Nigeria’s Kaduna State toll of victims has risen to 130 people, the state governor said, adding that the motive appeared to be ethnic. Governor Nasir El-Rufai has disclosed on Tuesday, February 19, that the death toll in the recent uprising in Kaduna state has increased to 130. https://t.co/NcFLgMjn1M — Legit.ng | Leading the way (@legitngnews) February…
Category: Conflict
Central Africa signs peace deal
Central African Republic concluded a peace deal with 14 armed groups on following two weeks of talks in Khartoum, Sudan. Central African Republic signs peace deal with armed groups https://t.co/CNMTtdEQz3 pic.twitter.com/R9OCY5cBWj — Reuters (@Reuters) February 5, 2019 The peace deal was announced by the African Union but the terms were not immediately released. #Historic: The Government…
CAR arms embargo prolonged
The UN Security Council has made a step towards the possibly to ease the arms embargo on the Central African Republic (CAR). A French-drafted resolution promoted the view of a need to enable the supply of weapons to government forces fighting militia groups who control large parts of the country. UPDATE:#CAR resolution unanimously adoptedLearn more…
Wikileaks video attributed to Tagbara attack
A video of the abuses presumably committed by Blue helmets the journalists from Agence France-Presse reporting from the Central African Republic (CAR) have noticed circulating since May 2018 #Centrafrique #Ippy (?) Collusions #UPC & Contingent #Mauritaniens @UN_CAR ? NovDéc 2018, Tuerie de masse #Tagbara (?). @parfait_onanga @Lacroix_UN @antonioguterres @anatolium @FaustinTouadera @aa_french @VOAAfrica @VOAFrench @RFIAfrique @dw_francais @bbcafrique @TV5MONDEAfrique pic.twitter.com/4T4kpx6nqO…
Wounded and dead in Bambari CAR
Militants killed two police officers in the Central African Republic town of Bambari ahead of a scheduled visit by the country’s President, the government said. The attack came a day after President Faustin-Archange Touadera announced a date for African Union-brokered peace talks with armed groups who control most of the CAR. MSF can now confirm…
Russian journalists victims of CAR armed robbery
The investigation has restored a sequence of events concerning the fatal trip of three Russian journalists – Orkhan Dzhemal, Kirill Radchenko and Alexander Rastroguyev – to the Central African Republic (CAR), where they were murdered in July 2018, Russian Investigative Committee Spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko told TASS. Investigative Committee: Russian journalists were killed in armed robbery…
Somalia expels UN official
Somalia has expelled the top United Nations official accusing him of interfering with national sovereignty days after he raised concerns about the actions of UN-supported Somali security forces. “The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, Nicholas Haysom, is no longer welcome in Somalia and cannot operate in the country,” the foreign ministry said…
#Baidoa: violent clashes in Somalia
“The following international partners* (listed below) are concerned about the recent events in South West State. We extend our deepest condolences for the death of the South West State assembly member and others who have died in the violence in Baidoa. We deplore all violence and any other acts that could exacerbate the humanitarian situation”…
Uganda delivered EU arms to South Sudan
Uganda helped to deliver European arms and ammunition to South Sudan at the height of its civil war, circumventing a European Union arms embargo on the East African country, a weapons monitoring group said. CAR’s latest report, 'Weapon Supplies into South Sudan's Civil War', is “the most comprehensive, on-the-ground survey of the weaponry used in…
Libya remains in political deadlock
The UN envoy for Libya Ghassan Salame expressed hope for another attempt to hold an election by June 2019 after he abandoned scheduled one for December this year, but he added that Libyans should first use a national conference early 2019 to decide on the poll’s format. Ambassador expressed himself at margins of the conference taking…
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