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COTE D IVOIRE: Village attacks leave 11 dead
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ABIDJAN, 7 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Eleven people were shot or hacked to death when unidentified assailants attacked a village in the volatile cocoa-growing western region of war-torn Cote d’Ivoire, hospital and police officials said on Tuesday.Full report
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SOMALIA: Violent protests against Prophet Muhammad cartoons
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GAROWE, 7 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - One person was killed and three others injured in Bosasso, capital of the self-declared autonomous Somali region of Puntland, when thousands of Muslims protested against the publication in Denmark of controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. Full report
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UGANDA: LRA's Joseph Kony now in DRC, says military
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KAMPALA, 7 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - The leader of the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony, has crossed over to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from his hideout in southern Sudan, the Ugandan military has said. Full report
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CHAD-SUDAN: Mounting Darfur violence threatens talks, AU warns
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ABUJA, 6 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Mounting violence in Sudan’s Darfur region is undermining talks taking place in the Nigerian capital to end the three-year conflict, according to the African Union (AU).Full report
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GUINEA-BISSAU: Dispute over pay threatens school year
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BISSAU, 6 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - Teachers in the tiny West African state of Guinea-Bissau have suspended a strike over arrears, but students who began the year weeks late due to a cholera epidemic fear the lingering dispute may nullify the academic year.Full report
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COTE D IVOIRE: Security Council bolsters troubled peacekeeping force
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NEW YORK , 6 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday agreed to send a company of peacekeeping troops from the UN mission in Liberia to war-torn neighbour Cote d’Ivoire after a spate of anti-UN violence.Full report
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COMOROS: AU pre-election mission reports back
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JOHANNESBURG, 6 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - As the Comoros prepare for upcoming elections that will test their new power-sharing arrangement, South Africa is gearing up to do its part in ensuring the April elections are free and fair. Full report
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UGANDA: UNICEF calls for renewed effort to end suffering in the north
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KAMPALA, 6 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - There is a need for new ideas and a fresh resolve to end the suffering of children in northern Uganda, a top official of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said. Full report
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SOMALIA: Six killed in clash over land in Somaliland
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HARGEYSA, 6 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - At least six people were killed and more than 30 injured when rival Somali clans clashed over land on the outskirts of Hargeysa, the capital of the self-declared republic of Somaliland. Full report
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COTE D IVOIRE: Enough is enough – it’s time for sanctions say some Ivorians
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ABIDJAN, 3 Feb 2006 (IRIN) - As the United Nations debates whether to impose sanctions on individuals seen as blocking peace in Cote d’Ivoire, some residents of the main city Abidjan wonder why the move is taking so long and wish the UN would act quickly – and severely. Full report
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