Conflict
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 10:21
Rebels led by South Sudan’s ex-vice president, Riek Machar, said they were advancing towards neighbouring Warrap state after capturing Mayom, a strategic border town in Unity state on Monday morning.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 10:20
As Boko Haram’s actions in Nigeria over the past four months have grown more lethal, it has also crossed over to northern Cameroon to carry out kidnappings to finance its operations.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 10:16
Religion is an undeniable factor in the violence terrorizing central Africa. Whether it is the root of the conflict is moot.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 10:14
The anti-balaka Christian militias that have arisen in the Central African Republic since late 2013 frequently express their grievances in a religious idiom.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 10:10
The mayhem tearing apart the Central African Republic is the product of political mischief, not religious differences, and won’t precipitate a regional religious war. But Muslims militants in Nigeria pose a more serious problem to the region.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 10:05
Sectarian violence is spreading ominously across Africa. The only good news is that so far the conflicts appear to be national rather than regional.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 09:39
Aisha Osman, 30, fled on foot with her husband and six children from Bufow village near Marka in the Lower Shabelle region in late March after Somali and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops clashed with al-Shabaab near her village.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 09:10
I’d assume there are many, bigger challenges you are dealing with: Russia-Ukraine, Syria, Palestine-Israel, selling Obamacare …etc. I’d also assume the mentioned problems are more important that the Sudanese mother and child lives. And I know there are times when you have to do exactly the very same thing your conscience tells you not to do…because you are in the ‘White House.’
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 09:01
At least 30 people were killed in Jonglei state capital Bor on Thursday during clashes between local youth demonstrators and peacekeepers from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), medical sources told Sudan Tribune.
Monday, April 21, 2014 - 08:34
Tanzania's president warned armed groups operating in eastern Congo to disarm or risk being hunted down by Congolese and U.N. forces in an interview with The Associated Press.