Victims of Boko Haram, and Now Shunned by Their Communities Dionne Searcy, The New York Times  18 May 2016  Image: Ashley Gilbertson for The New York Times  DALORI, Nigeria — Zara and her little brother thought they were finally safe. After being held captive by Boko Haram for months, they made it to this government camp for thousands of civilians who have fled the militants’ cruelty. But instead of a welcome, residents gathered around,

International Arrest Warrant Doesn’t Deter Globe-trotting by Sudan’s President Carol Morello, The Washington Post 18 May, 2016 Image: Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir laughs at a ceremony in Uganda on Thursday, defying an international arrest warrant on genocide charges. (Edward Echwalu/Reuters) For a man with an international arrest warrant hanging over his head on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, Sudanese President

The militants next door: Tunisia sees its sons join the Islamic State in neighboring Libya — and then return to attack SUDARSAN RAGHAVAN, The Washington Post  14 May 2016 Image: Young men hang out in a cafe in Ben Guerdane, Tunisia. A lack of jobs in the city means many are vulnerable to Islamic State recruiters. (PHOTOS BY LORENZO TUGNOLI FOR THE WASHINGTON POST ) ben guerdane, tunisia — The families arrived at the cemetery in the night carrying

The world’s abandonment of Darfur Eric Reeves, The Washington Post  13 May 2016 The Darfur genocide in western Sudan — the first genocide of the 21st century and the longest one in more than a century — is about to achieve another distinction. It will be the first genocide in which the victims will be abandoned. An international peacekeeping force designed to halt violence against civilians and humanitarians — the United Nations-African

International arrest warrant doesn’t deter globe-trotting by Sudan’s president Carol Morello, The Washington Post 13 May 2016 Image: Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir laughs at a ceremony in Uganda on Thursday, defying an international arrest warrant on genocide charges. (Edward Echwalu/Reuters) For a man with an international arrest warrant hanging over his head on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, Sudanese President Omar

Rwanda Ex-Mayors Suspected of Roles in Genocide Go on Trial AURELIEN BREEDEN, The New York Times 10 May 2016 PARIS — Two former mayors from Rwanda went on trial in Paris on Tuesday for their suspected role in massacres of ethnic Tutsi in the early stages of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Tito Barahira, 64, the mayor of Kabarondo, a town nearly 50 miles east of the capital, Kigali, from 1977 to 1986, was a local Hutu party leader at the time of the

President Buhari's corruption plans have gone down a treat, but is there too much on his plate? Mail and Guardian 13 May 2016 Image: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13949550   Of all those in London at this week's conference on corruption, the show went to Nigerian president Muhammudu Buhari who cut a figure in his hat and robes. There were several heads of government including David Cameron and Afghan president Ashraf Ghani whose country

Kenya Plans to Expel Somali Refugees From Dadaab Camp, Citing Terror Threat Jeffrey Gettleman, The New York Times   11 May 2016   The Kenyan government has announced that it plans to expel hundreds of thousands of refugees, a move that aid agencies say would violate international law and endanger many people. For years, Kenya has threatened to shut down the Dadaab refugee camp, where hundreds of thousands of Somalis have been marooned for

Alex de Waal declares Omar al-Bashir Worthy of a “Nobel Prize in Financial Management”—Irony or Perverse Self-congratulation? Eric Reeves | May 7, 2016 | http://wp.me/p45rOG-1Te A video from April 2014, with clips of Day 2 of the Third Tana (Madagascar) Forum on Impact of Illicit Financial Flows on Peace and Security in Africa (April 27, 2014) has recently gained wide circulation among Sudanese—and with good reason (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHwMkcPPBCw&sns=fb&app=desktop).

How to rebuild Nigeria after Boko Haram Mannir Dan Ali, BBC Africa 10 May 2016   Image: Boko Haram has carried out random attacks on communities, Mannir Dan Ali, who edits Nigeria's Daily Trust paper, considers the hard task of rebuilding lives and communities now that the worst of the Boko Haram insurgency seems to be over. Nigeria's north-eastern Borno State covers 92,890 sq km (35,865 sq miles) - an area bigger than Portugal. It straddles