Military officers trained on new peacekeeping skills
Military personnel drawn from East Africa have completed a six-week course on peacekeeping missions. The training, also known as the...
Soldiers foil suicide attack at Nigeria army base
Nigerian soldiers shot dead a suspected suicide bomber outside a military base in the northeast on Sunday, detonating explosives...
African Union urged to hasten troop deployment to Burundi
The African Union's peace and security council on Saturday recommended the organization hasten plans for sending troops to Burundi if...
Boko Haram: A Growing Threat in West Africa
Eighteen months ago the world awoke to the kind of news that gives every parent nightmares: almost 300 young girls had been kidnapped...
Guinea's President Alpha Conde easily wins re-election
Guinea's President Alpha Conde has won re-election and will serve a second five-year term after avoiding a run off against his closest...
Mali armed groups sign peace deal
Former Tuareg rebels in northern Mali and rival pro-government armed groups said they sealed a peace deal on Thursday to end hostilities...
22 killed in fresh suicide attacks on Maiduguri
Hours after two suspected male suicide bombers caused the death of over 30 persons in an attack on a mosque in Maiduguri the Borno state...
Uganda: Police Arrest Besigye, Attack Journalists
It was another day of chaos and violence yesterday, as the Uganda Police arrested key figures in the Forum for Democratic Change, and hit...
A Former Child Soldier Shares His Story In New Graphic Novel
Michel Chikwanine was 5 years old when rebel militiamen kidnapped him from a soccer field near his school in the Democratic Republic of...
Review: ‘Beasts of No Nation,’ a Brutal Tale of Child Soldiers in Africa
“A boy is a dangerous thing,” says the Commandant, who leads an army of young soldiers fighting a civil war in an unspecified West...
