Hot Topics
AA: AFRICOM: Just another Western tool of de facto colonization 10/23/09
BW: Botswana elects first female Speaker 10/21/09
CD: DRC foils coup 10/21/09
DJ: Djibouti Rejects Alleged Destabilization Role in Somalia 10/21/09
GM: Gambia: State Guards Commander Demoted, Dismissed 10/22/09
GN: Expat mining execs flee Guinea on security concern 10/25/09
NG: MEND declares indefinite ceasefire 10/25/09
NG: Nigeria: Government must arrest Sudanese President during visit 10/23/09
SO: Somalia: Al Shabab militants close down media 10/21/09
UG: Uganda: Museveni tasks AU Summit on Refugees, IDPs 10/23/09
ZW: Zimbabwe: Diaspora – Two Sides of the Coin 10/22/09
Below the Fold: Instability, Special Operations, Security Forces, Foreign Affairs, Crime
Instability
AA: Al-Shabab Threatens Uganda, Burundi 10/23/09
AA: Somalia's Shabaab Mustn't Export Their War 10/23/09
CD: Nkunda loyalists in army warn of return to war 10/25/09
CF: Children bearing brunt of Central African Republic's troubles, says UNICEF offic 10/21/09
DZ: Algeria: Security Clampdown Conflicts With Bouteflika's Aims 10/22/09
DZ: Seven security guards shot dead in Algeria 10/23/09
ET: Ethiopia: ONLF Claims Victory Over Fighting With the Ethiopian Troops 10/21/09
ET: 1984 famine in Ethiopia to repeat itself 10/23/09
SD: LRA kill five people in South Sudan's Raja County 10/22/09
SO: Islamist rebels in Somalia execute two for “spying” 10/25/09
SO: Somali government, insurgents vow escalation 10/23/09
UG: Uganda: ADF Rebels Set to Strike, Says Official 10/21/09
Special Operations
MA: NATO and Morocco Sign Agreement on Non-NATO Con… 10/23/09
NG: Nigeria To Deploy More Resources To Peace Initiatives 10/24/09
UG: EAC states, US joint military exercise ends in northern Uganda 10/26/09
Security Forces
AA: US drones protecting ships from Somali pirates 10/23/09
CD: MONUC continues to assist the DRC in the reinforcement of the rule of law 10/21/09
CD: China, DRC seek to further military ties 10/21/09
KE: Never ending war between Turkana and Sudanese 10/21/09
KE: Somali General Confirms Kenya Recruiting Soldiers 10/23/09
ML: US to give Mali equipment for military forces 10/21/09
SC: Pirate-hemmed Seychelles to deploy troops on remote isles 10/22/09
SD: South Sudan army free 46 Darfurians abducted by LRA rebels 10/26/09
Foreign Affairs
AA: Rwanda, DRC mending ties 10/26/09
AA: Zimbabwe must not be allowed to return to instability: safrica 10/21/09
CF: United Nations Mission in Central African Republic, Chad continues to build … 10/22/09
GM: Gambian president urges ceasefire 10/22/09
GN: China-Guinea deal highlights Africa business ties 10/24/09
KE: Kenya set for major reforms 10/23/09
LY: Libya Fuels North African ‘Arms Race' 10/21/09
NG: Nigeria: Security Council Victory at the UN 10/23/09
SD: US Again Seeks Sudan's Help 10/22/09
ZA: South Africa: A Difficult Partnership – The United States and South Africa 10/23/09
Crime
AA: Malta's migration route turns from human to cocaine and heroin trafficking 10/25/09
AA: Internet giants join forces to beat Nigerian e-mail scams 10/26/09
CD: Rape used as weapon in DR Congo war 10/22/09
KE: Kenya police kill kidnap suspects 10/22/09
NG: Nigeria: NDLEA Arrests Youth Corper for Cocaine Trafficking 10/21/09
SO: Panama ship hijacked off Somalia 10/22/09
SO: Somalia court gives pirates jail terms 10/26/09
