Islamic Militants Stone Man To Death For Adultery In Somalia

The Mail
This barbaric scene belongs in the Dark Ages, but pictures emerged today of a group of Islamic militants who forced villagers to watch as they stoned a man to death for adultery.

Mohamed Abukar Ibrahim, a 48-year-old, was buried in a hole up to his chest and pelted with rocks until he died.

The group responsible, Hizbul Islam, also shot dead a man they claimed was a murderer.



But the verdict was so shocking that it prompted a gun battle between rivals within the group that left three militants dead, witnesses said.

The executions took place yesterday in Afgoye, some 20 miles south-west of the capital of Mogadishu.

Hizbul Islam fighters ordered hundreds of residents to a field, where a rebel judge announced that the two men had confessed to murder and adultery.



A woman who had confessed to fornication had been sentenced to 100 lashes, he added.

'This is their day of justice,' the judge, Osman Siidow Hasan, told the crowd. 'We investigated and they confessed.'

But when some Hizbul Islam fighters wanted to delay the executions, a bloody gun battle broke out between the two factions, shocked residents said.



The second condemned man is shot dead at point blank range by a relative of the man he was convicted of murdering

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Has global warming claimed its biggest victim yet? The Nile is home to a third of the population of Africa. Yet those who depend upon the river are noticing a change: The Nile shows signs of drying up.

We can make the dramatic statement that for 13,000 years the Nile itself was dry. Now experts fear that history may be about to repeat itself. According to recent reports from Sudan, the Nile is at one of its lowest levels in nearly a century. We see rivers drying up and massive environmental changes over short periods of time, says Dr Declan Conway.

The impact of climate change is already plain to see in the ten countries relying on the Nile. The coffee business in Uganda is crucial to the developing economy. Yet as temperatures rise, crops have been badly affected and life for the coffee growers has become very hard. Thanks to a lack of education and illiteracy many have no idea what climate change is.

Life On The Edge

With a one in thirteen chance of dying in childbirth, women in sub-Saharan Africa must feel they are in a combat zone. So when they are really caught-up in civil conflict its like being on the front line twice over. Dr. Grace Kodindo, one of Africas top doctors finds out what it is like to live in the front line in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Recorded from BBC.
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The Genocide of Whites in Africa

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Warning:The video below contains footage of victims of violent murder and torture that some viewers may find distressing.

World AIDS Day

This video illustrates the challenges of conquering the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa using the entertaining medium of drama, song and dance to educate the public on prevention, testing, counselling and treatment to live positive lives.