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Tag: civil war
French criminal court sentences former Liberian rebel commander to 30 years in jail
A French criminal court has handed former Liberian rebel commander Kunti Kamara a 30-year prison sentence for violence against civilians and complicity in crimes against ... Read More
South Sudan’s disrupted oil exports due to Sudan’s civil war could escalate insecurity
The disruption of oil exports from South Sudan after one of its key oil pipelines to international markets was damaged in February could further escalate ... Read More
South Sudan: gunmen kill 15 as UN reports 35% rise in people affected by violence
Unidentified assailants have reportedly shot dead 15 individuals in South Sudan's Pibor region, including its commissioner, just as a new UN report found that the ... Read More
Egypt’s president warns Cairo won’t allow any threat to Somalia amid dispute with Ethiopia
Cairo will stand shoulder to shoulder with Somalia and will not allow any threat to the Horn of Africa country, Egypt’s president has said, referring ... Read More
Liberia: violent clashes ahead of 10 Oct general election raise security concerns
Liberia’s incumbent President George Weah, who is seeking a second six-year term, faces off against 19 other candidates in Tuesday’s (10 October) election, whose result ... Read More
Somaliland rejects Uganda’s offer to facilitate reunification talks with Somalia
Somaliland, a breakaway region that declared autonomy from Somalia in 1991, has said it has no plans to discuss reunification with Somalia despite the Ugandan ... Read More
CAR and Russia in talks for setting up a military base
The Central African Republic (CAR) and Russia have been holding talks for Moscow to set up a military base in the frail African country weakened ... Read More
Cameroonians call for peace, reconciliation to end country’s ‘full-blown civil war’
Ahead of Cameroon’s National Day on 20 May, thousands of people are demonstrating this week, calling for peace and reconciliation in what a recent briefing ... Read More
Sudanese civilians demand weapons
More than 700,000 people have been displaced by the war in Sudan, the United Nations announced Tuesday, and no solution to the conflict is emerging ... Read More
A civilian and three security forces, killed in a separatist attack in Cameroon
Three security forces and one civilian were shot dead Monday at a checkpoint in an attack in Moungo department, in the littoral region, that Cameroonian ... Read More