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Archive for Category: "East Africa"
Sudan’s Bashir heads to Ethiopia, defying ICC
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir departed Sudan on Thursday for Ethiopia in a show of defiance to an arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court on charges of Darfur war crimes. A Sudanese presidential palace source and a foreign ministry official said Bashir, who risks arrest any time he travels abroad, was [...]
Sudan’s Bashir rallies Arab tribesmen in Darfur
Sudan’s president rallied thousands of spear-waving Arab tribesmen in Darfur on Wednesday in his latest show of defiance against international moves to arrest him for war crimes. President Omar Hassan al-Bashir vowed to confront Western “colonisers” as he addressed the gathering of Rizeigat tribespeople — a group including clans that have produced some of the [...]
Somalia: UN aid workers free a last
Four U.N. humanitarian workers kidnapped on Monday by gunmen in southern Somalia have been freed, hardline Islamist insurgents and the United Nations said. “I can confirm to you that all four aid workers were released from militia who abducted them in Wajid this morning — unconditionally after a joint effort,” al Shabaab spokesman Sheikh Muktar [...]
UN takes over Chad force amid growing Darfur fears
The United Nations took over command of an EU protection force in eastern Chad on Sunday, and there were growing fears of more rebel violence and the possible arrival of tens of thousands more refugees from Sudan’s Darfur.
Ugandan troops begin Congo pull-out : military
Some 3,000 Ugandan soldiers have begun pulling out of northeast Congo after a three-month offensive against the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). A Uganda-led attack that began in mid-December has so far failed to net LRA leader Joseph Kony or two of his deputies, wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The rebels [...]
Soudan: les humanitaires quittent le pays
Un total de 183 étrangers travaillant pour des organisations d’aide humanitaire avaient quitté le Soudan mardi suite à la décision des autorités de Khartoum d’expulser plus d’une douzaine d’ONG, a annoncé l’ONU.
Ban Ki-moon accusé de fournir de fausses informations
Le gouvernement soudanais a reproché au secrétaire général de l’ONU, Ban Ki-moon, de fournir “de fausses informations” sur le Darfour aux Etats-Unis.
International aid workers kidnapped in Sudan’s Darfur
Three international aid workers from Medecins Sans Frontieres have been kidnapped in Darfur, officials said on Thursday, further complicating humanitarian operations in Sudan’s west.
Darfur: retour sur une tragédie à ciel ouvert
Riccardo Barlaam, interview Un bien embarrassant ballet. Des leaders africains parmi lesquels des arabes. La Chine et la Russie, ceux qui vendent les armes et prennent le pétrole. L’Iran et Gaza. Khaddafi et l’Union Africaine. Tous protestent contre le mandat d’arrêt international de la Cour Pénale Internationale lancé le 4 mars dernier a l’encontre de [...]
Four peacekeepers wounded in Darfur attack
Darfur gunmen ambushed United Nations and African Union peacekeepers, wounding four, officials said on Tuesday, in the first serious violence since an international arrest warrant for Sudan’s president was issued.
Sudan weighs options to get war crime warrant quashed
Sudan said on Tuesday it was looking at how to get an international Darfur war crimes arrest warrant against its president either quashed or suspended, the first sign it may engage over the issue.
Sudan opposition leader Turabi released
Hassan Turabi, the leader of Sudan’s opposition Popular Congress party, was released after spending almost two months in detention, Awad Babikir, his secretary, said today by telephone from the capital, Khartoum. Turabi was arrested January 14 after urging Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir to hand himself over to the International Criminal Court to face trial. On [...]
Uganda, 10 people dead in plane crash
About 10 people died in a plane crash in Uganda, including three members of the Burundian military, the Burundian army said Monday. Uganda’s national police spokeswoman Judith Nabakooba earlier told AFP that a cargo plane had crashed at Uganda’s Entebbe international airport.
Sudan’s Bashir makes defiant Darfur tour
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir flew into Darfur on Sunday to rally supporters in defiance of criticism for his shutdown of aid agencies running a huge humanitarian relief effort.
Darfur war crimes case seen tied to peace prospects
The U.N. Security Council may be too divided at the moment to suspend the war crimes case against Sudan’s president but an improvement in peace prospects in Darfur could one day break the deadlock.
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