By Jacque Kahorha in Goma (AR No. 167, 17-Apr-08) Many of the estimated 6,000 Hutu militia fighters now in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, say they won’t be treated fairly if they return to Rwanda. Many of these fighters say they fled Rwanda more than ten years ago as children, […]
Brazil: Blogging helps the police to mobilize and protest
by Paula Góes Lieutenant Melquisedec Nascimento, a blogger since April 2007,reports [pt] that his house was visited by four officials from the Police Internal Affairs Department, a special force that investigates crimes committed by police officers. According to him, this visit followed Saturday’s order from Rio de Janeiro Governor Sergio Cabral that the blogger be arrested immediately. Cláudio […]
Patrolling Al-qaida’s Last Baghdad Stronghold
There is a view of the modern American GI shaped by Hollywood and television news: trigger-happy, brutalized, unreflective. Then there is the reality – of thousands of young men and women, each an individual character with their own motivations and fears, growing up extraordinarily fast and often able to perceive their situation with searing clarity. […]
Study Reveals Suicide Rate Among Soldiers Is At Its Record Level
While waiting for the Army to decide whether to court-martial her for endangering another soldier and attempting to kill herself the previous year in Iraq, Lieutenant Elizabeth Whiteside, who was a psychiatric outpatient at Walter Reed Army Medical Center had attempted to commit suicide on Monday evening. As a result, Whiteside joins the number of […]
JEM claims ‘Victory’ over Sudanese Army
Two battalions were defeated with twenty-nine soldiers and thirty-two vehicles being captured according to the rebels. However, the Sudanese army has denied the heavy losses. But, the army has confirmed a clash outside of el-Geneina. As a result of fighting between the pro-government forces and the rebels, over two-hundred thousand people have died. While international […]
Mugabe keeps everyone guessing
Zimbabwe’s crucial elections are just six months away but President Robert Mugabe is keeping everyone, including his own lieutenants, guessing. No one knows exactly when the elections will be held. But more importantly who will be contesting especially from his own party Mugabe has been endorsed as the party’s presidential candidate and only God […]