AFRICA: 07 MAI 2012 [West Africa: UN Official Appeals for Urgent Funds to Assist Millions Across Africa’s Sahel Region]

May 7, 2012

[Speaking from Niger, a top United Nations official on Sunday appealed to the international community to provide the resources needed to help millions in crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa, warning that the situation is critical and there is no…

AFRICA: 3 MAI 2012 [The Ugandan army says the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) led by Joseph Kony is being supported and supplied by the Sudanese government.]

May 3, 2012

[The LRA is accused of rape, mutilation, murder and the recruitment of child soldiers. A Ugandan army colonel told the BBC they had captured a member of the LRA who was wearing a Sudanese uniform, and carried its weapons and ammunition. The…

AFRICA: 24 AVRIL 2012 [UN and AU envoys arrive in Chad to warn of possibility of LRA haven]

April 24, 2012

[Senior United Nations and African Union officials arrived in Chad this weekend on a joint mission to warn its Government that the country could be the next destination of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).]                …

AFRICA: 20 AVRIL 2012 [RDC – FARDC et Mai-Mai Cheka s’affrontent à Luvungi, 27 morts]

April 20, 2012

[Des militaires des Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo (FARDC) et des éléments des Mai-Mai Nduma Defense Of Congo (NDC) de Cheka s’affrontent dans les secteurs de Mbunyampuli et Luvungi, dans le territoire de Walikale (Nord-Kivu). Le bilan est lourd…

AFRICA: 13 AVRIL 2012 [Coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau, attack on PM residence]

April 13, 2012

[Guinea-Bissau troops staged a coup attempt late Thursday, attacking the prime minister’s residence, arresting politicians and taking over the ruling party headquarters amid a media blackout.]                   BURUNDI :   Burundi : appel à exploiter…