pirates seized a ship belonging to French maritime services company Bourbon off the coast of Nigeria during the weekend and are holding nine crew members hostage, the company said on Monday. "Bourbon confirms that the Bourbon Leda and its nine...

Central Somalia gripped by fresh violence

Source: Middle East Security News

Mogadishu :: Somalia | about 17 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

An outbreak of violence in central Somalia has forced an estimated 50,000 people from their homes since the end of December...Somalia's Galgaduud region in the center of the country, has made the fragile security situation for the local population and...

Plot to murder kajubi revealed

Source: The New Vision

Masaka :: Uganda | about 13 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Some sinister people wanted to blow up Godfrey Kato Kajubi, a Kampala city tycoon implicated in the beheading of a 12-year-old boy, Joseph Kasirye . Internal affairs state minister Matia Kasaija yesterday told journalists at the Media Centre in Kampala...

Sudan SPLM discussed asking Bashir to step down: report

Source: Sudan Tribune

Khartoum :: Sudan | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Al-Bashir be formally charged by the International Criminal Court (ICC). In mid-July the ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno- Ocampo filed 10 charges against Al-Bashir: three counts of genocide, five of crimes against humanity and two of murder and accused the Sudanese...

Ethiopia confirms opposition leader is jail over plea for pardon ...

Source: Sudan Tribune

Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | 1 day ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Ethiopia has confirmed the arrest of an opposition leader saying she had give a delay to confirm that it had been released after plea for pardon she filed. Last week the ministry of justice gave the 35-year old opposition figure...

Congolese troops, rebels renew fighting

Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Brazzaville :: Congo | 2 months ago | Conflict & Tragedy

ET Reuters, special to CBC News Congolese Tutsi rebels and government troops exchanged mortar and small arms fire in a clash on Friday in east Congo, a few kilometres from a camp filled with refugees, Congolese and UN officers said....

Thousands flee fighting in eastern Congo

Posted by: kalex

Kinkala :: Congo | 2 months ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Sporadic gunfire and explosions echoed Wednesday around this town in eastern Congo, as rebels fought pro-government militiamen for a second day, forcing thousands to flee. A wider cease-fire between the rebels and the government was holding, however, and diplomats scrambled...

Sudan says no intention to announce emergency law

Source: Sudan Tribune

Khartoum :: Sudan | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

The Sudanese government today denied reports that it will impose emergency law following the issuance of an arrest warrant for president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The foreign ministry spokesperson Ali Al-Sadiq said in a statement...

Ugandan rebels attack Congo army near Sudan

Source: Sudan Tribune

Kampala :: Uganda | 2 days ago | Conflict & Tragedy

The Lord’s Resistance Army rebels attacked the positions of the Congolese troops in the Garamba National Park the northeast of the country, near the Sudanese border, local officials stated today. This attack comes after reports about the withdrawal of the...

Congolese soldiers advance toward rebel lines

Source: Simi Valley - Moorpark Examiner

Brazzaville :: Congo | about 1 month ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Congolese soldiers advanced toward rebel lines Saturday in renewed fighting that threatens a tenuous cease-fire around the eastern provincial capital Goma . Fighting broke out Friday near Kibati, about six miles (10 kilometers) north of Goma...A half mile (one kilometer)...