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- Thursday 16 February 2012
Somalia: Thousands Forced to Flee in New Somali Clashes
A round up news, compiled by Newsfromafrica staff writers. - Thursday 16 February 2012
Madagascar: Huge Cyclone Wreaks Havoc
The category four cyclone has caused much devastation, leading to shutdown of businesses and power cut in many areas of the capital as heavy rains persisted on second day on Tuesday. - Wednesday 15 February 2012
Uganda: Amnesty Condemns Government Raid on LGBT Rights Workshop
The Minister for Ethics and Integrity, Simon Lokodo, who was accompanied by police, announced that the workshop was illegal and ordered the rights activists out of the hotel where it was being held. - Tuesday 14 February 2012
Somalia: AMISOM Captures More Ground Beyond Mogadishu
In an advance that begun at approximately 5 am, AMISOM’s Burundian Contingent took Al Janal hill, which oversees the southern approaches to the Mogadishu International Airport as well as the Masla building which sits on the road to Afgoye, a terrorist stronghold. - Tuesday 14 February 2012
West Africa: WFP Organizes Joint Meeting to Address Worsening Situation in the Sahel Region
This meeting comes at a critical time where humanitarian agencies are strengthening their response to prevent a crisis becoming a disaster. - Tuesday 14 February 2012
South Sudan: Telecoms Minister Visits Israel
Spacecom officials held a series of talks with the Minister on cooperation on future communications projects in South Sudan and arranged meetings with other Israeli telecom, aerospace and technology companies as well as Israeli government officials. - Friday 10 February 2012
Somali’s Al-Shabab Join Forces with Al-Qaeda
A round up news, compiled by Newsfromafrica staff writers. - Friday 10 February 2012
Mali: Thousands Affected by Skirmishes in the North
The ICRC is assisting thousands of these people and 15,000 others displaced in neighbouring Niger. It is also visiting detainees and attending to the wounded in Mali. - Friday 10 February 2012
Sudan: Darfur Regional Body Launched
The new Darfur Regional Authority formed as part of a peace deal to end conflict in the region aims to share power and wealth, compensate those affected by war and help resettle those displaced. - Thursday 9 February 2012
Somalia: British Ambassador Condemns Attack on Mogadishu Café
This act of terrorism has yet again shows a disregard not just for the suffering of the Somali people, who continue to endure the effects of 20 years of conflict, but also for human life. - Thursday 9 February 2012
Sudan: Chinese Workers Released in Sudan
A round up news, compiled by Newsfromafrica staff writers. - Wednesday 8 January 2012
Uganda: Amnesty Says Anti-homosexuality bill ‘a grave assault on human rights’
Under the bill, gay and lesbian people in Uganda could face the death penalty for so-called “aggravated homosexuality” – a definition which includes consensual sexual conduct. - Tuesday 7 February 2012
Somalia Starts Eviction of Squatters
A round up news, compiled by Newsfromafrica staff writers. - Tuesday 7 February 2012
Sudan: Amnesty to Publish Arms Supplies Evidence Fuelling the Conflict in Darfur
A wave of ethnically targeted attacks in eastern Darfur by Sudanese government forces and militias against the Zaghawa community saw an estimated 70,000 people displaced in 2011. - Monday 6 January 2012
Somalia: Ugandan AMISOM Troops Celebrate 31 Years of UPDF
Tarehe sita – Kiswahili for the 6th day of February 1981, commemorates the first armed attack on the then Ugandan government forces, in which President Yoweri Musevni led the National Resistance Army (NRA) to launch a guerrilla war that finally liberated Uganda on 26th January 1986.