The Voice of America
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 08:00
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) information minister says hundreds of rebels from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) from South and North Kivu provinces have been disarming as part of the government’s program to improve security and stabilize the country.
Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 07:33
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) officials said Tuesday that men in uniform are occupying at least 30 schools in five different states in South Sudan, interrupting the education of tens of thousands of children whose lives have already been disrupted by six months of conflict.
Thursday, June 5, 2014 - 07:15
Africa analyst Bronwyn Bruton said she does not expect to hear a lot about human rights issues during the forthcoming US/Africa leaders’ summit in Washington.
Friday, May 16, 2014 - 10:38
Cameroon said its soldiers have shot and killed five suspected poachers who had opened fire on elephants in the West Africa country. The military said some of those killed were Janjaweed militiamen from Sudan.
Tuesday, May 13, 2014 - 10:57
A report released by the Small Arms Survey documents evidence Sudan has been the primary supplier of mostly Chinese-made weapons to insurgent groups going back to conflicts surrounding South Sudan's eventual independence in 2011.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - 00:00
Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Venezuela is one area being used by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 00:00
The United States says regionally based terrorist organizations in Colombia and remnants of radical leftist Andean groups are the primary perpetrators of terrorist acts in the Western Hemisphere
Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 00:00
U.S. officials say efforts by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to exploit the situation have no support in the region
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 - 00:00
Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, is expected to meet Wednesday with his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to discuss Ecuador's situation with Colombia
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 - 00:00
Ecuador's government has cut all diplomatic ties with Colombia after a military attack on Colombian rebels inside Ecuador, which killed 21 people