The indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on 10 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide has greatly encouraged some Darfuri human rights activists. Other observers in Sudan fear it will provoke a backlash from the government, further
Senior officials with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have concluded a visit to North Kivu to assess ongoing efforts to restore peace and stability in the province.
Defense News - Even before the first test version of the U.S. Navy's P-8 Poseidon is completely built, program managers have their eye on future versions of the submarine-hunting, intelligence-gathering plane.
Lieutenant General Henry A. "Trey" Obering, Missile Defense Agency director, announced the successful execution of an important system test today during which a long-range ballistic missile was tracked by radars of the missile defense system.The threat-representative target, which was accompanied
French warship major DCNS says it will fully transfer technology for its Scorpene submarines that are being built in this country for the Indian Navy and that the six boats contracted for will be delivered on schedule by 2017.
Police officers in Angola's eastern Moxico province, Friday in Luena, ended a training programme on protection of big events, in the light of the preparations for the legislative elections set for September 5 this year in the country.
A legal expert from the UCT Law Clinic has raised serious safety concerns over the decision by the Department of Home Affairs to ask refugees to travel to Nyanga to apply for asylum papers.
We were alarmed by reports of a violent protest in Akure by hundreds of soldiers who blocked roads, chanted war songs, and held their commanding officer hostage to demand the reimbursement of allegedly illegal deductions from their UN peacekeeping allowances.
Mr. Ross Mountain, UN Humanitarian Coordinator and Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in the DRC, and MONUC Force Commander General Babacar Gaye undertook a 24 hour evaluation mission to North-Kivu on 16 -17 July 2008.
The outgoing Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) Lt/Gen.Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor has described his tenure in Liberia as "one of the great achievements and success."
Forging and sustaining diplomatic links with other countries for Liberia is a constitutional role that lies squarely within the domain of the presidency.
Senior officials with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have concluded a visit to North Kivu to assess ongoing efforts to restore peace and stability in the province.
Sweden has been chosen as the new chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission group tasked with helping the impoverished African nation of Burundi recover from recent conflict and avoid sliding back into chaos or misrule.
The joint United Nations-African Union mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today paid tribute to a Nigerian peacekeeper killed two days ago while on patrol in the war-wracked Sudanese region.
Imbalances between US spending on defence, diplomacy and development are affecting the USA's ability to stabilise fragile and conflict-prone African countries, the US-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Refugees International concludes in a new report.
