Conflict
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 07:28
The crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) has left humanitarian organisations, international peacekeepers and observers frantically searching for solutions to stop the conflict.
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.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 13:01
Survivors say a Nigerian jet targeting Islamic extremist hideouts bombed a north-eastern village and killed 20 civilians.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 12:54
With Civilian Joint Task Force units having some success in suppressing Boko Haram attacks in urban areas, the Islamist militants have shifted their focus to rural civilians.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 12:46
Aboard the Commandant Birot (Ghana) (AFP) - Grey, sleek, bristling with massive cannon and an assortment of machine guns, the French navy's Commandant Birot is well-equipped to patrol Africa's most dangerous stretches of ocean.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 12:45
Dozens were killed, including many children watching a soccer match, in a series of deadly bomb blasts in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, officials said.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 12:42
At least 74 people were killed in attacks blamed on Boko Haram militants this weekend, taking the overall death toll this year beyond 300, with no apparent end in sight to the carnage.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 12:40
Medical charity MSF has warned its work in South Sudan is being jeopardised as a result of "brutal" attacks on medical facilities in which patients and its hospital staff have also been targeted.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 12:34
The self-proclaimed vigilante militias coordinator of Christian anti-Balaka in CAR was arrested Tuesday in northern Congo, and then transferred to Brazzaville, does on Thursday with a Congolese police source.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 - 11:16
“The resistance is no longer a proposal or an idea that can be questioned. It is fixed, just like Lebanon. The right of the resistance in the policy statement is a given and one of its primary premises,” he added.