Friday, July 23, 2010
Venezuela has cut ties with Colombia, after being accused of harbouring FARC rebels.
At a meeting of the Organisation of American States (OAS), Colombian ambassador Luis Alfonso Hoyos demanded an international commission investigate sites in Venezuela where the guerrillas are believed to be hiding.
He accused Caracas of helping rebels responsible for kidnappings, drug-trafficking and murder.
Speaking at the OAS meeting, Hoyos said: “Colombia does not want to return to this nightmare. And I say to the people of Venezuela, don’t let yourselves be enslaved by this nightmare. It is a tragedy we have suffered.”
The News:
http://www.euronews. … nship-with-colombia/
The Polisario Front expressed Monday condemnation of Moroccan new brutal repression against dozens of unarmed Sahrawi citizens, including activists of human rights, simply because peacefully demanding their right to self-determination and independence.
The Secretary-General of the Polisario Front, president of the Republic, Mohamed Abdelaziz, has called, in a letter to Mr. Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary general, to “take an urgent action to ensure the protection of human rights in the occupied Western Sahara, including an effective UN mechanism for this purpose.”
The News:
http://www.spsrasd.i … /detail.php?id=12681
Local sources from Amran governorate revealed that fighting between Houthi rebels and government-backed tribes over the past four days have left at least 49 people dead. However, the rebels’ spokesman, Mohammed Abdul Salam, told local media that 20 of al-Houthi affiliates were killed by the army and not by tribesmen.
Confrontations were taking place in Al-Amsheyah, in the northern Amran governorate, where the tribe of MP Sheikh Sagheer Aziz is allegedly besieged by the al-Houthi affiliates.
The News:
http://www.yemenpost … SubID=2438&MainCat=3
Thursday, July 22, 2010
A Military Statement.
Early in this morning, July 13th, 60 land cruiser vehicles of Sudan’s army and militia obstructed JEM tours near Kuma, North Darfur. As expected the Genocidaire’s force lost the battle and fled into Kuma town. Our forces pursued them inside the town and destroyed their military camp and captured 34 well-equipped vehicles.
This defeat comes in the eve of indictment of Al –Bashir for genocides and a day after his Official Military Spokesperson or ‘Official Military Denier’ as nicknamed locally declared total dispersion of JEM forces in Darfur.
The News:
http://www.sudanjem. … 9/archives/31766/en/
Although the international media has under-reported it, the world has recently witnessed a major event in the Horn of Africa - a free, fair and generally peaceful election in Somaliland.
On July 2, Isse Yusuf Mohamud, the chairman of Somaliland’s election commission, announced that Ahmed Mohamud Silanyo, the leader of the opposition Kulmiye Party, won the presidential election with 49.59 per cent of the 538,246 votes cast. The incumbent president, Dahir Riyale Kahin, came a distant second with 33.23 per cent of the votes.
International observers declared the election “free and fair” and praised the conduct of political actors and stakeholders involved in the election campaign.
Even more significantly, unlike many leaders in the region, Kahin embraced the popular verdict and accepted defeat gracefully.
A peaceful transfer of power is now underway.
The News:
http://english.aljaz … 721103446978514.html