Border Control
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 08:14
THE army of the Democratic Republic of Congo is not used to being feted with palm leaves. It is also unaccustomed to winning. Its men are better known for rape and pillage. But a snap offensive against rebels in the eastern province of North Kivu which began on October 25th brought a rare military victory.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 07:59
South Sudan government officials on Thursday preferred not to make any statement on the outcome of the referendum in Abyei region, where declared result showed 99 percent of the Dinka Ngok people voted to return to South Sudan.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 07:57
The Sudanese government downplayed the announcement on the results of the unilaterally-held referendum in the disputed border region of Abyei by the pro-South Sudan Ngok Dinka tribes calling it an "outcast".
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 07:56
More than 99% of Abyei’s Ngok Dinka resident have voted in favour of joining South Sudan, according to the committee that organised the unilateral and unofficial vote.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 07:52
KDF Forces yesterday conducted a major aerial offensive against an Al Shabaab location in the Dinsoor region in Somalia destroying a training camp used by the militants at Hurguun.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 07:45
The apparent imminent demise of the 18-month-old M23 rebellion is unlikely, on its own, to deliver peace to the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where, in the absence of a significant presence of the state, at least 40 armed groups operate, and a chronic humanitarian crisis persists.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 07:40
Permanent residents of the disputed Abyei region overwhelmingly voted to join South Sudan on Thursday in a symbolic referendum that could antagonise heavily armed Arab nomads who drive their livestock through the area and claim it for Sudan.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 07:24
Military says camp with about 300 fighters bombed in Somalia's Dinsoor region, but al-Shabab denies attack.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 00:00
A roundup of some of the top articles and news highlights from around Central Eurasia over the last week:
The Caucasus and Turkey:
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 00:00
This was the fifth large-scale drug smuggling tunnel discovered in the San Diego area since 2010, the authorities said, and the eighth since 2006, when the Sinaloa drug cartel took firm control of the smuggling corrido.