Burundi risks suspension from Great Lakes Peace and Security Committee
Burundi has been warned by The Great Lakes Committee on Peace and Security that it risks suspension from the organisation over its...
Kenya to monitor social media during elections
Kenya will not shut down the Internet during the election period unless the situation gets out of hand, government officials said...
Gambia: Jammeh files injunction against inauguration
The party of Gambia’s outgoing president, Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction, has filed an injunction to stop the...
Ethiopia base in Somalia attacked by al-Shabab
Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab says it has killed 60 Ethiopian soldiers in an attack on an African Union base in central...
Activists: Kiir-Machar Proposal Would Undo South Sudan Peace Deal
Civil society activists in South Sudan are angry over an opinion piece apparently penned by President Salva Kiir and First Vice President...
UN calls for Eritrea leaders to be tried for crimes against humanity
UN human rights investigators accused Eritrean leaders on Wednesday of crimes against humanity including torture, rape, murder and...
Nigerian chaos leaves refiners cold and oil unsold amid outages
LONDON (Reuters) - Refineries from India to the United States are backing away from buying Nigerian oil amid heightened uncertainty about...
Chad deploys 2,000 soldiers to troubled Niger
Troops sent across border to tackle Boko Haram in Niger after group invades Bosso town, forcing 50,000 to flee. About 2,000 troops from...
Can Fragile Peace Hold in South Sudan?
South Sudan, which became independent in 2011, has halted its civil war by putting the leaders of both sides together in a transitional...
South Sudan Cease-fire Panel Accuses President's Forces of Violations
JUBA—Two weeks after the former warring parties in South Sudan's conflict formed the Transitional Government of National Unity,...
