Is Africa going back to the predominant war era?

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has received serious reports of human rights abuses committed by Malian security forces against civilians near the central town of Niono, Reuters quoted the organization as saying.

 HRW issued a statement Saturday detailing abuses that included the killings of rebel-linked northern ethnic groups such as Tuaregs and Arabs. 

The activist group urged the Malian government and the French soldiers deployed in the country to “do their utmost to ensure the protection of all civilians.” French troops have been deployed to Mali in an attempt to stop the advance of the Islamist insurgency in northern part of the country. 

On Saturday, France called upon world leaders to provide logistic and financial aid to African armies in order to speed the reinforcement of French forces on the ground.  

As France is battling Islamists in Mali, Britain, her close ally in the war and raid is having another headache in Algeria.

Three Britons are confirmed to have been killed and three more are believed to be dead after the Algeria hostage crisis.

One further UK resident is also thought to be dead according to David Cameron.

Some 22 other Britons are now back in UK and are being reunited with their familie according to the foreign secretary.

A raid by Algerian troops ended a four-day siege at the In Amenas gas facility on Saturday. Algeria says at least 23 hostages and 32 militants died.

Algeria's minister of communications said the final death toll might rise and there would be an announcement in the next few hours.

The Foreign Office said the figures announced by the prime minister included a Briton killed on Wednesday in the initial raid by militants.

Africa is gradually degenerating into a continent of massive chaos, unrest and war once again and the leaders have no foresight to start tackling the menace now. They are waiting till it becomes a 'missile keg' and starts exploding everywhere till they act. 

Congo still boils. Sudan and South Sudan are only having timed peace. Central African Republic is crying internally. The presumed 'giant', Nigeria cannot combat the Boko Haram insurgency. The whole continent is fast becoming an headache for foreigners but no leader is ready to discuss the issue especially in relation to the bleak future it is creating.

Acting when everything is worsened will aid their permanent stay in office and assist their corrupt tendencies. This is the reason why they are silent. African media too is becoming dormant.