At least two people have been killed and several others wounded in violent clashes in Burundi. This is merely one day after President Pierre Nkurunziza had controversially launched his bid for a third term in office. Burkina Faso comes to mind; where in the last quarter of 2014, President
In the past three weeks, a total of about 5,000 foreigners have been left homeless in Durban, the main city in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. An unconfirmed number have been killed; either burnt alive, shot, maimed or beaten to death. The apartheid regime comes to mind. Though the scenario
As shocking as it may sound, Somalia has become a safe haven for hundreds of Yemenis fleeing by sea from the conflict afflicting their homes. Notwithstanding the persistent pounding of the Houthi rebel positions and their convoys by the Saudi Arabia military for the past two weeks, neither side has been
Still recovering from the 2013 West gate shopping mall attack in Nairobi Kenya, Kenyans, and people world-wide have been shocked by another terrorist attack. The terrorist attack took place on Thursday at Garissa University College, Eastern Kenya, leaving a total of 147 people killed and 79 people seriously injured. An
Tensions are high with the Nigerian presidential elections fast approaching on March 28th 2015 just two days away. The poll was postponed last month amid growing instability in Nigeria’s northeastern region. The stakes are high in this election as the nation faces intensified attacks by extremist group Boko Haram from
Considering how bad and destructive the terrorist attacks and insecurities plaguing our communities have become, a combined force of two independent and very active terrorist groups is the last thing our nations need. However, according to CNN, in an audio message purportedly from an ISIS spokesman in which the
A police operation took place on Sunday, January 25, 2015, at Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao, between the Special Action Force (SAF) of the Philippine National Police (PNP), and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Originally a mission to serve arrest warrants for high-ranking terrorists,
‘You have freedom of speech but freedom after speech, I cannot guarantee that’. – Idi Amin. When this statement was made, Idi Amin was in every Western World authority’s black book. No matter how harsh the statement may sound, that is how it is, very different from the way it
Updates after the Minsk peace talk deals The ceasefire deal which came into force on Sunday, February 15 as part of a deal that involved the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the front line as well as agreements on securing the eastern borders of Ukraine, including elections and the exchange of prisoners
“Avenging Egyptian blood and punishing criminals and murderers is our right and duty”. This statement was made by the Egyptian military on the state’s television network after the heartbreaking incident where 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians were recently beheaded after being seized in December and January from the coastal town of
After over 10 months of fighting, and a failed cease-fire attempt in September of 2014, the leaders of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany have reached a second ceasefire deal after 17 hours of talks in Minsk, Belarus, on the Ukrainian conflict. The ceasefire will come into force on Sunday,
THE SUICIDE ATTACK IN GOMBE NIGERIA Considering the fact that other countries like Cameroon and Chad have joined Nigeria in the fight against terrorism and Boko Haram in particular, one could erroneously think that with these reinforcements, the Boko Haram militants would scamper away in fear. This is definitely not
