Uganda Begins Troop Withdrawal from South Sudan
The voluntary withdrawal of Ugandan troops from South Sudan is a demonstration of the government’s commitment to fully implement the...
Army surrounds home of Congo Republic opposition leader
A Congo Republic opposition leader said late on Thursday that forces from leader Denis Sassou Nguesso's presidential guard were...
How Côte d’Ivoire’s president used an old autocrat’s playbook to turn his country around
Seeing the economic vitality in Côte d’Ivoire, you could almost forget that this country was ever embroiled in a vicious conflict with...
Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe is the latest strongman to win China’s Confucius Peace Prize
Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean dictator, has been named the winnerof this year’s Confucius Prize, otherwise known as “China’s Nobel Peace...
The French are back in booming Côte d’Ivoire—but so is everyone else
Côte d’Ivoire, the biggest economy in French-speaking West Africa, hasrevved back to life under president Alassane Ouattara—the...
Eritrean envoy to Israel calls for arrest of lynch mob
The Eritrean ambassador to Israel has called for a thorough investigation and subsequent arrest of those who shot and beat an Eritrean...
ISIS beheads a South Sudanese citizen ’to avenge persecution of Muslims in the country’
The Islamic State section in Libya (ISIS) released a video on Sunday purportedly showing the beheading of a man who identified himself as...
Who is Boko Haram’s ‘new leader’?
According to Chad’s president, Idriss Deby, the Islamist militant group Boko Haram has a new leader. Speaking in a press conference, Deby...
US CONGRESSIONAL BILL HR-2494, "GLOBAL ANTI-POACHING ACT" NEARS 50% MARK FOR CO-SPONSORS
Elephant poaching levels of twenty to thirty thousand per year are threatening to bring the animal to extinction in the wild in 20 years....
Concern Worlwide: Helping Communities Recover
SOME 38 million people worldwide have fled their homes and been forced to survive elsewhere within their own country to escape armed...
