At least seven militants were killed Thursday in clashes with troops involving heavy weapons in a city in Democratic Republic of Congo’s restive east, police said. The fighting erupted in the eastern suburbs of Beni, a city in North-Kivu province, with residents hearing gunshots and heavy weapons fire. A spokesman for the country’s armed forces … Read more
A South Sudan military court on Tuesday opened the trial of 13 soldiers accused of raping foreign aid workers and murdering a local journalist during fighting in Juba last July. The chilling attack cast a spotlight on atrocities by government troops but also led to a damning probe into the failure of United Nations peacekeepers … Read more
Two men are to go on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the kidnap and murder of two UN experts, a military prosecutor said Saturday, denying security forces involvement in the deaths. Authorities arrested the suspects last month the killings in March of American Michael Sharp and Swedish-Chilean Zaida Catalan in central Kasai, … Read more
A military tribunal on Thursday jailed 15 Burkinabe soldiers for up to 17 years each over a failed raid on an arms depot last year. The soldiers on trial included 10 members of the former elite presidential guard (RSP) of ousted leader Blaise Compaore. They were found guilty of taking the arms which were allegedly … Read more
Lebanese authorities carried out raids Wednesday against currency exchange offices and money transfer companies on suspicion they sent huge sums to the Islamic State group, a judicial source told AFP. The source said the raids started Tuesday against several institutions “on suspicion they transferred huge sums of money to areas controlled by IS in Raqa … Read more
Al Shabaab Islamist militants shot dead a military prosecutor in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region on Sunday, witnesses and officials said, the type of targeted killing that Al Qaeda-allied gunmen frequently commit throughout Somalia. Al Shabaab’s insurgency aims to drive out African Union peacekeepers, topple Somalia’s Western-backed government and impose its strict version of Islam on … Read more
Ghana’s former President, Flt Lt. Jerry John Rawlings has called on the people of Burkina Faso not to allow corruption, arrogance and high-handedness of political authority to derail the political freedom they have won through their blood and toil. He said there was no easy road for the journey of emancipation because of the stark … Read more
Ghana’s former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings, has called on the people of Burkina Faso not to allow corruption, arrogance and high-handedness of people in political authority to derail the political freedom they have won through their blood and toil. He said there was no easy road on the journey of emancipation because of … Read more