Conflict

Senior UN official sees progress in Somalia

Friday, 03 September 2010 12:19

The twin-pronged political and peacekeeping approach to ending almost two decades of civil war in Somalia is beginning to pay dividends, a senior United Nations official said on Thursday.

(1 Vote)

Tags: United Nations - Lynn Pascoe - Transitional Federal Government - Sheikh Sharif Ahmed - al Shabaab - African Union - AMISOM - Uganda - Somalia

Mozambique, US hold joint military training exercises

Thursday, 05 August 2010 12:18

The U.S. and Mozambican militaries have begun a week of joint training exercises in peacekeeping and humanitarian relief operations. The exercises in Moamba district, will include about 800 Mozambican and 700 U.S. personnel.

(1 Vote)

Tags: US - military - training - peacekeeping - relief - Mozambique

AU set to add troops in Somalia, won't allow attacks

Wednesday, 28 July 2010 14:46

The African Union will beef up peacekeeping troops in Somalia, but will not allow them to attack Islamists there despite the urging of several countries after the rebels killed 76 people in suicide attacks in Uganda.

(1 Vote)

Tags: African Union - AMISOM - Somalia - troops - peacekeepers - war - Africa

France, African countries move to counter al-Qaida-linked groups in Africa

Wednesday, 28 July 2010 13:38

French and African leaders are pledging to counter al-Qaida-backed violence in East and West Africa with more military force in the aftermath of suicide bombings in Uganda and the killing of a French aid worker in Mali.

(1 Vote)

Tags: France - leaders - al-Qaida - Francois Fillon - military - engagement - terrorism - Uganda - Africa

Fewer internal displacements in Africa

Monday, 26 July 2010 11:35

While internal displacements continue to rise in the world at large, Africa has seen a slow but marked decrease in the number of internal "refugees" during the last decade. Africa has become more peaceful.

Tags: Africa - refugee - Norwegian Refugee Council - war - conflict

Zimbabwe's coalition parties meet in rare talks

Thursday, 22 July 2010 14:32

For the first time Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party's politburo and the national executive committees of the two Movement for Democratic Change parties met on Wednesday to discuss ways to ensure that political violence ends in Zimbabwe.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Robert Mugabe - ZANU-PF - MDC - Committee for National Healing - Reconciliation and Integration - Tendai Biti - Zimbabwe

AU appoints peace ambassadors for Africa

Monday, 19 July 2010 14:19

The commission of the AU have announced the appointment of an Advisory Council and Peace Ambassadors to support the 2010 Year of Peace and Security. The appointments include African Nobel Laureates and celebrated African musicians and sport stars.

(1 Vote)

Fewer internal displacements in Africa

Friday, 16 July 2010 12:19

(1 Vote)

Tags: Internal displacement - Norwegian Refugee Council - Africa

Search for peace in Darfur has gathered pace: UNAMID

Thursday, 15 July 2010 15:00

The search for durable peace in the war-scarred Darfur region of western Sudan has gained momentum and is at a critical stage, the head of the joint African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) said yesterday.

(1 Vote)

Tags: UNAMID - Ibrahim Gambari - Sudan Liberation Army/Movement - Abdul Wahid al Nur - Transitional Darfur Regional Authority - Darfur - Sudan

UN and AU discuss joint efforts to assist countries emerging from war

Friday, 09 July 2010 12:31

Representatives from the United Nations and the African Union met yesterday in New York to discuss ways of boosting cooperation between the two bodies to support the efforts of post-conflict countries, particularly in Africa, to establish lasting peace.

(1 Vote)

Tags: United Nations - African Union - post-conflict countries - peacebuilding - UN Peacebuilding Commission - AU Peace and Security Council - Peter Wittig - Dalo Gbouagbre - Ramtane Lamamra - Judy Cheng Hopkins - Côte d'Ivoire - Burundi - Sierra Leone - Guinea-BIssau - Central African Republic - Africa

East African leaders pledge urgent military help for Somalia

Tuesday, 06 July 2010 14:06

A hastily-called summit of East African leaders has ordered the immediate dispatch of 2,000 additional troops to Somalia to reinforce the beleaguered African Union peacekeeping mission.

(1 Vote)

Tags: AMISOM - IGAD - Sudan - Kenya - Ethiopia - Djibouti - Uganda - Somalia

Kenyan and Ethiopian Airlines join AU peace initiative

Monday, 05 July 2010 15:22

Kenya Airways and Ethiopian Airlines have both teamed up with the African Union to support the 2010 Year of Peace and Security programme. The initiative aims to strengthen peace building on the continent and launch concrete new initiatives for peace and security.

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Tags: Kenya Airways - Ethiopian Airlines - African Union - 2010 Year of Peace and Security programme

Arab tribes sign peace deal in Sudan's Darfur

Wednesday, 30 June 2010 14:14

Two rival Arab tribes have signed a peace deal in Sudan's Darfur region, peacekeepers said on Tuesday, raising hopes for an end to fighting that has killed more than 200 people since March.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Peace deal - Misseriya - Rizeigat - UNAMID - Darfur - Sudan

Nigeria beginning rehab classes for ex-oil rebels

Tuesday, 29 June 2010 17:03

Nigeria is expected to begin rehabilitating hundreds of former militants in the Niger Delta this week, raising hopes for improved security in the oil-producing region, organisers said on Monday.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Niger Delta - militants - amnesty - rehabilitate - Goodluck Jonathan - Selekeari Victor Ben - Richard Akinaka - Nigeria

UN opens new courtroom to try pirate suspects in Kenyan port

Monday, 28 June 2010 12:32

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Kenya, the country currently holding the highest number of piracy suspects, today opened a new high-security courtroom to try suspects in the port town of Mombasa.

(1 Vote)

Tags: UN Office on Drugs and Crime - Piracy - high security courtroom - John Sandage - Somalia - Kenya

Disarmament process begins in northern Côte d'Ivoire

Thursday, 17 June 2010 14:23

The disarmament and demobilization of 600 former combatants has begun in the northern, rebel-held town of Korhogo, the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) reports.

(1 Vote)

Tags: United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire - UNOCI - FAFN - Abou Moussa - disarmament - Ougadougou Peace Agreements - Cote d'Ivoire

African Union welcomes Eritrea, Djibouti mediation deal

Thursday, 10 June 2010 14:33

The African Union this week supported a mediation agreement between Eritrea and Djibouti, whose border standoff could destabilise the Horn of Africa region.

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Tags: African Union - Horn of Africa - Jean Ping - Quatar - Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani - Somalia - Ethiopia - Eritrea - Djibouti

European Union begins training Somali soldiers

Thursday, 27 May 2010 11:50

European Union military officers have begun training hundreds of Somali troops in Uganda as part of international support for the battle against Islamist insurgents, a military spokesman said Wednesday.

Tags: European Union - Somali troops - African Union peacekeepers - Lieutenant Colonel Juan Pita - Uganda - Somalia

Niger Delta militant backs Nigeria's Goodluck Jonathan

Tuesday, 18 May 2010 11:33

A former Niger Delta militant has said Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan is the best person to solve the crisis in the oil-producing region.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Niger Delta - militant - MEND - Goodluck Jonathan - oil - amnesty - Nigeria

Nigeria to begin retraining ex-militants in June: Official

Thursday, 13 May 2010 14:25

Nigeria has set early June for the start of vocational training for more than 20,000 ex-militants who laid down their arms, under a government amnesty, a presidential aide said Wednesday.

Tags: Niger Delta - Timi Alaibe - Goodluck Jonathan - MEND - vocational training - Nigeria

Seychelles to launch UN-backed courts to combat piracy

Friday, 07 May 2010 12:10

The remoteness of the Indian Ocean nation of Seychelles has made it a prime target for pirates, and the country is fighting back by setting up a United Nations-supported centre to prosecute piracy.