Monthly Archives: "March 2013"

An official statement mentions that an officer from a special militia program which is backed by the Afghan government has shot five of his colleagues.  The incident took place in the Badghis province, in the...

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Bosco Ntaganda, aka “the Terminator”, possibly the most wanted warlord in Africa, turned himself in to the US Embassy in Rwanda on Monday, 18th of March. After the surrender, he asked to be transferred to...

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General Joseph Dunford had warned his fellow colleagues about the consequences that Hamid Karzai speech could have over the situation of the ISAF forces in Afghanistan and mainly the US forces. Dunford says that Mr....

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According to the reports some three hundred people from Afghanistan Wardak province have demonstrated against the presence of the US troops in the area. The protesters also pledged for the release of nine prisoners who...

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The US Central Command had reported last week that the data regarding the drone attacks (unmanned planes) in Afghanistan will no longer be made public because it was “disproportionately focused”. They based their decision on...

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The end of February surprised the rebel group with a divide from within. This was triggered by the decision to arrest Bosco Ntaganda, who was convicted by the ICC for war crimes and crimes against...

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Mali Islamists

Mali: Conflict Analysis

March 5, 2013

Country Profile Location: Interior Western Africa, southwest of Algeria, north of Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Burkina Faso, west of Niger Climate: Mali’s climate spans the transition zone between arid Sahelian savannah and the Sahara desert...

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The Afghan president reacted after the US army allegations of torture, harassment and kills of innocent people in the province of Wardak, just southwest of the capital city of Kabul. This news comes unexpected for...

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At the proposition of the UN, 11 African states met to discuss the possibility of peace in Addis Ababa, on the 24th of February. They all agreed to work for the normalization of the situation...

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The eastern provinces of Afghanistan were hit by a number of Taliban suicide attacks during the last days, in which some country officials were killed. The attacks took place in the Logar province, just south...

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