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Monthly Archives: December 2010
SUDAN VOTE COULD MAKE A NEW NATION, A WAR OR BOTH
Sudan Vote Could Make A New Nation, A War, Or Both US NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO by Frank Langfitt December 14, 2010 People stand in line at Juba University for hours to register to vote next month on independence for Southern … Continue reading
Posted in AFRICA, AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, ARMED CONFLICT, NEWS & REPORTS, OIL & GAS, POLITICS, RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, RISK ANALYSIS, SEPARATISM, SUDAN
Tagged DEFENCE & SECURITY, DEFENCE NEWS AND REPORTS, GEOPOLITICS & STRATEGIC STUDIES, OIL AND GAS, PEACE KEEPING, RISK ANALYSIS, SUDAN, SUDAN ARMED FORCES, SUDAN ARMY, SUDAN REFERENDUM
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DISPUTED BORDER AREA COULD REIGNITE WAR IN SUDAN
Disputed Border Area Could Reignite War In Sudan US NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO by Frank Langfitt December 12, 2010 Guillaume Lavalee/AFP/Getty Images A U.N. peacekeeper stands guard in Abyei last month. The Sudanese town on the faultline between north and … Continue reading
Posted in AFRICA, AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, ARMED CONFLICT, INFRASTRUCTURE, NEWS & REPORTS, OIL & GAS, POLITICS, SEPARATISM, SUDAN
Tagged DEFENCE & SECURITY, DEFENCE NEWS AND REPORTS, GEOPOLITICS & STRATEGIC STUDIES, OIL AND GAS, PEACE KEEPING, SUDAN, SUDAN ARMED FORCES, SUDAN ARMY, SUDAN REFERENDUM
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Dreams Of Life In Southern Sudan Clash With Reality by Frank Langfitt US NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO December 15, 2010 Abd Raouf/APAt a staging area 20 miles south of Khartoum, a man carries his suitcase as he makes his way to … Continue reading
Posted in AFRICA, ARMED CONFLICT, INFRASTRUCTURE, NEWS & REPORTS, PEOPLE AND POLITICS, POLITICS, RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, SEPARATISM, SUDAN
Tagged DEFENCE & SECURITY, DEFENCE NEWS AND REPORTS, GEOPOLITICS & STRATEGIC STUDIES, OIL AND GAS, PEACE KEEPING, SUDAN, SUDAN ARMED FORCES, SUDAN ARMY, SUDAN REFERENDUM
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GHANA BEGINS PUMPING OIL
Ghana Begins Pumping Oil VOA News 15 December 2010 Photo: AFP Ghanaian President John Atta Mills (2nd R) turns a valve at FPSO Kwame Nkrumah oil rig at the Jubilee field in Takoradi, 15 Dec 2010 Ghana has joined the … Continue reading
Posted in AFRICA, ECONOMICS, MINING AND MINERALS, NATURAL RESOURCES, OIL & GAS, POLITICS
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5,000 NIGERIAN TROOPS FOUGHT IN ANGOLA’S FIRST CIVIL WAR?
The fact that as many as 5,000 Nigerian troops fought in Angola around 1976-77 may be the most widely-unknown fact in the annals of Nigeria’s very long history of foreign military operations. In the aftermath of January 1976 OAU summit … Continue reading
Posted in AFRICA, AFRICAN ARMED FORCES, ARMED CONFLICT, GLOBAL DEFENCE NEWS, NIGERIA, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, OIL & GAS, POLITICS, SEPARATISM, VETERANS AFFAIRS, WEST AFRICAN STANDBY FORCE
Tagged DEFENCE & SECURITY, DEFENCE NEWS AND REPORTS, GEOPOLITICS & STRATEGIC STUDIES, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY, OIL AND GAS, PEACE KEEPING
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PRESIDENT JONATHAN ATTENDS DECORATION OF NEW MAJOR GENERALS
Jonathan attends decoration of 22 Major Generals Thursday, December 09, 2010 President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday asked Nigerian military to do more for the nation, stating that the challenges of insecurity being experienced in the country would be “under full … Continue reading
SECURITY FORCES CLASH WITH BOKO HARAM INSURGENTS, FIVE DEAD
Nigeria security forces clash with sect, five dead CHANNELS TELEVISION,LAGOS. December 6, 2010 Nigerian security forces have shot dead two suspected members of a radical Islamist sect in a gun battle in the remote northeast, and three civilians were killed … Continue reading
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Tagged Boko Haram, DEFENCE & SECURITY, DEFENCE NEWS AND REPORTS, GEOPOLITICS & STRATEGIC STUDIES, NIGERIAN AIR FORCE, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN ARMY, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN POLITICS, PEACE KEEPING, RISK ANALYSIS
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NAVY PROMOTE 100 OFFICERS, INCLUDING FIRST LADY REAR ADMIRAL
Navy promotes 100, including the first Lady Rear Admiral. Sunday, December 05, 2010 The Nigerian Navy on Sunday announced the promotion of 100 of its senior officers. This followed the meeting of the Navy Board. In the promotion, the Navy … Continue reading
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Tagged DEFENCE & SECURITY, DEFENCE NEWS AND REPORTS, GEOPOLITICS & STRATEGIC STUDIES, NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES, NIGERIAN MILITARY HISTORY, NIGERIAN NAVY
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ARMY AVIATION TO REMAIN PART OF RUSSIAN AIR FORCE
Army aviation to remain part of Russian Air Force Ka-52 helicopter 18:03 01/12/2010 © RIA Novosti. Anton Denisov Army aviation will remain part of Russia’s Air Force, and its fleet will be fully upgraded in the future, a deputy … Continue reading
