The chairman of Hawiye cultural and unity council Mohamed Hassan Haad has rebuffed reports from the spokesman of African union peacekeeping troops for Somalia Major Barigye Bo-Hoku saying that there were attacks against AMISOM troops being organized from the districts
Recently retrenched Uganda People's Defence Forces soldiers in the north are crying foul over the continued delay in executing the payment of their retirement packages since they were sent home a couple of months ago.
Rwandan troops at Kyanika, on the Uganda-Rwandan border in the south-western frontier district of Kisoro have begun withdrawing two weeks after they were deployed, the Uganda Army has said.
The United Nations has observed the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Day of Peace Keeping. The day was officially observed the world over by the world body.
The Court Chambers of Brussels ordered Wednesday the continued detention of the former Vice-President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Jean-Pierre Bemba.
At least ten people have been injured in Baidoa town southwestern somalia after armed groups hurled a hand grenade into the house of Somali legislative body member on Thursday night according to the police.
Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone yesterday increased jail sentences for two former Civil Defence Forces (CDF) leaders after their convictions by the Trial Chamber in October 2007 were overturned.
MONUC blue helmets celebrated the 60th anniversary of United Nations peacekeeping with a ceremony in Kinshasa on Thursday 29 May 2008, in honour of the courage and sacrifice of thousands of soldiers worldwide that have given their lives for peace.
THE Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has accused the police of failing to investigate the alleged murder of the opposition party's members by state security agents, Zanu PF militia and war veterans.
THE United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) strongly denounces the political violence that has displaced at least 10 000 children in Zimbabwe and that is affecting the continued delivery of humanitarian relief to children and their families in parts of the
South-east People's Assembly(SEPA) yesterday implored the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) to adopt a peaceful strategy in the struggle for the liberation of the region instead of using force and militant activities.
A Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has turned down request of the Prosecutor to transfer genocide accused former businessman, 73-year-old Yusuf Munyakazi, to stand a trial in Kigali as part of the UN Court's completion
Officially, everything is fine in the export processing zones (EPZs) in Mauritius. But, in reality, many foreign workers suffer dismal working conditions. Those who organise to improve their lot do so under the constant threat of intimidation and deportation.
Thousands of people displaced by recent attacks on foreigners are in dire need of basic supplies, according to Catholic Archbishop Buti Tlhagale of Johannesburg, the country's commercial capital.
Guinea's hasty attempt to grant the demands of mutinous soldiers ending a two-day civil disobedience over back pay could weaken their authority to manage political and economic pressures in a country that risk a 'coup d'etat,' analysts observed.
The spiritual leader of the 77-million-strong worldwide Anglican Communion and the head of the church in Southern Africa have appealed to the United Nations for protection of the church in Zimabawe.
