Conflict

Niger junta pledges to stay out of presidential polls

Monday, 01 March 2010 14:35

Niger's new military leader pledged on Sunday that no member of the junta that seized power in a coup this month will stand in the presidential elections it has promised to hold.

(2 Votes)

Tags: military - junta - Salou Djibo - Mamadou Tandja - coup - Niger

Darfur war over, says Sudan's Bashir

Thursday, 25 February 2010 13:05

"The war in Darfur is over," Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir said on Wednesday in a speech in the war-torn region, adding that 57 members of a key rebel group, 50 on death row, had been freed.

Tags: Omar al-Bashir - Darfur - war - JEM - International Criminal Court - AbdelBasit Sabdarat - Khalil Ibrahim - Yusif Kibir - Sudanese Liberation Army - Abdelwahid Nur - JEM-Democracy - Liberation Movement for Justice - Sudan

Key Darfur rebels sign ceasefire deal

Monday, 22 February 2010 14:10

The government of Sudan has signed a ceasefire agreement with one of the main rebel factions in Darfur. The deal with the JEM includes a framework for further talks, and the cancellation of death sentences for 100 fighters.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Jos - Darfur - JEM - rebels - Chad - Omar al-Bashir - peace - agreement - Sudan

Darfur peacekeepers get helicopters

Friday, 19 February 2010 14:44

International peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region received their first five military helicopters on Tuesday, ending a more than two-year wait for air support in a strife-torn territory the size of Spain.

(2 Votes)

Tags: peacekeepers - Darfur - Sudan - UN - AU - UNAMID - helicopters - Ethiopia

MONUC continues help with integrating ex-combatants into army

Friday, 12 February 2010 12:37

An official of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) says the group has been successful in helping with the integration of tens of thousands of former combatants into Congo's national army.

(1 Vote)

Tags: MONUC - UN - Kevin Kennedy - Joseph Kabila - conflict - army - integration - Democratic republic of Congo

UN to help educate, employ former Nigerian militants

Tuesday, 09 February 2010 12:07

The United Nations has offered to take a lead role in educating hundreds of former Nigerian rebels and providing graduates with job opportunities in the Niger Delta, a U.N. official said on Monday.

(2 Votes)

Tags: UN - education - militants - rebels - Niger Delta - UNDP - Wirba Alidu - Nigeria

Morocco, Polisario to resume informal Sahara talks

Wednesday, 03 February 2010 14:56

Morocco and Western Sahara's independence movement will resume talks next week to try to make headway in the 35-year dispute over the Northwest African territory, the United Nations said on Tuesday.

(2 Votes)

Tags: United Nations - Negotiations - Farhan Haq - Polisario - Aminatou Haidar - Taieb Fassi Fihri - Morocco - Western Sahara

African group leader says "never again" to coups

Wednesday, 03 February 2010 14:50

African Union leaders said on Tuesday they intended to strengthen the group's powers to fight a rising tide of coups and electoral fraud on the continent.

(2 Votes)

Tags: African Union - AU - coup - electoral - democracy - Bingu wa Mutharika - Ramtane Lamamra - Africa

UN anti-crime agency to help set up police academy in Guinea-Bissau

Wednesday, 27 January 2010 17:05

The United Nations anti-crime agency is supporting efforts to rebuild a safe and stable Guinea-Bissau by facilitating the construction of a training centre for the West African nation's security forces.

(2 Votes)

Tags: UN - ant-crime - construction - training - West Africa - Brazil - Security Council - political stability - Joseph Mutaboba - Guinea-Bissau

EU agrees on mission to train Somali forces

Tuesday, 26 January 2010 15:01

The European Union agreed on Monday to set up a military mission in Uganda to train Somali government forces who are fighting an Islamist insurgency.

(1 Vote)

Tags: European Union - United Nations - African Union - Spain - France - Britain - Slovenia - Greece - Hungary - Uganda - Somalia

North, south Sudan to stay friendly after break-up

Thursday, 21 January 2010 14:38

Sudan's president has said he would be ready to recognize an independent southern Sudan if southerners vote in favour of secession in a 2011 referendum.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Omar al-Bashir - 2011 Referendum - Sudan

AU lauds Guinea pact to end crisis

Monday, 18 January 2010 12:53

The African Union on Saturday hailed an accord reached by Guinea's political rivals to form an interim government and hold an election to resolve the country's year-long crisis.

(2 Votes)

Tags: African Union - accord - peace - democracy - interim government - Jean Ping - Junta - Moussa Dadis Camara - assasination - General Sekouba Konate - Guinea

End of Cameroon-Nigeria boundary dispute in sight

Monday, 18 January 2010 12:41

Some 3,000 pillars are being planted to demarcate the border between Cameroon and Nigeria. The U.N.-sponsored project will end next year.

(2 Votes)

Tags: border - dispute - Said Djinnit - UN - symbolic - UN Trust Fund - tension - Nigeria - Cameroon

Nigeria sets up committees in bid to pacify Delta region

Thursday, 17 December 2009 13:54

Nigerian authorities announced Wednesday the creation of five committees that will address oil, environmental and disarmament issues, following an amnesty in the southern Niger Delta.

(1 Vote)

Tags: Niger Delta - amnesty - oil - environment - disarmament - Umaru Yar'Adua - Odein Ajumagobia - Nigeria

Southern Sudanese express hope over new agreement

Monday, 14 December 2009 13:17

An agreement reached with South Sudan's northern partners is scheduled to be presented to parliament Monday for deliberation and approval.

(3 Votes)

Tags: Akot Lual Arech - agreement - Southern Sudan - Sudan People's Liberation Movement - National Congress Party - elections - independance - Sudan

Rwanda and Zambia now mine-free

Monday, 07 December 2009 11:23

The 2nd review conference of the anti-personnel landmine ban treaty has concluded in the Colombian city of Cartagena with two African countries announcing they are mine free.

(1 Vote)

Tags: anti-personnel landmine ban treaty - landmine - Colombia - Bob Mtonga - US - Rwanda - Zambia

Rwanda first landmine-free country

Wednesday, 02 December 2009 13:06

Rwanda is to be declared free of landmines - the first country to achieve this status. The announcement is to be made at the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World in Columbia.

(3 Votes)

Tags: landmines - Columbia - Cartagena Summit - Mine-Free World - Ben Remfrey - Rwanda

Niger to lift security alert in north on rebel deal

Friday, 27 November 2009 17:03

Niger's government will lift a security alert that has been in place in the country's north for more than two years after a peace deal with the area's Tuareg rebels, it said on Thursday.

(2 Votes)

Tags: security - peace - Tuareg - rebels - Mamadou Tandja - Niger

Darfur: over 300 former combatants discharged

Friday, 27 November 2009 16:58

More than 300 former combatants in Darfur have participated in a three-day discharge programme organized by the Government of Sudan with support from the joint African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur.

(1 Vote)

Tags: combat - soldiers - discharge - Darfur - African Union-United Nations - Sudan

R55mil deal to support police-training project in Sudan

Monday, 23 November 2009 12:31

The South African Police Service has signed a R55 million agreement with the Norwegian embassy to support a police-training project in Sudan.

(2 Votes)

Tags: South African Police Service - Norway - police training - Comprehensive Peace Agreement - CPA - Sudan - South Africa

Nigeria signs $1 bln EU pact to fight corruption

Friday, 20 November 2009 12:12

Nigeria signed a 677 million euro pact with the European Union on Thursday aimed at combating corruption and promoting peace in its troubled, oil-producing Niger Delta region.