Why post-election violence in Mozambique is a concern for Southern Africa
South Africa closed its side of the Lebombo border that it shares with Mozambique in the wake of the recent protests. South ...
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C.Africa urges lifting of embargo on diamond exports
The Central African Republic (CAR) sought Tuesday to convince the regulatory body for global diamond trading to lift all ...
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ICC judges unseal arrest warrant for an African rebel leader
Judges at the International Criminal Court on Thursday unsealed an arrest warrant for an alleged rebel from the Central ...
ICC judges unseal an arrest warrant for an alleged Central African Republic rebel
Judges at the International Criminal Court have unsealed an arrest warrant for an alleged rebel from the Central African ...
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Why Mozambique’s election has sparked weeks of protests and a violent crackdown by police
Neighboring South Africa has shut its border post with Mozambique and heightened ... Mozambique is still in the shadow of a bloody 15-year civil war the leftist Frelimo fought against rebel group ...
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Insurgent Fragmentation in the Horn of Africa: Rebellion and Its Discontents
In this extended treatment of this complex and important phenomenon, Michael Woldemariam examines why rebel organizations fragment through a unique historical analysis of the Horn of Africa's civil ...
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What Is Hezbollah?
The group has been accused of planning and perpetrating acts of terrorism against Israeli and Jewish targets abroad, and there is evidence of Hezbollah operations in Africa, the Americas ...
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Rwandan-backed M23 rebel group seeks local power in DRC, not just control over mining operations
A top UN official maintains M23 - fighters pictured here - are exploiting minerals for funding. The violence wrought by the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 Movement is often narrowly framed as intended ...
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LRA rebel commander jailed in Uganda for war crimes in landmark case
Kampala, Uganda (Reuters) – Thomas Kwoyelo, a mid-level commander in the notorious Lord's Resistance Army rebel group ... Republic of Congo and Central African Republic, where it also unleashed ...
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Myanmar's war approaches Mandalay a year after rebel offensive
Whether the ethnic rebel alliance that spearheaded "Operation 1027" would join any assault on the city, which is far from its bases in the borderlands, remains unclear. And looming over that ...
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Ex-Rebel Leader Sentenced to 40 Years for War Crimes
A child soldier turned rebel commander was sentenced on Friday ... is believed to be still hiding in an expansive ungoverned area in central Africa. The U.S. has offered a $5 million reward ...
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Ex-commander of a Ugandan rebel group has been sentenced to 40 years in prison
Thomas Kwoyelo — a former child soldier who later became a rebel commander — will serve only 25 years in jail as he has been in government custody for 15 years, the court ruled.