http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts EssentialAfrica Drum Crises & Conflicts en 60 http://www.sudantribune.com/Sudan-and-South-Sudan-to-resume,42691 Delegations from Sudan and South Sudan are expected to resume talks next Tuesday in Addis Ababa over the disputed issues, Sudan Tribune has learnt. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10406 Thu, 24 May 2012 11:33:15 +0200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18104236 An Islamist militant group has taken control of the fabled city of Timbuktu in northern Mali. Although the city was once a centre of Islamic learning, the group has objected to some local practises. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10368 Wed, 23 May 2012 10:41:26 +0200 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/7-die-in-Mogadishu-blasts-20120519 At least seven people, mostly Somali soldiers, were killed on Saturday in bomb explosions in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials and witnesses said. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10332 Sun, 20 May 2012 20:58:52 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE84I00E20120519 The U.N. Security Council on Friday imposed a travel ban on five leaders of an April 12 military coup in Guinea-Bissau and threatened an arms embargo and financial sanctions if the tiny West African coastal state does not return to civilian rule. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10321 Sat, 19 May 2012 13:00:08 +0200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-18099490 The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor has said he is hopeful that a Congolese warlord will be arrested within weeks. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10301 Thu, 17 May 2012 10:04:47 +0200 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/kenya/9268716/Gunmen-attack-night-club-Mombasa.html Gunmen detonated grenades outside a night club in the Kenyan city of Mombasa http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10288 Wed, 16 May 2012 09:54:08 +0200 http://www.economist.com/node/21554576?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/theuncalmsouth Turbulence in the desert is threatening the stability of the country at large http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10285 Tue, 15 May 2012 13:27:54 +0200 http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-trains-african-soldiers-for-somalia-mission/2012/05/13/gIQAJhsPNU_story.html The heart of the Obama administration’s strategy for fighting al-Qaeda militants in Somalia can be found next to a cow pasture here, a thousand miles from the front lines. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10250 Mon, 14 May 2012 12:22:13 +0200 http://www.economist.com/node/21554227?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/williteverbestable ...since then eastern Congo, one of the deadliest places on earth during the past two decades, has teetered on the brink of disaster. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10195 Wed, 9 May 2012 15:48:43 +0200 http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/05/09/213008.html Sudanese war planes have launched renewed air strikes against South Sudan, violating a U.N. Security Council resolution to end weeks of a bitter border conflict, the South’s army said Wednesday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10191 Wed, 9 May 2012 09:57:42 +0200 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/08/us-somalia-conflict-idUSBRE8470GU20120508 Islamist rebels armed with mortars and machine guns attacked African Union http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10182 Tue, 8 May 2012 16:48:54 +0200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17973545 Islamist fighters said to be linked to al-Qaeda have destroyed the tomb of a local Muslim saint in the Malian town of Timbuktu, officials and locals say. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10150 Mon, 7 May 2012 09:22:48 +0200 http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/arab-spring-boosts-dreams-of-north-african-berbers-but-also-creates-conflict-with-islamists/2012/05/03/gIQA8XhOzT_story.html The Arab Spring has galvanized the Berbers, North Africa’s original inhabitants, to push for their own political and cultural rights, with some success -- they have secured official recognition for their language in Morocco. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10149 Mon, 7 May 2012 09:22:11 +0200 http://www.iol.co.za/dailynews/news/bashir-says-wants-warm-relations-with-south-sudanese-1.1290084 Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said on Sunday he would not allow conflict with South Sudan to overshadow “strategic relations” with its people, striking a less confrontational tone over a crisis that has raised fears of war. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10146 Mon, 7 May 2012 09:19:32 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE84301R20120504 Gunmen threw bombs and opened fire on a cattle market in remote northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 60 people, a spokesman for Yobe state governor said, an attack whose motives remain unknown. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10132 Fri, 4 May 2012 10:31:59 +0200 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/02/thousands-flee-fighting-congo Clashes in Masisi region of North Kivu province force nearly 5,000 to flee to other parts of DRC and across border http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10116 Thu, 3 May 2012 16:37:06 +0200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17926846 The UN Security Council has threatened to impose sanctions on Sudan and South Sudan if the two nations fail to halt the recent violence. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10102 Thu, 3 May 2012 11:20:44 +0200 http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/05/02/211625.html Twenty people have been killed in clashes between protesters and assailants near the Defense Ministry premises in Cairo early Wednesday http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10098 Wed, 2 May 2012 15:48:41 +0200 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/02/us-nigeria-boko-haram-idUSBRE84100C20120502 Islamist group Boko Haram released a video late on Tuesday celebrating its bombing of a Nigerian newspaper and warning of more attacks on local and foreign media http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10096 Wed, 2 May 2012 15:46:53 +0200 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/world/africa/mali-uprising-no-threat-to-amadou-haya-sanogos-plans.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto This onetime model of African stability remained in a precarious state on Tuesday as the new military junta fought back an attempted countercoup by loyalist troops and asserted victory by day’s end. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10091 Wed, 2 May 2012 15:41:53 +0200 http://www.sudantribune.com/South-Sudan-army-threatens-to-kill,42457 South Sudan’s army (SPLA) said it is considering killing raiders who abduct or murder women and children in Jonglei State as a disarmament campaign in the state concludes and peace initiatives begin. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10089 Wed, 2 May 2012 10:44:23 +0200 http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Civilians+die+in+army+deserters+attack+on+DR+Congo+troops/-/1066/1397362/-/4lr62az/-/index.html A woman and a young girl were killed in a battle between soldiers and army deserters suspected of ties to a local militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the military said Tuesday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10088 Wed, 2 May 2012 10:39:35 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE83T06J20120430 A bomb blast struck a police chief's convoy in eastern Nigeria on Monday, killing 11 ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10072 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:54:58 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE83T02N20120430 Tens of thousands of South Sudanese in the north lost their jobs after the split. About 500,000 are now technically illegal because they lack official residency papers. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10063 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:56:44 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE83P06020120426 Two suicide car bombers targeted the offices of Nigerian newspaper This Day in the capital Abuja and the northern city of Kaduna on Thursday http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10047 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:13:44 +0200 http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/40164/World/Region/S-Sudan-releases--Sudanese-prisoners-of-war.aspx South Sudan frees fourteen Sudanese prisoners of war as a 'goodwill gesture' despite weeks of fierce fighting along contested border http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10041 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:27:33 +0200 http://allafrica.com/stories/201204251120.html Despite South Africa's sole objection, the United Nations chose not to monitor human rights in the knowledge of gross violations in Western Sahara, which was condemned to another year of its impasse with Morocco. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10037 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:01:38 +0200 http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/25/world/africa/sudans-conflict/index.html South Sudan's president accused Sudan of declaring war on his nation as tensions between the two neighbors intensified, sparking fears of a return to conflict over unresolved oil and border issues. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10020 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:59:06 +0200 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/AU-urges-immediate-end-to-conflicts-20120424 The African Union's peace and security body met on Tuesday to discuss ongoing political crises in Mali and Guinea-Bissau and the escalating conflict between Sudan and South Sudan, urging immediate end to the conflicts. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#10009 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:26:33 +0200 http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/rival-tribes-clash-in-libya-killing-5-in-southern-town-of-kufra-near-chad-border/2012/04/23/gIQAA0rucT_story.html A doctor in the Libyan town of Kufra says five people have been killed in three days of clashes between rival tribes. The town is near Libya’s southern border with Chad. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9999 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:54:22 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-04-23-peacekeepers-stay-put-in-western-sahara-amid-disappointment/ The UN Security Council has reached a deal on a draft resolution to renew the mandate of the peacekeeping force in the disputed territory of Western Sahara http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9991 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:05:31 +0200 http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/04/23/us-warns-of-terrorist-attacks-in-kenya/ The U.S. embassy in Kenya is warning of possible terrorist attacks in the capital, Nairobi, and is telling Americans in the city to stay alert. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9990 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:01:20 +0200 http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/04/23/uk-sudan-south-bombing-idUKBRE83M09E20120423 Sudanese warplanes carried out air strikes on South Sudan on Monday, killing three people near a southern oil town, residents and military officials said, three days after South Sudan pulled out of a disputed oil field. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9979 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:48:16 +0200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17802909 South Sudan has accused Sudan of bombing one of its oil facilities, despite recent moves to defuse the conflict between the two countries. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9967 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:25:16 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE83J07O20120420 A row between Kenya and Somalia over their maritime border may deter multinational oil companies from exploring for oil and gas offshore east Africa http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9961 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:26:28 +0200 http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/04/20/south-sudan-to-withdraw-from-heglig/ South Sudan says it will pull its forces from the Heglig oil fields it seized from Sudan, following several days of growing international pressure. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9960 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:25:06 +0200 http://www.aljazeera.com/video/africa/2012/04/201242055948747237.html The Arab League has said it will hold an emergency meeting over renewed violence between Sudan and South Sudan. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9959 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:24:14 +0200 http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Al+Shabaab+beheads+a+DC+in+Southern+Somalia+/-/1066/1389770/-/ofns2qz/-/index.html Armed men belonging to Al-Shabaab, the radical Islamist movement in Somalia captured the District Commissioner of Eel Adde, about 400 km southwest of Mogadishu, Mr Yahie Hussein Isaq on Tuesday night. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9948 Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:36:18 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE83I08V20120419 The International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday it has brought medical supplies to Guinea-Bissau's diabetic former Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior twice http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9939 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:59:45 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE83I0BS20120419 Somalia has set a $500 award for anyone who captures or kills a militant from the al Qaeda-linked militant group of al Shabaab http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9938 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:58:12 +0200 http://www.africareview.com/News/Al+Shabaab+beheads+Somali+administrator/-/979180/1389556/-/150u0gxz/-/index.html The beheaded body of a regional Somali administrator was Wednesday recovered in a gruesome attack blamed on militant group Al-Shabaab. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9937 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:56:28 +0200 http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2012/04/18/us-warns-of-potential-boko-haram-attack-in-nigeria/ The United States has warned its citizens in Nigeria that the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram may be planning attacks in the capital, Abuja. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9925 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:07:32 +0200 http://www.iol.co.za/business/business-news/sudanese-conflict-may-hinge-on-which-economy-falters-first-1.1278311 The outcome of the dramatically escalating border fighting between Sudan and South Sudan is more likely to be determined by which of the two faltering economies collapses first than by relative military prowess. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9922 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:04:18 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE83G07V20120417 Mali's soldiers have arrested senior allies of ousted President Amadou Toumani Toure, http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9904 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:23:24 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE83G05420120417 Sudan said on Tuesday the cost of a full-blown conflict with South Sudan would not deter it from recapturing the disputed Heglig oilfield http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9903 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:22:42 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE83G03M20120417 Failure to reform Democratic Republic of Congo's large and ill-disciplined army http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9902 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:21:35 +0200 http://www.africareview.com/News/Sierra+Leone+takes+Al+Shabaab+threats+seriously/-/979180/1387964/-/8n9fn5/-/index.html A senior Sierra Leone military officer has told Africa Review that the country is taking recent reported threats by the Somali militant group, Al-Shabaab, seriously http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9898 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:17:52 +0200 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE83F01F20120416 Guinea-Bissau's military chiefs have closed the West African country's air and sea space and say all violations... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9895 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:28:23 +0200 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Mali-asks-Mauritania-help-to-sort-crisis-20120415 Mali is calling on Mauritania to help resolve the crisis in the north of the country, which has fallen into the control of Tuareg rebels and Islamists, a Malian envoy said on Sunday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9890 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:09:21 +0200 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17724256 A Swiss woman has been abducted in the rebel-held northern Malian city of Timbuktu, officials and residents said. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-crises-and-conflicts#9885 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 11:48:54 +0200