Tag: rebel groups
Caught On Camera: Sudanese Air Force Bombing African Villages
AFRICANGLOBE - Images show Sudanese Armed Forces and military equipment - including hundreds of armoured trucks and Heavy-Lift Transporters - massing at nearby bases between late October and mid-November before the November 17 attack. At El Obeid air base, four Russian Mi-24 helicopters, three Nanchang Q-5 bombers, two Mig-29 fighter-bombers, two Antonov aircraft, one Mi-17 transport helicopter, and one Shaanxi Y-8 transport are seen organising before images show evidence of aerial bombardment around the town.
Arabs, Tuaregs Join Forces To Conquer Northern Mali
AFRICANGLOBE - The three main rebel groups in northern Mali have agreed to merge, creating a united front in an ongoing peace process with the government. A Tuareg invasion in northern Mali last year plunged the country into chaos, leading to a coup in the capital Bamako and the occupation of the north by Arab terrorists.
Uganda Rubbishes Sudan’s Claim of Rebel Support
The Ugandan government has denied claims by Khartoum that Kampala supports rebels fighting the Sudan government of suspected war criminal Omar al-Bashir.
Bashir's advisor, Mustafa...
China in Africa – the Blowback Begins
If this isn't a sign of how far the USA has fallen, I don't know what is. Twenty years ago it would have been American workers targeted by rebel groups. But the times they are a-changing, and two kidnappings in the last week suggest China's increasingly dominant role in the world - and especially Africa - is being recognised. And not in a good way.
