Border Control
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:34
The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the escalating violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:21
Somali clan leaders say that an Aug. 27 agreement between the government and only a few leaders from the country’s three southern Jubba regions, which aims to resolve the ongoing dispute over who controls the area, creates more problems than it solves.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:16
Uganda has called an emergency summit of regional countries to discuss the deteriorating security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where UN peacekeepers have been killed in fighting.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:14
The situation in the fragile eastern Democratic Republic Congo appeared to escalate during the week amid reports that Rwanda is massing troops at its border with Kinshasa to defend its territory against attacks by the Congolese army.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:11
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday for a summit aimed at averting a shutdown of oil pipelines vital to both stricken economies, an AFP reporter said.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:08
Sudanese President Omar Bashir says he and his South Sudanese counterpart, Salva Kiir Mayardit, have agreed on the continued flow of South Sudanese oil via the Sudan and via Sudanese oil facilities.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:06
Salva Kiir, South Sudan's president, has held bilateral talks with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir in Khartoum to discuss the outstanding issues that remain following secession in 2011.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:00
After meeting on Tuesday with President Salva Kiir of South Sudan, President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan said oil from South Sudan would continue to flow through his country’s pipelines.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:58
Paul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, agreed to meet me at 11 a.m. on a recent Saturday. Kagame’s office is on top of a hill near the center of Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, and I took a taxi there, driven by a man in a suit and tie. Whenever I’m in Kigali, I am always impressed by how spotless it is, how the city hums with efficiency, which is all the more remarkable considering that Rwanda remains one of the poorest nations in the world.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 12:48
Police in Bungoma have moved to curb the influx of illegal firearms from the neigbouring Uganda.