According to a new joint report issued by united nations enviromental program (UNEP) and interpol, Kenya loses 70,000 hectares of forest each year to illegal logging. The report, released ahead of this weekend’s...
GENEVA— As Sudan’s South Kordofan province prepares to mark the fifth anniversary of war on Sunday, the U.N. refugee agency reports thousands of people continue to flee the region, with no let-up in...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Somalia’s capital Friday, a rare instance of a foreign head of state visiting the war-ravaged country. Erdogan went ahead with the visit despite al-Shabab’s attack late Wednesday...
Angola’s main opposition party, the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) has sharply condemned President Jose Eduardo dos Santos’ appointment of his daughter Isabel dos Santos as the new head...
Swaziland’s King Mswati III is set to become the next chairman of the Southern African Development Community at the regional heads of state and government summit to be held in Swaziland’s capital, Mbabane,...
Kenya’s government has welcomed the reported death of Dulyadeyn, the al-Shabab militant who allegedly organized the massacre at Garissa University College in April 2105, says Kenyan spokesman Erick Kiraithe. Speaking to journalists in...
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, First Vice President and former rebel leader Riek Machar, and Vice President James Wani Igga met this week to talk about the remaining stumbling blocks impeding full implementation...
The U.S. government has announced a near-total ban on domestic sales of elephant ivory, a move intended to protect the endangered animal. Previously, ivory could be sold if it was brought to the...
First, it was the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta. Now, it’s the Niger Delta Avengers. The Avengers have taken credit for bombings that affected major pipelines in the delta, including...
Witnesses in Somalia’s capital say at least 10 people were killed and more than 15 others wounded when militants attacked a major hotel Wednesday. Somali lawmaker Mohamed Ismail Shuriye said that two parliamentarians,...
