Voice of America
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 06:27
South Sudan’s foreign minister has denied media reports that top envoys to Washington and other countries were recalled after they failed to convince the host countries that there was an attempt to overthrow President Salva Kiir’s administration.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 06:26
Hollywood star Ben Affleck Wednesday called on President Barack Obama to directly engage with President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo to encourage him to live up to his commitment to security reforms.
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 06:11
The United States has accused both sides in South Sudan’s violent political conflict, which has seen thousands killed and hundreds of thousands displaced since mid-December, of engaging in human rights abuses.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 16:37
U.S. Congressmen and a top rights activist have called for the United States to step up its diplomatic efforts to end the crisis in South Sudan, including by getting President Barack Obama to make a phone call to his counterpart in Juba, President Salva Kiir.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 13:02
Authorities in northern Nigeria say Islamic militants are suspected of killing at least 74 people in separate attacks late Saturday.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 07:50
Aid group Doctors Without Borders said fighters in South Sudan have destroyed and looted hospitals in what it calls "disturbing" incidents against medical facilities, staff and patients since conflict broke out there in December.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 - 07:38
Tens of thousands of people in South Sudan's Unity state have been displaced by fighting between government and rebel forces which has left countless dead and whole villages ransacked and razed.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 08:45
Clashes erupted at the weekend between pro- and anti-government forces in Jonglei state, the largest state in South Sudan, officials from both sides said Monday.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 08:42
South Sudan has been independent for nearly three years. The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement, which had fought a decades-long war from the Republic of Sudan, assumed control of the government and began state-building.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 08:41
A new report says while the conflict in Mali may be over, there are hundreds of thousands of people still in need of humanitarian aid. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Center says many uprooted Malians are now part of the urban poor.