Africa

France Declares War Against Al Qaeda After Killing of Aid Worker France has openly joined the war on terrorism and more specifically has declared war on radical Islams biggest network, al Qaeda. Sarkozy administration policies aimed at curbing the openness of what it views as radical practices of extreme Islam in his country has agitated radical...
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Hundreds Murdered In Latest Clash Between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria On Sunday Nigeria bled into the streets in another of a series of brutal attacks that have been occuring in the African country between Northern Muslims and the Southern Christians. On this day over 200 Christians would be savagely slaughtered. Some estimates are as...
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Somalia Pirates Update 4/15/2009 Pirates launched a grenade attack against a second US cargo ship off Somalia on Wednesday “in retaliation” for the deaths of their comrades during the rescue of American cargo captain Richard Phillips. Somali pirates were back to business as usual Tuesday, defiantly seizing four more ships with 60 hostages after U.S....
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The Movement For The Emancipation of The Niger Delta If you think the average American is fed up with greedy oil companies draining all the loose change out of their jars just to keep the family car on the road you will be shocked at how The Movement For The Emancipation Of The Niger Delta...
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Introduction and Historical Back Ground of Sudan and Darfur Sudan is the largest country on the African Continent. It is about 1/4 the size of the United States. As a former British Colony until 1956, Sudan had been divided into a North and a South Region. Each Region had autonomy in ruling their area. The...
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The Congo Conflict: Hell On Earth The Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire, is the current focal point of the most deadliest conflict since the end of World War II. The Democratic Republic of Congo has been at the mercy of armed groups for more than a decade. Since the end of...
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Christmas Terrorist Attack 12/25/2009 On Christmas Day a Nigerian student attempted to blow up Northwest Airlines Flight 253 as it arrived over Detroit, Michigan airspace shortly before landing. The suspect, 23-year-old Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab is enrolled at the University of London in England as an engineering student. In Nigeria, Abdulmutallab checked no baggage on his...
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 I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever-approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the suffering of millions, and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty, too, will end.    Ann Frank  (Died in...
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Sudan President Omar al-Bashir Charged with Genocide in Darfur July 14, 2008 Updated March 4, 2009: In the Hague, Netherlands a warrant was issued today for the arrest of a sitting head of state. President Omar al-Bashir is wanted for charges of war crimes against the people of Darfur, Sudan. The people of Darfur have...
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Al Shabaab:  AKA Al Qaeda in Somalia, “The Youth” On May 1, 2008 a U.S. air strike hit it’s target in Somalia.  It was Aden Hashi Ayro, who led al Shabaab militants that have been blamed for attacks on government troops and their Ethiopian allies that have assisted the Somali government in the past fight...
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