Death penalty for Somaliland raid
A military court in Hargeisa, the capital of the self-proclaimed Somaliland, has sentenced 17 civilians to death for attacking a military base. The death penalties were handed down the day after the attack in which seven people were killed, a Somaliland official told the BBC. An armed group carried out the attack, claiming the military had built on More...
South Yemen air strikes ‘kill 16′ in Abyan
Yemeni troops have killed at least 16 suspected militants in air strikes in Abyan province, officials say. Another 13 people, most of them militants, died in fighting elsewhere in Abyan province, reports say. Government More...
Seven die in south Libya clash
Seven people have been killed and more than 20 injured in clashes in Libya’s western desert town of Ghadames, the government says. Government spokesman Nasser el-Maneaa blamed an “armed group from outside More...
Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN
More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN is warning. It says fighting on the border between the two countries and the shutdown of oil More...
Prosecutor seeks new Congo war crimes warrants
International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has announced new charges against a former Congolese rebel leader who is also a general in the Congolese Army despite having been already accused More...
Libya’s Belhadj to enter politics
Libyan Islamist commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj has resigned his military post in a bid to enter politics. Mr Belhadj, a key brigade leader in the 2011 toppling of Col Gaddafi, plans to run in elections next month. He More...
Uganda captures Lord’s Resistance Army commander
Uganda has captured one of the top five members of the Lord’s Resistance Army, bringing it a step closer to catching Joseph Kony, the notorious rebel leader accused of war crimes, the military said on Sunday. The More...
Algeria to announce results of parliamentary election
Algeria was to announce the results on Friday of a parliamentary election which the ruling elite trumpeted as a gentler route to reform than the “Arab Spring” uprisings in neighboring states. Many observers More...