News, December 27, 2009

Africa

	Sudan-Chad Ties Thaw After Meeting: Khartoum
	Independence an Uncertain Draw for Khartoum Southerners
	Libya Accuses Swiss of Abusing Gaddafi's Son

News, December 25, 2009

Africa

	Violence in Somalia Over Land Dispute Kills Eight
	Grim Legacy of Liberia's Most Isolated Town

News, December 21, 2009

Sudan

Sudan Parliament to Vote Again on Referendum Law US Criticizes Sudan Parliament on Referendum Law

Guinea

Guinea Junta Should Be 'Held to Account' for Massacre: US Guinea's Military Celebrates 1 Year of Power

Africa

UN Extends Mandate of Congo Peacekeeping Force Somali Militants Enforce Taliban-Style Dress Code Group Blasts UNESCO Over Equatorial Guinea Link Zimbabwe Rivals Getting Along, but No Breakthrough

News, December 23, 2009

Africa

	Shellings Rock Mogadishu, Parliament Comes Under Attack
	France Says Guinea Junta Chief's Return Could Bring War

Africa

	Report: Guinea Massacre 'Crime Against Humanity'
	Zimbabwe Politicians Reach Breakthrough
	UN: Ugandan Rebel Attacks May Have Been War Crimes

Somalia

	Ideological Differences Split Somalia's Al-Shabaab
	West Warns That Somalia Is Becoming a Haven for International Terrorists

News, December 21, 2009

Mortar Shell Attacks Kills at Least 14 in Somalia

Africa

	Radical Islam Meets a Buffer in North Africa
	Somali Islamists Order Men to Shave Mustaches and Release the Beards
	Italy Uses All Channels to Free Mauritania Hostages

News, December 20, 2009

Africa

	Critics Bristle at UN Force in Chad, Central African Republic
	Official: Two Italians Kidnapped in Mauritania
	Test for a Court as Prosecutors Face Liberia's Ex-Ruler
	Madagascar Leader Fires Prime Minister

Nigeria

Nigerian Militants Attack Oil Pipeline, Breaking Cease-Fire Nigeria Oil Rebels Claim Attack Over Talks Delay Nigeria's Future, President's Power in Question 'Missing President Is Being Used as an Excuse' to Delay Reforms in Nigeria

Sudan

South Sudan Town Stuck Between Two Armies Sudan Says Human Rights Situation in Darfur 'Better'

Morocco

	Western Sahara Activist: Weak and in Pain, but Home After 32-Day Hunger Strike
	Hundreds Rally in Spain in Favor of West Sahara Activist

News, December 19, 2009

Africa

	Eritrea's National Soccer Team Seeks Asylum in Kenya
	Morocco: Western Sahara Separatist Allowed to Return

News, December 18, 2009

Guinea

Human Rights Watch: Guinea Massacre Premeditated

News, December 15, 2009

Africa

	Scores Killed in Mogadishu Violence
	Deadly Fault Line Threatens to Reignite Civil War in Sudan

Yemen Yemen Rebels Say Air Raid Kills 120 Crises Multiply for Divided Yemen Rights Group Condemns Yemen Security Force 'Abuses' in South

Columnists Justin Raimondo 12/16/2009 The War Democrats Ivan Eland 12/16/2009 Obama's Peace Prize Continues Tradition of Dubious Choices Kelley B. Vlahos 12/15/2009 One War Obama May Curtail Philip Giraldi 12/10/2009 No-sama bin Laden Nebojsa Malic 12/05/2009 Trial and Error David R. Henderson 11/30/2009 A Coalition's Progress: Monterey's Anti-Afghan War Demonstration Charles V. Peña 11/20/2009 More Sanctions, More Insanity Ran HaCohen 7/20/2009 Fascism Needs an Enemy Alan Bock 7/06/2009 Independence, Empire Don't Mesh Edouard Husson 5/22/2009 The Virtues of Gorbachevism Additional Contributors Ehsan Ahrari Doug Bandow Uri Avnery Matthew Barganier Patrick J. Buchanan Juan Cole Jonathan Cook Christopher Deliso Sibel Edmonds Tom Engelhardt Joshua Frank Aaron Glantz Leon Hadar Jorge Hirsch Scott Horton Jeff Huber Dahr Jamail Kathy Kelly William S. Lind Jim Lobe Sascha Matuszak Ray McGovern Thomas Gale Moore Brendan O'Neill Rep. Ron Paul John Pilger Murray Polner Gareth Porter Gordon Prather Charley Reese Paul Craig Roberts Mark Rothschild Michael Scheuer Norman Solomon Paul Sperry Joseph Stromberg Jon Basil Utley Jude Wanniski Teresa Whitehurst Andy Worthington More Columnists

News

	Human Rights Watch Cites Surge in Brutal Killings, Gang Rapes in Congo
	As Thousands Flee Regime, Eritrea Would Go It Alone
	2,000 Died in Sudan Violence in 2009, Group Says
	Heavy Clash Kills Three, Wounds Seven Others in Mogadishu
	Guinea Junta Rejects Proposal for Foreign Troops

News, December 14, 2009 -- Africa

	Somalia Islamist Militants Execute 2 Men
	Report Cites Vast Civilian Killings in East Congo
	Guinea: West African Bloc Calls for Preventive Troops

Sudan

	UN: 2 Hostages Freed From Darfur
	Sudan Leaders Reach Deal on Disputed Reforms
	Sudan Leaders Agree on South Referendum Law