The Oure Cassoni refugee camp in northeast Chad ‘is something of a nexus in the geopolitics of Darfur.’ It is ‘home to 27,000 refugees, most of whom have been here for more than five years.’ The U.N. special representative to Chad describes it as a ‘rest and recuperation facility for rebels from the Justice and [...]

Radical Islamists have moved beyond Algeria where the al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is principally based. These militants have now found support among the Saharan citizens of Mauritania, Mali, and Niger. It has been observed that al-Qaeda rebel movement has been ‘increasingly threatening Africa’s Sahara belt, scaring away investors and tourists as they undercut [...]

The UN Security Council urges Member States to act vigorously to end impunity for those who violate children’s rights by recruiting them to become child soldiers. The agency also reiterated its condemnation of the employment of children in war by combatant sides, as well as violence and sexual abuse of children who are victims in [...]

The transcripts of the recorded interview with Guantanamo prisoner Mohammad el Gharani were shown on the English-language website of a TV network in Qatar. The interview was a result of a telephone call to Al Jazeera, an international Arabic television network, which Gharani instead called when he was given permission to phone a relative. The [...]