Border Control
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 09:42
Rocket after rocket ripped across the sky. By Saturday evening, after two straight days of pitched battle with artillery, tanks and mortars, the Congolese Army had driven the M23 rebels out of the strategic town of Kibumba.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 09:19
Residents of the disputed Abyei region, on the border of Sudan and South Sudan, began voting in a referendum Sunday on which country to be part of. Though the voting was largely symbolic, and likely to be heavily one-sided, it could have very real consequences if it raises tensions and prompts further conflict in an area plagued with violence.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 09:12
The seizure of the weaponry, which is all said to have come from Libya, appears to have involved a considerable number security personnel and an ambush on a convoy.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 09:07
Fighting erupted for a second consecutive day Saturday between the Congolese army and rebels in the eastern part of this war-ravaged nation, heightening regional tensions.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 08:55
A tribe residing in a disputed border region claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan held a unilateral vote Sunday to decide which country to join.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 08:54
The U.N. Security Council is set to discuss the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, as fighting between rebels and soldiers continued there for a fourth day.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 08:52
Fighting between rebels and government forces in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo continued for a third day Sunday with the government saying its troops recaptured two more towns from M23 rebels.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 08:51
A regional conference comprising representatives from Uganda, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday resolved to prioritise security as a mechanism for peaceful co-existence in the three countries.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 08:45
Leaders from Abyei region said they would not to prevent the Arab Misseriya nomads from accessing the area, in the aftermath of a referendum in the oil-producing area, later this month.
Monday, October 28, 2013 - 08:09
Kenya’s interior minister said Friday that the country’s refugee camps were havens for Somali extremists and called for hundreds of thousands of refugees to return home, amplifying anti-Somali sentiment sparked by the Westgate mall attack in September.