By Nangayi Guyson – Mogadishu – Somali government troops and allied forces has retaken the southeastern town of Bulo Hawo near the Kenyan border after defeating Al-Qaeda-inspired Shabaab Islamists on Sunday , officials and witnesses said. A number of residents said government troops and fighters from the Sufi sect Ahlu Sunna dislodged the Shabaab in a battle lasting about an hour. “The fighting stopped after one hour and the Shabaab fighters were defeated,” said Bulo Hawo resident Ali Moalim Yasin. “I saw six dead bodies, all of them combatants.” The Ahlu Sunna was founded in 1991 to promote moderate Sufi... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – At least 43 people have been killed by floods after heavy rains in West African nation of Benin. The United Nations’s humanitarian agency said. A statement released on Saturday by the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs says flood waters now cover two-thirds of the country’s territory. Unseasonably heavy rains have caused the Oueme and Mono rivers to overflow, leaving nearly 100 000 people homeless. More than 800 cases of cholera have been reported so far. Aid workers fear the spread of a cholera epidemic in the wake of the floods. The bacterial... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent – Mr John P. Bojang, Chairman of the National Council for Civic Education (NCCE), has stressed the need for the youth to take part in the political process of the country, to take up the leadership as future leaders. “If the youth of this country are not involved in the political process at their youthful age, then it will be very difficult for them to make a right choice when the time is due,” Bojang said, while challenging them to be prepared to take up the leadership of this country as their destiny. The NCCE chairman was... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – New York – AFP- The UN official on Friday said more than 15 000 rapes were committed last year in a strife-torn region of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where peacekeepers are unable to fully protect civilians. With accusations now being made against DRC government troops over new cases of raping and killing in the east of the country, the head of the UN force, Roger Meece, said “the scale of the problem is enormous”. Margot Wallstroem, UN special envoy on sexual violence against women in conflict, told the council on Thursday that government troops are... Continue Reading
By Nangayi Guyson – Kinshasa – BBC- Thousands of women, led by the Democratic Republic of Congo’s First Lady are on a march against sexual violence. First Lady Olive Lembe Kabila led the women through the streets of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu province with Many of them carrying banners with slogans such as “No to sexual terrorism”, according to the AFP news agency. “Coming here is important because violence towards women is used systematically as a weapon of war,” said Miriam Nobre of World March of Women, which organised the march. However, Nene Rukunghu, a doctor at a hospital... Continue Reading
