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Leaders in Africa and around the world give lip service to addressing underlying causes of terrorism, violent internal conflicts, criminal violence and other threats. In practice, they prioritize militarized responses that are not only abusive of human rights but also ineffective and counter-productive. African conflicts are most often seen in terms of simplistic narratives and applied to the entire continent. But each country is distinct. Most are at peace, afflicted not by war and warlords, b...

AfricaFocus Bulletins with Material on Politics and Human Rights April 19, 2021  Confronting Global Apartheid Demands Global Solidarity http://www.africafocus.org/docs21/ga2104.php     "The COVID-19 pandemic has both revealed and deepened structural inequalities around the world. Nearly every country has been hit by economic downturn, but the impacts are unevenly felt. Within and across countries, the people who have suffered most are those already disadvantaged by race, class, gender, o...

The long battle against the Maoists Updated: Updated: April 20, 2021 22:16 IST Unconventional wars are not fought merely on the ground; they are battles between minds of steel Share Article AAA Unconventional wars are not fought merely on the ground; they are battles between minds of steel In the April 3 encounter between security forces and the Maoists in Sukma, a Maoist stronghold in Chhattisgarh, 22 jawans were killed — seven from the Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), a unit...

Taarifa Rwanda Published 6 hours ago Burundian soldiers may lose rights to booze unless they strictly observe discipline and professional ethics.  Alain Tribert Mutabazi, Burundi Minister of National Defense and Veteran Affairs admitted on Thursday that there is gross indiscipline in the national army that needs to be quickly tamed. The revelation comes at a time some members of the country’s army have been involved in summary execution of civilians while under the influence of alcohol.  M...

Happiest moment of my life: Wife of CoBRA commando released from Maoist captivity Happiest moment of my life: Wife of CoBRA commando released from Maoist captivity CoBRA jawan Rakeshwar Singh Manhas who was kidnapped by the Naxals during Bijapur attack on April 3, has been released by them. advertisement UPDATED: April 9, 2021 06:01 IST CoBRA jawan Rakeshwar Singh Manhas (riding pillion on first bike) being brought back from Naxal captivity by the team of government-appointed mediators and medi...

Lord of the Red Corridor- Madvis Hidma Rs 40 lakhs bounty on Hidma Look at the faces of the resting Naxal fighters in the cover photograph above. What do you see? Weather-beaten, battle-scarred, lean and emotion-less faces, their sensibilities deadened by survival tensions and battle fatigue. These are young people just past adolescence, fighting for a cause they believe in but with resigned fatalism etched into their personas betraying no hope or expectation they’ll survive for long, but ...

Updated Apr 08, 2021 | 20:07 IST CoBRA jawan Rakeshwar Singh Manhas, who was kidnapped by Naxals during Bijapur attack on April 3, has been released by the Maoists, police sources said CRPF jawan Rakeshwar Singh Manhas released by Naxals&nbsp Raipur: Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) jawan Rakeshwar Singh Manhas, who was kidnapped by Naxals during the Bijapur ambush on April 3, has been released by the Maoists, Chhat...

Highlights "I felt proud of his bravery and how he had kept the dignity of his turban by helping a person in need," Yadwinder Kaur, wife of Balraj Singh told ZEE News. "It’s nothing less than making a sacrifice for a Sikh to remove his turban – a Sikh’s pride," said Balraj Singhs maternal aunt. Commando Balraj Singh did not think twice before taking off his dastar (turban) – an article of Sikh faith – to bandage the wound of his fellow commando even as he himself had sustained injur...

Rakeshwar Manhas with group of social workers who got him released from Maoists at Basaguda camp in Bijapur NEW DELHI: After five days in Maoist captivity, Central Reserve police force (CRPF) personnel Rakeshwar Singh Manhas walked free on Thursday evening after the rebels released him at an undisclosed location in the forests of South Bastar in Chhattisgarh. “It was an unconditional release. The abducted CRPF’s CoBRA battalion commando was handed over to social worker Dharamlal Saini and...

Appoint interlocutor, jawan is safe: Maoists Appoint interlocutor, jawan is safe: Maoists IANS / Updated: Apr 8, 2021, 06:00 IST Naxals claim missing CRPF commando is in their safe custody RAIPUR Three days after the deadly attack on security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, the Maoists in a communique has declared that the missing CRPF commando is in their ‘safe custody’ and they are ready to release him only after an interlocutor will be appointed to talk to them. Dandakara...