In Sub Saharan Africa, Nigeria is facing gruesome terror attacks.

Yet diamonds have led to gruesome murders, as well as widespread rapes and amputations.

The situation on the ground for those who died, their families, neighbours and friends is gruesome, cruel and, indeed, dire.

Given the gruesome picture of atrocities painted today by the representative of Uganda, that decisive step could not have occurred too soon.

It is important to understand what is at stake in this gruesome episode, not only for Kenya but for the region and beyond.

There has been a spate of deaths resulting from a previously unheard of and particularly gruesome torture method being employed against homosexual men.

There was no limit on the number of witnesses the prosecution called to testify about the same gruesome story of Serbian aggression and brutality.

The blogosphere was swarming with tributes to the victims of the massacre. DesertPeace posted a video tribute Political blog, Pulse, recounted the gruesome tragedy

The gruesome murder took place in Dubai, UAE, and Thursday's sentence was met with shock and bewilderment as the blogosphere comes to terms with the verdict.

Security forces attacked peaceful protesters, jailed opposition leaders, sent thousands of their supporters to gruesome detention camps, and accused independent journalists of treason a crime punishable by death.

They are given as a pledge of love and worn as a symbol of commitment. Yet diamonds have led to gruesome murders, as well as widespread rapes and amputations.

For the grievances and harm suffered daily by millions of victims and refugees remain as gruesome as ever, notwithstanding the fatigue from the prolonged conflict that some may perceive.

Although severe assaults, including some gruesome rapes, may approach some murders in severity, and might conceivably call for capital punishment, I do not support its use in these cases.

After weeks of testimony and gruesome evidence presented in court, Twitchell was found guilty of the planned and deliberate murder of 38 year old Johnny Altinger on April 12, 2011.

Instead, the world gaped at the nobility of spirit displayed each and every day before the TRC, as victims of gruesome atrocities forgave their tormentors and even embraced them on occasion.

The latest human rights report of the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), covering the period May to July 2005, which was released five days ago in Abidjan, makes gruesome reading.

It took Europe gruesome religious wars, two world wars, and more than one genocide to resolve its endemic disputes over borders and nationalism. Its record in colonialism wrote monstrous pages in human history.

On February 15, the terrorists posted a gruesome and bloody video on YouTube that showed the beheading of the hostages, creating an uproar in Egypt, including the bombing of ISIS sites in Libya.

When describing his conquest of Chanderi in 1528, Babar offers gruesome details of the gory slaughter of many infidels but just a few sentences later he talks at length about Chanderi s lakes, flowing streams, and sweet water.

Suharto and his associates immediately blamed the PKI as the masterminds of the September 30 Movement, and spread gruesome stories about the torture and mutilation of the executed officers. Army led and militia implemented mass murders soon followed.

At the TRC hearings we were exposed to gruesome details about atrocities that were committed to uphold or to oppose apartheid. We gave him drugged coffee and shot him in the head and then we burned his body.

On February 4, Boko Haram conducted a particularly gruesome attack on the town of Fotokol in Northern Cameroon, right across the Nigerian border. Hundred of civilians are feared dead, 81 confirmed so far by the Minister of Defense.

Taking gruesome images from his computer that were widely blasted in the media, Al Halabi conceived the project Cheek, erasing the images by adding English words and Arabic letters around them, sometimes sketching the image s most basic outline.

But a coherent Iraqi state whether unitary, federal, or confederal will not grow out of a society in which one part of the population views Saddam, rightly, as a gruesome oppressor, while another part reveres him as a hero and martyr.

Then, if lucky, after surviving this gruesome experience whose prize is freedom, when only a barbed wire fence separates them from Israel and their goal, they must go through the final death run and try to evade the bullets of the Egyptian soldiers stationed along the border.

As this gruesome list of terrorist acts shows, there is unfortunately little evidence that the new Palestinian leadership is serious about confronting Palestinian terrorism in accordance with their basic legal and moral obligations, including those in the very first clauses of phase I of the Road Map.

The consequences of this re ordering of power are not yet clear. But a coherent Iraqi state whether unitary, federal, or confederal will not grow out of a society in which one part of the population views Saddam, rightly, as a gruesome oppressor, while another part reveres him as a hero and martyr.

Pulling out one's own teeth is considered one of the most gruesome and painful acts one can do onto oneself. In South Korea, where military service is mandatory, an allegation that a Korean singer had pulled out at least four healthy teeth in order to avoid conscription has dominated the headlines for several weeks now.

This is nothing compared to what many Arabs do to most emigrant workers...I have personally seen and witnessed some gruesome accounts of abuse and even death that happened to a number of Ethiopian woman, but as an EthiopianI feel for my sisters and as a human being I just can t help but detest the Arabs and their barbaric culture...call it being racist or ignorant but this is the fact.....they are evil...