The name Joseph Kony at one point was a familiar name for most because of the horrors he caused that resulted in shock all over the world. Kony was known for ordering the abduction of children to become child soilders and sex slaves. It is said that he caused 66,000 children to become soilders and two million people to become… Read more »
Somalia’s security forces have shot dead a 31-year-old government minister after mistaking him for a militant Islamist, officials have said. He was killed in his vehicle near the presidential palace in the capital, Mogadishu, the officials added. The president has cut short his visit to Ethiopia following Abas Abdullahi Sheikh’s killing, state radio reports. He grew up in a refugee… Read more »
A senior commander in an armed group blew himself up and another was shot dead during a raid by Tunisian security forces on Sunday. The men – suspected of having links with Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) and al-Qaeda’s North Africa branch (AQIM) – were planning attacks during the holy month of Ramadan, according to a spokesman for… Read more »
The risk of mass starvation in four countries – northeast Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen – is rapidly rising due to drought and conflict, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday. “We are raising our alarm level today that the risk of mass deaths from starvation among populations in the Horn of Africa, Yemen and Nigeria is growing,” UNHCR… Read more »
The Ugandan military says it is ending its manhunt for fugitive warlord Joseph Kony after years of chasing him and bands of loyal fighters across Central Africa. A military spokesman, Brigadier General Richard Karemire, told a reporter for VOA’s Swahili service Wednesday that the search for Kony has been suspended. Ugandan newspapers report the first batch of soldiers have returned… Read more »
Those who have the condition of albinism in Malawi are living in fear because criminals attack and kill them, hoping to sell their bones on the black market because they are believed to have magical powers. As I read this article and another one that described first hand stories I felt sickened and still do. I can not comprehend why… Read more »
United Nations investigators have found 17 new mass graves in the Democratic Republic of Congo , in an area that has seen fighting between soldiers and members of a local armed group, according to the UN rights chief. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UN high commissioner for human rights, called the DRC’s government to launch an investigation, threatening that the… Read more »
Nigeria is one of the largest oil producers in the world. It is also one of the world’s most corrupt countries. Most of its population of more than 160 million see little of that wealth. Many are on the verge of starvation. It is different for those at the top, however, and many are accused of stealing billions of dollars… Read more »
Malawi’s refusal to push forward with prosecuting suspects accused of attacking and killing people with albinism has left a persecuted minority on the edge, according to the Association of Persons with Albinism in Malawi (APAM). Boniface Massah, national coordinator of APAM, told Al Jazeera on Wednesday that the government’s failure to conclude cases demonstrates that “security has not improved”, leaving… Read more »
The US military did not conduct any counterterrorism strikes in southwest Somalia on April 14 contrary to what the media has reported, the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said in a release on Monday. “The US military did not conduct any kind of kinetic action in that area during the timeframe referenced,” the release stated. “The most recent US strike in… Read more »