DR Congo, Nigeria, Somalia, Zimbabwe 2007

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Clashes between various armed groups in North Kivu have displaced tens of thousands of people. Photo: Gratien Ira/IRIN

Gen Laurent Nkunda, the commander of dissident forces in the Congo accused of terrorizing civilians. Photo: Arthur Asiimwe/IRIN

DRC: caught in web of clashes between armed groups IRIN October 25, 2007 Kabila seeks US help for DRC army Mark Doyle BBC News October 22, 2007 (You will leave this site.) Atrocities in East Congo attributed to all parties.  Fighters routinely terrorize civilians, Human Rights Watch report says. Stephanie McCrummen Washington Post October 24, 2007 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.) See the Human Rights Watch report  Behind the war in eastern DR Congo Arnaud Zajtman BBC News October 22, 2007

DR Congo's army is trying to contain a rebellion in the east. Photo: AFP

Country profile BBC News  August 2007 (You will leave this site.)

Congo train to combat malaria: a two-day mission to deliver 300,000 mosquito nets by rail to 10% of Congo's population has begun BBC News  August 11, 2007 (You will leave this site.)

Congolese general Laurent Nkunda: for Tutsis of eastern Congo, protector, exploiter or both?  Stephanie McCrummen Washington Post August 5, 2007 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.)

Mobutu left his country in ruins. Photo: BBC

Swiss to return $7 million of ex-Congolese president Mobuto funds. Congolese president Kabila disappointed that $1 billion more not returned. BBC News  July 17, 2007 (You will leave this site.)

Congo's peace: miracle or mirage? Jason K. Stearns  International Crisis Group April 23, 2007

Congo--timeline of events  BBC News  March 23, 2007 (You will leave this site.)

Army regains control of Kinshasa  BBC News  March 23, 2007 (You will leave this site.)

Democratic Republic of Congo--at the center of what could be termed Africa's world war  BBC News March 6, 2007  (You will leave this site.)

Nigeria

Nigeria reassigns top corruption fighter Lydia Polgreen New York Times December 29, 2007 (You will leave this site.)

Country profile BBC News  May 2007 (You will leave this site.)

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This malnourished child was brought to a feeding center in Maradi in 2005. Photo: Edward Parsons/IRIN

Oil-rich Nigeria’s malnourished throng to Niger’s feeding centers IRIN June 13, 2007 (You will leave this site.)

Nigerian governing party candidate wins election. Election mired in controversy Alex Last  BBC News  April 24, 2007 (You will leave this site.)

Nigeria: Danger signs on democracy road  Ike Okonta April 12, 2007 Call for Nigeria election rerun BBC News  April 22, 2007 (You will leave this site. )Nigerian governing party candidate wins election. Election mired in controversy Alex Last  BBC News  April 24, 2007 (You will leave this site.)

Many men angry at poverty and pollution have picked up guns in the Delta region of Nigeria.  Photo:  ©BBC

Elections highlight Delta woes Alex Last BBC News  April 18, 2007 (You will leave this site.) Abubakar to contest Nigeria poll BBC News  April 17, 2007 (You will leave this site.)

Somalia

Ethiopia in Somalia: One year later Martin Plaut BBC News December 28, 2007 (You will leave this site.)

Mogadishu is empty after 60% of its residents fled. Photo: BBC

Somali ghost town: Mogadishu emptied by fighting - its residents afraid to return BBC News  December 6, 2007 (You will leave this site.)  Displaced in Somalia: Faduma, mother of two  BBC News  November 14, 2007

Somalia has seen a surge in violence since Ethiopian and Somali government troops ousted Islamists from Mogadishu and other parts of Somalia last December. Photo: AFP

Thousands more leave Somalia as troops converge IRIN November 6, 2007 Warning of Somali catastrophe BBC News  October 31, 2007 (You will leave this site.)  Heavy fighting in Somali capital   BBC News  October 27, 2007 (You will leave this site.)

Food shortages and high malnutrition rates have hit residents of Lower and Middle Shabelle Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN

Somalia: Alarming malnutrition rates as food crisis hits Shabelle region IRIN August 15, 2007 (You will leave this site.) More Somalia stories.  More nutrition stories

Country profile BBC News  July 2007 (You will leave this site.)

UN disagrees with Somalia government over scale of Somali crisis BBC News  May 22, 2007 (You will leave this site.)  

Civilians displaced by recent fighting outside their makeshift houses in Mogadishu  Photo:© IRIN

Fierce fighting has resumed in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, following UN warnings of a humanitarian disaster BBC News  April 20, 2007 (You will leave this site.) Somalia: Uneasy calm as Mogadishu guns fall silent IRIN News April 2, 2007 (You will leave this site.)

A Somali student is taken to a hospital after being wounded during an attack Tuesday night in the capital, Mogadishu.  Photo:  ©Mohamed Sheikh Nor/Associated Press

The collapse of the Somali Islamic Courts  Adan Abokor and Steve Kibble  January 19, 2007  U.S. troops went into Somalia after raid. No top targets confirmed dead. Stephanie McCrummen Washington Post  January 12, 2007 (You will leave this site and be required to register [once] with the Post.) Somalia at the crossroads (commentary)   Harun Hassan January 13, 2007 Somali Capital Awash in Anger At Ethiopia, U.S., Interim Leaders  Stephanie McCrummen   Washington Post  January 11, 2007  U.S. air strike in Somalia targets Al-Qaeda figure  Karen DeYoung  Washington Post  January 9, 2007 Ethiopia urged to leave Somalia  BBC News  December 27, 2006 (You will leave this site.)  SOMALIA: Continuing fighting forces hundreds more to flee homes  IRIN  December 21, 2006 (You will leave this site.)  Somalis 'at war' with Ethiopia  BBC News  December 13, 2006 (You will leave this site.)

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe 'running out of bread'   BBC News  October 1, 2007 (You will leave this site.)

Country profile BBC News July 2007 (You will leave this site.)

No camps' for Zimbabwe migrants in South Africa--integration into society and economy viewed as better choice as 3000 per day cross border Peter Greste BBC News  August 24, 2007 (You will leave this site.)

UN in food aid plea for Zimbabwe--3 million at risk of hunger   BBC News  August 1, 2007 (You will leave this site.)

Police patrols enforce price controls. Photo  LAZELE/Kubatana

Zimbabwe: price controls devastating rural economy IRIN July 24, 2007 (You will leave this site.)

Many Zimbabweans feel driven to flee by poverty and hunger. Photo: BBC

Zimbabwe's starving border jumpers Orla Guerin BBC News  May 10, 2007 (You will leave this site.) Huge rise in Zimbabwe inflation BBC News  May 17, 2007

MDC official Sekai Holland is one of those allegedly beaten by police Photo:  ©BBC

Mugabe warns 'political' Catholic bishops Mail & Guardian May 4, 2007 You will leave this site.)   Zimbabwe: Police ban media marches IRIN News May 3, 2007 (You will leave this site.)  Zimbabwe's archbishop opposes Mugabe Grant Ferrett BBC News  April 17, 2007 (You will leave this site.)  'Crackdown' on Zimbabwe activists BBC News  March 20, 2007

Zimbabwe: Change is coming: the first step in a long journey Mary Ndlovu March 29, 2007

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