The exiled leader of the opposition Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) said the allegation that Rwanda is involved in destabilizing Burundi is a pretext to turn the political crisis in Burundi into a...
In recent days, al-Shabab fighters killed individuals accused of collaborating with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) in the town of Marka after the international force withdrew. Al-Shabab posted pictures of the body...
NAIROBI Hundreds of women and girls still bear the physical and mental scars of sexual violence following Kenya’s post-election turmoil in 2007 and 2008. A new Human Rights Watch report released Monday says the...
KAMPALA Ugandan police detained opposition candidate Kizza Besigye in the capital Kampala Monday as he campaigned for the country’s presidential election this week. Witnesses said police fired tear gas at a Besigye event and...
Witnesses in the Somali capital say a car bomb explosion has killed the country’s former defense minister. A police officer at the scene said the bomb had been planted underneath the car of Muhiyadin...
YAOUNDE The United States is training the Cameroon military in techniques of detecting and counteracting landmines and explosive devices. The training comes due to the increasing use of landmines and suicide bombings by Boko...
Voters in the Central African Republic went to the polls Sunday in the final round of presidential elections and in a re-run of elections to the national assembly. Polling stations were relatively quiet this...
KAMPALA Ugandans tuned in Saturday as the nation’s first-ever presidential debate attended by all candidates – including President Yoweri Museveni – took place in Kampala. Many say it was a small victory for democracy....
WASHINGTON The appointment of Riek Machar as South Sudan’s first vice president demonstrates President Salva Kiir’s commitment to the full implementation of the peace accord signed in Ethiopia on ending the young country’s...
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has appointed his rival, rebel leader Riek Machar, as first vice president in a coalition government. A presidential spokesman made the announcement Friday, saying the president expects Machar to...
