Conflict
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 06:45
The strikes are part of Operation 'Khyber One' and 'Khyber Two', launched by security forces and aimed at targeting militants in Khyber Agency, particularly the Tirah Valley of Bara which borders Nazyan province of Afghanistan.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 06:58
Nigeria and its allies appear to be making headway in the fight against Boko Haram. However, these initial victories may not mean that the region is closer to ending its fight against violent radical Islam.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 06:46
A year after the World Health Organization declared an Ebola outbreak in West Africa, it is fading. But the disease has cut a deep gash through neighborhoods such as this one in Monrovia. More than 4,200 Liberians are dead. The economy is barely sputtering back to life following months in which panicked investors fled and residents deserted fields and factories.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 06:41
According to Ugandan officials five madrassas across Uganda have been shut down over allegations they are training students to become extremists. Police link the madrassas to the Allied Democratic Forces, a Congo-based armed group whose fugitive Ugandan leader is wanted by Interpol.
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 05:25
New labeling on the world's most popular weed killer as a likely cause of cancer is raising more questions for an aerial spraying program in Colombia that underpins U.S.-financed efforts to wipe out cocaine crops.
Monday, March 23, 2015 - 07:48
The faltering start to the highly-anticipated campaign in North Kivu province has revived doubts about the will and capacity of Congo's army to defeat a group at the heart of two decades of conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes region.
Monday, March 23, 2015 - 07:42
A DRC army offensive against Rwandan Hutu rebels may be advancing rapidly, but many fear it is failing in its main objective of disarming them as the fighters melt away into the forest.
Monday, March 23, 2015 - 07:30
The U.N. Children’s Fund reports one of South Sudan’s armed groups, the Cobra Faction, released up to 250 child soldiers on Sunday. The group of children released in the remote village of Lekuangole, in Jonglei state, included four girls -- one as young as 9.
Monday, March 23, 2015 - 07:14
A year on from the start of the Ebola outbreak, a report has been published by frontline aid agency Doctors Without Borders slamming the international community's slow response and detailing the "indescribable horror" faced by its staff.
Monday, March 23, 2015 - 06:52
Tens of thousands of people have rallied in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, demanding the government step down. Scores of former top Saakashvili officials have been arrested over the last two years for alleged wrongdoing.