Conflict
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 12:54
"Instead of learning and playing, many have been forced into the workplace, are being recruited to fight, or subjected to enforced idleness."
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 12:50
With the opposition absent, the coalition voted in favor of a controversial bill proposal that makes it difficult to overthrow a government and raises the electoral threshold.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:38
In other parts of the country, fighting between Houthis and anti-Houthi tribesmen continues. According to a journalist based in Thula, Ali Al-Madhalaei, Houthi supporters have bombed an Islahi religious school in the Thula area of Amran governorate.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:18
The 15,000 people who fled from the joint rebel forces’ attacks on El Taweisha and Alliet Jarelnabi in North Darfur to Ghubeish in North Kordofan are living in a dire situation. 12,000 others, who sought refuge in the neighbouring villages of El Taweisha town, are not better off.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:10
More than 1,000 people have protested in South Sudan's capital, Juba, accusing the UN of arming rebels.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:09
The UN has warned about an upsurge in violence in Sudan's Darfur region, saying some 50,000 people had been displaced since the end of February.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:08
The leader of the al Qaeda-aligned Islamist group al Shabaab has urged Somalis to wage holy war against Ethiopia, Somalia's Horn of Africa neighbor whose forces are preparing to lead an African Union offensive against the militants.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:06
The African Union-United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is deeply concerned over an outbreak of inter-communal violence in Saraf Omra, North Darfur, which has led to a mass displacement of civilians and a number of casualties over the course of the past few days.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:03
A criminal court in Riyadh has sentenced two Saudi political activists to 10 years and eight years in prison respectively for inciting violence in the eastern city of Awamiya using social media platforms.
Tuesday, March 11, 2014 - 08:01
he African Union-United Nations Joint Mediator for Darfur has wrapped up talks between the top African Union (AU) official and leaders of two of the region's main rebel movements, encouraging the parties to overcome their misgivings and press ahead towards a comprehensive political accord, for the benefit of not only strife-ridden Darfur, but also for wider Sudan.