Military


January 1999 Military News

  • U-N / SIERRA LEONE APPEAL Voice of America 29 January 1999 -- SIERRA LEONE SAYS THE U-N SECURITY COUNCIL SHOULD DO MORE TO STOP FOREIGN SUPPORT FOR THAT COUNTRY'S REBEL MOVEMENT.
  • PRESS CONFERENCE BY SIERRA LEONE 29 January 1999 Press Briefing -- The conflict in Sierra Leone was not internal, but a regional one, and the Security Council should be more even-handed in its approach to the crisis, the country's Finance Minister, James Jonah, told a Headquarters press conference this morning.
  • PHILIPPINES / REBELS Voice of America 29 January 1999 -- GOVERNMENT SOLDIERS DROVE SCHOOL CHILDREN AND TEACHERS TO SAFETY FRIDAY IN A REMOTE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINE COMMUNITY, FOLLOWING THEIR RELEASE BY BY REBELS BELONGING TO THE MORO ISLAMIC LIBERATION FRONT, OR M-I-L-F.
  • THE ROOTS OF AFRICA'S AGONY Voice of America 29 January 1999 -- CIVIL STRIFE IS CURRENTLY RAGING IN CONGO, ANGOLA, SUDAN, SOMALIA, BURUNDI, SIERRA LEONE, ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA. NEITHER THE END OF COLONIALISM NOR THE END OF THE COLD WAR ENABLED AFRICA TO SKAKE OFF ITS CYCLES OF WAR AND FAMINE.
  • EAST TIMOR Voice of America 28 January 1999 -- THE SKETCHY NATURE OF THE NEW INDONESIAN OFFER ON EAST TIMOR HAS RAISED MIXED REACTION, RANGING FROM CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM TO OUTRIGHT SCORN.
  • INDONESIA / EAST TIMOR Voice of America 28 January 1999 -- EAST TIMORESE WERE DIVIDED THURSDAY OVER JAKARTA'S OFFER THAT IT WILL CONSIDER INDEPENDENCE FOR THE TERRITORY.
  • U-N / TIMOR TALKS Voice of America 28 January 1999 -- UNITED NATIONS-SPONSORED TALKS ON THE FORMER PORTUGUESE COLONY OF EAST TIMOR GOT UNDER WAY TODAY (THURSDAY) IN NEW YORK.
  • SIERRA LEONE / REBELS Voice of America 28 January 1999 -- THROUGHOUT SIERRA LEONE'S EIGHT-YEAR-LONG CIVIL WAR, REBEL SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF KILLING, MUTILATING, RAPING AND KIDNAPPING CIVILIANS. MANY OBSERVERS SAY THE REBELS ALSO LACK A COHERENT POLITICAL AGENDA.
  • U-N / EAST TIMOR Voice of America 27 January 1999 -- INDONESIA'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT MAY CONSIDER INDEPENDENCE FOR THE PROVINCE OF EAST TIMOR CAME ONE DAY BEFORE THE RESUMPTION OF U-N SPONSORED TALKS IN NEW YORK ON THE FORMER PORTUGUESE COLONY.
  • ANGOLA/WAR Voice of America 26 January 1999 -- ANGOLA'S DEFENSE MINISTER IS CLAIMING SUCCESS IN THE LATEST FIGHTING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT FORCES AND REBELS OF THE "UNITA" MOVEMENT.
  • ANGOLA/CONFLICT Voice of America 26 January 1999 -- THE CONFLICT IN ANGOLA IS OFTEN REFERRED TO AS ONE OF AFRICA'S "FORGOTTEN WARS." FIGHTING HAS GONE ON FOR SO MANY YEARS AND SO MANY EFFORTS TO HALT IT HAVE PROVED FUTILE THAT FEW PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF ANGOLA REALLY BOTHER TO PAY MUCH ATTENTION ANY LONGER.
  • COLOMBIA REBELS Voice of America 25 January 1999 -- LEFTIST GUERRILLAS IN COLOMBIA HAVE ANNOUNCED A THREE-MONTH LULL IN PEACE TALKS WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
  • ANGOLA / PRESS CURBS Voice of America 24 January 1999 -- WITH FIGHTING BETWEEN GOVERNMENT TROOPS AND REBELS OF THE UNITA MOVEMENT SPREADING AROUND ANGOLA, AUTHORITIES APPEAR TO BE TIGHTENING THEIR CONTROL OVER THE NEWS MEDIA.
  • ANGOLA/WAR Voice of America 24 January 1999 -- ANGOLAN AUTHORITIES SAY THE MILITARY SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY REMAINS TENSE WITH UNITA REBEL FORCES THREATENING SEVERAL KEY CITIES. BUT THE LUANDA GOVERNMENT CLAIMS IT HAS THE SITUATION UNDER CONTROL.
  • SIERRA LEONE SITREP Voice of America 22 January 1999 -- IN SIERRA LEONE, THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS HAVE BEGUN FLOODING INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CAPITAL.
  • SIERRA LEONE CENT WRAP Voice of America 22 January 1999 -- THE PEACE KEEPERS COUNTER OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE REBELS CONTINUES AS CIVILIANS IN THE CAPITAL BEGIN TO PICK UP THE PIECES OF THEIR WAR DAMAGED CITIES AND OF THEIR LIVES.
  • STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT January 22, 1999 -- The United States remains deeply concerned about the risk of armed conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia and strongly committed to help find a peaceful resolution to their border dispute.
  • COLOMBIA REBELS Voice of America 22 January 1999 -- COLOMBIA HAS INAUGURATED A NEW AIRCRAFT RADAR TO HELP COMBAT DRUG TRAFFICKING. THE ACTION COMES AMID LACK OF PROGRESS IN PEACE TALKS WITH LEFTIST REBELS.
  • U-N / ANGOLA PEACEKEEPING Voice of America 21 January 1999 -- THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL IS (THURSDAY) CALLING ON ANGOLA TO DROP ITS OPPOSITION TO THE CONTINUED DEPLOYMENT OF A U-N PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN THAT COUNTRY.
  • TEXT: U.S. SAYS DROC SHOULD BE PRESERVED AS A UNIFIED NATION USIA 21 January 1999 -- The White House January 21 issued a statement, in response to a question, condemning the violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Democratic Republic of Congo and underscoring the importance of the country's remaining a unified nation.
  • AFRICA'S CONFLICTS: SIERRA LEONE, DROC, ANGOLA, ETHIOPIA-ERITREA USIS Foreign Media Reaction Report -- January 19, 1999 -- Alarmed at the conflicts raging in Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC), Angola and the border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea, editorialists in Africa deplored the increasing hostilities on the continent.
  • CONGO TALKS Voice of America 19 January 1999 -- FIVE SOUTHERN AFRICAN STATES INVOLVED IN THE CIVIL WAR IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO HAVE AGREED TO SIGN A CEASEFIRE. BUT THE AGREEMENT DOES NOT YET INCLUDE THE GOVERNMENT OF CONGO-KINSHASA.
  • ANGOLA/DRAFT Voice of America 19 January 1999 -- THE ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT HAS BEGUN REGISTERING YOUNG MEN FOR COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE, FOLLOWING RENEWED FIGHTING WITH "UNITA" REBELS THAT HAS SHATTERED A FOUR-YEAR-OLD, U-N-BACKED PEACE EFFORT.
  • ANGOLA/UNITA/U-N Voice of America 18 January 1999 -- WITH ALL-OUT WAR AGAIN THREATENING TO ENGULF ANGOLA, THE UNITED NATIONS HAS DECIDED TO END ITS PEACE MISSION IN THE COUNTRY.
  • U-N/ANGOLA UNREST Voice of America 17 January 1999 -- UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN SAYS HE PLANS TO WITHDRAW THE ORGANIZATION'S PEACEKEEPING FORCE FROM ANGOLA LATER THIS YEAR.
  • ANGOLA WAR Voice of America 17 January 1999 -- ANGOLA APPEARS TO BE RUSHING HEADLONG TOWARDS ANOTHER ALL-OUT CIVIL WAR FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF A U-N-BACKED PEACE EFFORT.
  • ANGOLA/CRISIS Voice of America 16 January 1999 -- TIME MAY BE RUNNING OUT FOR THE U-N OBSERVER MISSION IN ANGOLA, WHERE RECENT FIGHTING HAS ALL BUT DESTROYED A COSTLY, FOUR-YEAR-OLD PEACE EFFORT BACKED BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
  • SIERRA LEONE Voice of America 16 January 1999 -- REBELS IN SIERRA LEONE SAY THEY WILL OBSERVE A SEVEN-DAY CEASEFIRE STARTING ON MONDAY, DESPITE THE GOVERNMENT'S CONTINUED REFUSAL TO RELEASE THEIR JAILED LEADER.
  • SUDAN CEASEFIRE Voice of America 14 January 1999 -- RELIEF OFFICIALS SAY IT IS CRUCIAL THAT BOTH SIDES IN SUDAN'S CIVIL WAR EXTEND A HUMANITARIAN CEASEFIRE IN THE SOUTH OFTHE COUNTRY.
  • SIERRA LEONE / NEWS ANALYSIS Voice of America 14 January 1999 -- IN SIERRA LEONE, REBELS ARE THREATENING TO OUST THE DEMOCRATICALLY-ELECTED GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT AHMAD TEJAN KABBAH FOR THE SECOND TIME IN NEARLY THREE YEARS.
  • LANKA / REBELS Voice of America 8 January 1999 -- AT LEAST 18 TAMIL TIGER REBELS HAVE BEEN KILLED IN FRESH CONFRONTATIONS IN SRI LANKA'S NORTH.
  • IRAQ / KURDS / DEPORTATIONS Voice of America 8 January 1999 -- IRAQ IS CONTINUING TO DEPORT HUNDREDS OF ETHNIC KURDS AND OTHER NON-ARAB MINORITIES TO KURDISH-CONTROLLED NORTHERN IRAQ, DESPITE REPEATED WARNINGS FROM U-N OFFICIALS TO STOP THE POLICY DESCRIBED BY KURDS AS "ETHNIC CLEANSING."
  • CONGO CONSPIRACY Voice of America 8 January 1999 -- CONGO'S GOVERNMENT SAYS WESTERN POWERS ARE TO BLAME FOR THE COUNTRY'S CONTINUING CIVIL WAR. CONGO'S AMBASSADOR TO KENYA SAYS REBEL ALLIES' RWANDA AND UGANDA ARE BEING HELPED BY AN INTERNATIONAL MAFIA OUT TO ENSLAVE AFRICANS.
  • U-N / SIERRA LEONE Voice of America 8 January 1999 -- THE U-N AGENCIES SAY RESUMPTION OF HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN AND AROUND THE CAPITAL, FREETOWN, WILL BE POSSIBLE ONLY IF THE CEASEFIRE ANNOUNCED THURSDAY BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND REBEL FORCES HOLDS.
  • U-N / LIBYA Voice of America 7 January 1999 -- SENIOR SAUDI ARABIAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN OFFICIALS WILL TRY TO RESOLVE THE IMPASSE WITH LIBYA OVER THE 1988 LOCKERBIE BOMBING.
  • COLOMBIA PEACE TALKS Voice of America 7 January 1999 -- LEADERS OF COLOMBIA'S LARGEST LEFT-WING REBEL GROUP -- THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES OF COLUMBIA, OR THE "FARC" [PRON: FAHRK], MET WITH THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT TODAY (THURSDAY) FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF PEACE TALKS HELD IN COLOMBIA IN MORE THAN 10 YEARS.
  • SIERRA LEONE / FIGHTING Voice of America 7 January 1999 -- REBELS AND THE WEST AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE EACH CLAIM TO BE IN CONTROL OF THE CAPITAL, FREETOWN. THE TWO SIDES CONTINUED TO CLASH MILITARILY IN BOTH THE CITY AND IN ITS SUBURBS.
  • CONGO REBELS Voice of America 5 January 1999 -- REBELS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO HAVE DENIED CLAIMS BY PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA THAT GOVERNMENT TROOPS RECAPTURED TWO TOWNS IN THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY.
  • COLOMBIA TALKS Voice of America 5 January 1999 -- COLOMBIA'S PEACE COMMISSIONER, VICTOR RICARDO, SAYS AN END TO THREE DECADES OF GUERRILLA WARFARE IS NOT JUST AROUND THE CORNER, DESPITE PLANS TO LAUNCH FORMAL TALKS WITH THE REBELS.
  • ANGOLA/COLLAPSE Voice of America 5 January 1999 -- A LONG AND COSTLY EFFORT TO BRING PEACE TO ANGOLA NOW SEEMS ON THE VERGE OF COLLAPSE, AMID ESCALATING WARFARE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT TROOPS AND REBEL FORCES LOYAL TO UNITA LEADER JONAS SAVIMBI.
  • ANGOLA / FIGHTING Voice of America 5 January 1999 -- THE UNITED NATIONS SAYS THE SECURITY SITUATION IN ANGOLA IS CONTINUING TO DETERIORATE, DESPITE STEPPED-UP U-N EFFORTS TO MEDIATE IN THE CONFLICT.