LAGOS, NIGERIA Three U.N. special investigators who visited three displaced persons camps in war-torn Borno State say Nigeria must do more to help its people, particularly its women and children. Boko Haram’s nearly seven-year...
LUSAKA,ZAMBIA ARTICLE WRITTEN AND SUBMITTED BY MIKE MWENDA Zambia plans to import maize from South America as drought is expected to cut the 2015/2016 maize crop by a third to avert hunger,...
YAOUNDE Cameroon has closed most of its northern markets on the border with Nigeria after a series of bomb attacks Monday left at least 35 people dead and 70 wounded in the town of...
South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar is taking his campaign against President Salva Kiir’s plan to create 28 states to the African Union Thursday. Ezekiel Lol Gatkuoth, secretary for foreign affairs of the...
MOGADISHU, SOMALIA Kenyan forces pulled out of two towns in southern Somalia on Tuesday and Islamic extremists quickly moved into one of them according to residents. The Kenyans’ withdrawal came after an attack by...
MAFOMOTI, ZIMBABWE In the dusty village of Mafomoti, southern Zimbabwe, farmers have already lost cattle and crops in the severest drought to hit the nation in a quarter of a century. But the worst...
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and his former vice president and rebel leader Riek Machar failed to form a unity transitional government Saturday, which was a key demand in a peace accord signed in...
In Malawi, the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund or UNICEF is carrying out a mass screening exercise for malnutrition in children less than 5 years of age, in 25 of the country’s 28 districts....
The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has released the schedule of dates of nominations, including for those running in the presidential poll, in preparation for the country’s August 11 general election. The ECZ also...
Multiple suicide bombers attacked a town in far northern Cameroon on Monday, killing at least 25 people and wounding others. Local officials say up to four bombers blew themselves up in the town of...
