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Led by the US, fifty countries have promised Monday to provide additional 40,000 peacekeepers, when the UN peacekeeping missions are overstretched and vulnerable. US President Barack Obama had convened on the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York summit on ways to strengthen the 16 UN missions around …
Read More »Nigeria has warned about further violence in the oil-rich south
Nigeria was warned Tuesday that violence could resume in the southern oil producer, exacerbating the strain on resources already stretched by Boko Haram in the north, and reduced gross income. The International Crisis Group said that the root causes of the insurgency in the Niger Delta remain strategic “largely neglected” …
Read More »CAR President stuck at the airport
Heavy fighting between militias and UN peacekeepers erupted in the Central African Republic on Tuesday as President Catherine Samba-Panza rushed at the beginning of the United Nations General Assembly in order to end days violence in which at least 37 people died. Samba-Panza, who blamed ousted President François Bozizé to …
Read More »Deserted streets of Bangui, as terrified residents inside home
The streets of the capital of the Central African Republic were deserted, with residents terrified at the shelter inside and tens of thousands of people fleeing their homes after three days of shooting and blood. “We fear that the violence we see in Bangui is a return to the dark …
Read More »EU urges quick polls Burkina after coup attempt
The EU on Wednesday urged the transitional authorities of Burkina Faso to fast forward with the elections after renegade troops of the Presidential Guard staged a short-lived coup. “The end of the fighting is an important step towards the normalization of the situation in Burkina Faso,” arms of Foreign Affairs …
Read More »Malian Islamist appears on the ICC on the destruction of Timbuktu
A suspected Islamist militant al-Qaida accused of ordering the destruction of precious monuments in the legendary city of Timbuktu in Mali appeared for the first time on Wednesday before the judges of the International Criminal Court. Ahmad al-Mahdi al-Faqi was a first hearing in court based in The Hague, in …
Read More »Burkina: General Diendéré entrenched in an embassy, the still ongoing negotiations
The Burkinabe government announced Wednesday that the General Gilbert Diendéré is currently in an embassy. Negotiations are in progress so that it is delivered to the authorities. “General Gilbert Diendéré retreated to a diplomatic representation. Negotiations are underway for his surrender to the authorities of the transition, “said a government …
Read More »South Sudan army readies camps for pullout from capital
The army of South Sudan said on Friday it was preparing bases outside the capital Juba before a withdrawal under a peace agreement to end a civil war 21 months. “Databases are being prepared outside of Juba, according to the peace agreement before the army, moving in the coming days,” …
Read More »Burkina Faso freezes the assets of the failed coup leader
Burkina Faso Saturday froze the assets of General Diendéré Gilbert, who led a failed coup last week in which his men took the president and prime minister hostage a few weeks before the elections were due. The prosecutor said in a statement, he also froze the assets of 13 more …
Read More »Doubts grow over the AU mission in Somalia as Shabaab mounts attacks
Doubts are growing about the capacity of the African Union forces to defeat al Shabaab radical group in Somalia. Despite battlefield successes of the Union, the Islamists have maintained their military capacity and has recently conducted large-scale attacks on trade union grounds. According to analysts, the Union troops lack the …
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