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The LRA in Congo: U.N. experts offer new details (06.01.2012)
(Quelle:Reliefweb)
The United Nations Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of Congo submitted its final report last month, which includes several points about the Lord’s Resistance Army, or LRA, worth noting: ... .
UN boosts security and aid in wake of ethnic violence in South Sudan (05.01.2012)
(Quelle:UN News)
The United Nations is stepping up its peacekeeping presence in the troubled South Sudanese state of Jonglei in the wake of recent inter-ethnic violence that has displaced tens of thousands of people and killed an unknown number of others.
EU may expand anti-piracy mission to beaches (05.01.2012)
(Quelle:Al Jazeera)
Germany's foreign ministry has said that the European Union is considering giving its anti-piracy forces the go-ahead to attack Somali pirate bases on the ground. … Andreas Peschke, German foreign ministry spokesman, said on Friday that the "limited destruction of piracy logistics on the beach" is under discussion but "no deployment on land".
Libya's top soldier weighs challenges (05.01.2012)
(Quelle:Al Jazeera)
The appointment was announced on Tuesday as four fighters were killed in a gun battle between rival armed groups in Tripoli, underlining the interim government's difficulties in controlling the increasingly fractious groups who toppled Muammar Gaddafi.
Libyan leader says militia clashes could create civil war (04.01.2012)
(Quelle:New York Times)
The leader of the Transitional National Council, Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, bluntly warned late Tuesday that the government faced “bitter options” as it struggled to rein in thousands of fighters who joined regional militias during the months of battles against Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.
South Sudan accuses Khartoum of arming Jonglei tribes (03.01.2012)
(Quelle:Sudan Tribune)
A week-long revenge attack by the Luo-Nuer ethnic group against the Murle group has displaced up to 50,000 in Pibor county the UN says.
Sudan admits to confiscating a portion of South Sudan’s oil (03.01.2012)
(Quelle:Sudan Tribune)
The Sudanese foreign ministry today confirmed that a portion of oil pumped by South Sudan passing through the north’s pipelines is seized by Khartoum, but stressed that this is done with Juba’s knowledge.
Ethiopia forces capture rebel-controlled Somali town (31.12.2011)
(Quelle:Sudan Tribune)
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) in its extraordinary summit in Addis Ababa last November has called on Ethiopia to support the Kenyan and Somalia joint security operation against the extremist group.
Arrests over Guinea-Bissau failed coup plot (30.12.2011)
(Quelle:Al Jazeera)
The army said it had arrested controversial navy chief, Rear Admiral Jose Americo Bubo Na Tchuto, whom the US has branded a drug kingpin - as the "mastermind" of the plot.
UN experts outline sources of funding for armed rebels (30.12.2011)
(Quelle:UN News)
Armed rebel groups active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) derive their funds from several sources, notably trade in natural resources, but also ordinary commerce and illegal taxation, according to a report by a United Nations group of experts unveiled today.