Conflict
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 - 06:59
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos says he expects a peace deal to end more than 50 years of conflict with the country's largest rebel group, Farc, to be reached within a month.
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 - 06:53
At least eight people were killed in clashes in southern Mexico over the weekend when police and members of a teachers' union faced off in violent confrontations, a senior state official said, piling fresh pressure on the country's embattled ruling party.
Monday, June 20, 2016 - 07:14
Russia said on Sunday it had reached an agreement with the United States to improve coordination between their military operations in Syria, where they are backing opposing sides of a civil war and launching air strikes.
Monday, June 20, 2016 - 06:31
Democratic Republic of Congo could descend into a cycle of electoral violence similar to that seen in Burundi and presidential and legislative polls due in November are likely to be delayed, the United Nations warned on Friday.
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 06:28
More than 400 people - almost exclusively civilians - have been killed in Ethiopia's Oromia region since the beginning of a lethal security crackdown.
Thursday, June 16, 2016 - 06:16
The Heads of State and Government of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR), met in Luanda, Angola, on Tuesday, at the invitation of Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos, who is ICGLR Chairperson, to review the political and security situation in the region.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 06:47
Nigerian militants whose attacks on oil infrastructure have sent output plunging to its lowest level in 27 years said for the first time that they are considering peace talks, even as they threatened to rethink their policy of avoiding bloodshed.
Tuesday, June 14, 2016 - 06:31
The United States on Sunday reaffirmed its intention to help Uganda eliminate the Lord's Resistance Army following reports that Uganda may soon stop taking part in the hunt for LRA leader Joseph Kony.
Monday, June 13, 2016 - 06:46
U.S. generals, who for months have been arguing in favor of employing more air power in Afghanistan to counter the Taliban’s advances, are finally getting their wish. Defense officials on Friday announced that the White House has approved an expansion of U.S. airstrikes against the fundamentalist group, giving more authority to U.S. commanders to call in aerial backup for Afghan and U.S. forces on the ground.
Friday, June 10, 2016 - 06:39
Colombia guerrilla group FARC made at least $22.4 million with drug trafficking since 1995, according to the country’s chief prosecutor. The Prosecutor General’s Office has been putting together massive criminal files against the Marxist guerrilla group that is currently negotiating an end to more than half a century of war between the state and the rebels.