Arms and Military Affairs

News : Arms and Military Affairs

A top United Nations human rights official today welcomed a deal agreed by a former rebel group in southern Sudan to end the use of child soldiers among its ranks, while warning of the threat posed to children by various armed militia operating in the region. (AllAfrica)

At least 11 people have been killed and 18 others injured in heavy fighting between Somali government forces and fighters loyal to insurgent Hizbul Islam group, Radio Garowe reports on Monday. (AllAfrica)

Ethiopian officials have reportedly crossed the border to neighbouring Somalia to hold secret talks with former administrators of Somalia's southern region of Bakool in the southwestern border village of Yeed, sources reported. (AllAfrica)

The trial against two former Congolese rebel leaders for crimes allegedly committed by their militias in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2003 is set to begin tomorrow in The Hague at the International Criminal Court. (AllAfrica)

Over 150 ex-combatants who once fought for armed militia in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region participated today in a United Nations-backed demobilization and reintegration programme which aims to ease the return of former soldiers to their communities. (AllAfrica)

Voter registration and the election date in Sudan have been extended slightly to accommodate delays incurred in the process in some areas of the vast country, the National Elections Commission said. (AllAfrica)

LRA leader Joseph Kony has instructed his troops to move into Darfur and report to the first detachment of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) seeking protection and logistical support. (AllAfrica)

"We lived like fishes in the water. We were not lazy. We worked hard. We lived a very natural way of life by eating fish and green vegetables and fruits that was abundant in the forests. Nature was our refrigerator." (AllAfrica)

As part of a three-day visit to Sudan, a delegation of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council is expected to meet officials of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) at its El Fasher headquarters tomorrow, Tuesday 24 November. (AllAfrica)

Both locals and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Somalia's central town of Beletweyne are experiencing increased hardship with several changes in the town's administration, residents say. (AllAfrica)

Unless urgent arrangements are made to release funds to continue the demining and detonation of bombs and dangerous explosives as well as the detonation of several weapons already exposed by the Ministry of Defense, the project may be abandoned. (AllAfrica)

Lecturers and students of University of Port Harcourt, Rivers state capital, have urged the Rivers State Government to relocate the rehabilitation camp for the ex-militants cited in Aluu community for safety of the students. (AllAfrica)

Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) has launched a Rwf 200m cassava growing project on 600 hectares of land in Mayange sector, Bugesera District. (AllAfrica)

The security forces of Ahlu Sunna Wlajama'a clerics in Guriel district in Galgudud region have detained two suspected of committing explosions in parts of the region, officials said on Monday. (AllAfrica)

Unidentified gunmen armed with pistols have shot and killed a senior police official in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in north Somalia, officials told Shabelle radio on Monday. (AllAfrica)

State Minister for Water, Jennifer Namuyangu is facing defamation charges after she wrote to security accusing Kibuku MP Saleh Kamba of creating a militia group in eastern Uganda. (AllAfrica)

The Minister of State for Defence, Alhaji Abdulrahman Adamu has thanked the Serbian government for training Nigeria military and civilians while looking forward to signing a Memorandum of Understanding on Defence by both countries. (AllAfrica)

After every operational tour of combat zones or theatres of operation, be it internal security or foreign peace support, by service chiefs of the military to their officers and soldiers on ground, there are usually traditional regimental ways of saluting the top generals to show appreciation for the way and manner they had discharged their share of responsibility for the welfare and readiness of troops. (AllAfrica)

THE Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Ishaya Ibrahim has restated that the Navy is committed to policing the Nigerian waterways more effectively for maximum security of all marine operations. (AllAfrica)

The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) today said it will continue to deliberate with Government authorities in North Darfur to ensure that judicial processes are correctly followed with regards to the continued detention of a number of leaders of the Abu Shouk and El Salaam internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in El Fasher. (AllAfrica)

During the opening of the Darfur peace talks currently being held in Doha, under the auspices of the African Union-United Nations (AU-UN) Joint Chief Mediator for Darfur, Mr. Djibrill Bassolé and facilitated by the Qatari Government, both the Acting Joint Special Representative (JSR a.i.) of UNAMID, Mr. Henry K. Anyidoho and Mr. Bassolé stressed the importance of the participation of Darfur's civil society, as well as all stakeholders, in the negotiations. (AllAfrica)

The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) has received confirmed reports that 11 persons have been killed, four injured and two missing following an attack by unidentified armed men on two villages - Taman and Shaleb Shaleb - close to Khor Abeche, South Darfur, more than 200 kilometres south of El Fasher. (AllAfrica)

Fierce armed clashes between Islamist rivals in southern Somalia were reported on Saturday near Kismayo, a strategic port city about 310 miles (500 kilometers) south of the Somali capital of Mogadishu, Radio Garowe reports. (AllAfrica)

Last Saturday, President Umaru Yar'Adua reportedly met and dialogued with persons nominated by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) to negotiate on its behalf towards working out a lasting peace in the Niger Delta region. (AllAfrica)

Imo State Governor, Chief Ikedi Ohakim has faulted Federal Government's N6 billion post amnesty compensation to militants in the State, saying the amount was grossly inadequate. (AllAfrica)

The division within the leadership of the coalition of "ex-militant" groups in the Niger-Delta, the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger-Delta (MEND) seems to have taken a turn for the worse as some leaders of former militant groups, which are affiliated to the body, have warned the Federal Government against further dealing with Mr. Henry Okah under the post-amnesty arrangement. (AllAfrica)

Militancy in the Niger Delta region has been linked to the failure of Niger Delta leadership and not the Federal Government. (AllAfrica)

The leader of Somalia's Hizbul Islam, Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has secretly held talks with some top Al-Shabaab officials to discuss the brewing row between the two groups. (AllAfrica)

More than 150 ex-combatants took part today in the first of a three-day demobilization and reintegration programme sponsored by the Government of Sudan and supported by UNAMID. (AllAfrica)

Two civilians have been killed and five others injured in heavy fighting between rebel forces and Somali government forces backed by African Union troops that rocked parts of restive Somali capital Mogadishu. (AllAfrica)

Thousands of Ugandans and Kenyans are working in Iraq and Afghanistan as contractors for US-based security companies. (AllAfrica)