Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said late Thursday that he will not back down on his decision to seize control of the diamond industry. Last month, Mugabe gave foreign mining companies 90 days to stop...
The United Nations now says at least 25 people were killed and some 120 wounded in last month’s attack on a U.N. civilian shelter in Malakal, South Sudan. The U.N. Office for the Coordination...
Benin goes to the polls Sunday to choose a new president, and the ballot is long – a record 33 candidates. Incumbent Thomas Boni Yayi is stepping down after serving his maximum of two...
KAJIADO,KENYA Sixteen million Kenyans lack access to safe drinking water. Sixty percent of rural folks remain off the water grid. In Kenya’s Kajiado province, an initiative is enlisting local women to try to fill...
The U.N. and African Union chiefs strongly urged Sudan on Thursday to grant freedom of movement to peacekeepers and aid workers in Darfur, where tens of thousands of civilians are homeless because of fighting....
South Sudan President Salva Kiir is excited about the socio-economic and bilateral prospects for his country after the world’s newest nation officially became a member of the East African Community (EAC) on Wednesday. South...
KAMPALA Uganda is headed for a Supreme Court battle over the results of the February 18 presidential poll as tensions there continue to climb. Amama Mbabazi’s lawyers managed to submit their petition to the...
A Burundian opposition group is welcoming the selection of former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa as the new mediator for talks between the government and other stakeholders aimed at ending the almost year-long crisis in...
The U.S. National Security Council says National Security Adviser Susan Rice met Wednesday with the president of the transitional government of the Central African Republic to congratulate her on the country’s recent peaceful national...
A military court in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, has sentenced to death a former journalist who helped al-Shabab kill five fellow reporters in Mogadishu. According to the court verdict, Hassan Hanafi assisted the Islamist militant...
