Democratic Republic of Congo and Mali: Multinational Forces Supporting Weak States Walter Sebastian and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Multinational forces in Mali led by France are currently bombarding Islamist forces in several parts of this country. Meanwhile, the United Nations (UN) is deeply troubled by the M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of [...]
African Union Troops and Somali National Army making headway against Islamists in Kismayo Jibril Khoury and Walter Sebastian Modern Tokyo Times The long awaited assault by forces from the African Union (AMISOM) and Somali Nation Army (SNA) against the Islamist al-Shabaab (al-Shabab) in Kismayo is firmly underway. Initial reports are claiming that the SNA and [...]
Sudan and South Sudan strike a deal but tensions will remain Jay Doggett and Boutros Hussein Modern Tokyo Times Sudan and South Sudan have struck a vital deal which should pave the way for more normal relations in the short-term. This applies to oil payments between both nations which were in dispute until the signing [...]
Kenyan Muslim leaders respond quickly to terrorist attacks against Christians Boutros Hussein and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Adan Wachu is extremely angry by the recent terrorist attack against Christians in Kenya and clearly this individual is thinking deeply about events in northern Nigeria. His views count powerfully because he is the head of [...]
Sudan and South Sudan crisis and the international community Joachim de Villiers and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Recent tensions between Sudan and South Sudan are setting off alarm bells within the African Union (AU) and throughout the international community. The policies of Arabization and Islamizaton were endless for many decades because of various [...]
South Sudan seeks a solution to threats from Sudan: Uganda also watching events Joachim de Villiers, Pierre Leblanc and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Recent tensions between Sudan and South Sudan point clearly in the favor of South Sudan which is seeking a solution to a very delicate situation. President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, on [...]
Sudan and South Sudan on the verge of more bloodshed Joachim de Villiers, Pierre Leblanc and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times Omar al-Bashir, the President of Sudan, commented that he wanted to “liberate” the new entity of South Sudan from its own leaders. This was stated after forces from South Sudan entered and seized [...]
Uganda: No Resolutions to Growing Tensions International Crisis Group Africa Report N°187 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Most Ugandans are better off than they were a quarter-century ago, when Yoweri Museveni became president. But frequent demonstrations and violent crackdowns indicate many are deeply dissatisfied with his administration. This is largely the consequence of a slow shift from [...]
Review of 2011 internationally and events in Japan (March 11 and brutal tsunami) James Jomo and Lee Jay Walker Modern Tokyo Times In 2011 many political convulsions have challenged nations in North Africa and the Middle East. The optimism of the so-called “Arab Spring” remains to be unfulfilled because you have so much uncertainty in [...]
The Twitter War: A New Battleground for Kenya and al-Shabaab Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 9 Issue: 47 By: Muhyadin Ahmed Roble The Jamestown Foundation Two months after Kenya launched a military intervention into Somalia in an effort to seize the al-Shabaab stronghold of Kismayu, the Kenyan military and the Somali militants have entered into [...]
Prosecutor Warns Not to Ignore al-Shabaab Threat IPT News Steven Emerson and The Investigative Project on Terrorism U.S. policymakers need “to take al-Shabaab seriously” when the Somali terror group talks about targeting the United States, longtime federal prosecutor W. Anders Folk told the Investigative Project on Terrorism. He emphasized that Al-Shabaab, al-Qaida in the Arabian [...]
Khartoum Besieged? : Sudan’s Rebel Movements Unite against the Center Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 9 Issue: 43 By: Andrew McGregor The Jamestown Foundation Sudan’s military offensive against rebels in its southern Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan provinces has begun to spill over the new border with South Sudan with potentially devastating results for the region. [...]
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