Conflict
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 07:03
Joint maneuvers with US soldiers are causing alarm in the Republic of Moldova. The pro-Russia opposition has referred to the exercises as an invasion.
Friday, May 13, 2016 - 07:46
The Colombian state and FARC guerrillas have approved an agreement to assure a final peace deal is executed during peace talks in Cuba. The Colombian government and members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, agreed that the deal will be signed before May 18.
Monday, May 9, 2016 - 07:40
For activists like Franco, and Jani Silva, a community leader from the south-western Putumayo department, many of the injustices that underlie the conflict in the world’s largest single supplier of cocaine remain unresolved. This is despite the passage in 2011 of the Victims and Land Restitution Law – which aims to hand back the millions of hectares of land stolen during decades of violence.
Monday, May 9, 2016 - 07:09
Pro-government forces in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden were detaining and evicting hundreds of civilians to the north, Yemeni officials said Sunday.
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 06:48
For years, piracy in African waters was almost exclusively associated with the Western Indian Ocean off Somalia’s eastern coast. But while the problem is still of grave concern in the Horn of Africa, another part of the continent has overtaken it as the most dangerous region in the world for seafarers—the Gulf of Guinea in West Africa, and in particular the waters south of Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta region.
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 06:35
More than 450 people have been killed in Burundi in unrest that began a year ago, the police said in a report on the crisis that has raised fears of a return to the ethnically charged violence of civil war.
Monday, May 2, 2016 - 06:35
One Ukrainian soldier was killed and seven others were wounded in combat with Russian-backed militants in eastern Ukraine, officials said Sunday, as escalating violence threatens a cease-fire that took hold in September.
Friday, April 29, 2016 - 06:55
Fighting between left-wing ELN guerrillas and Colombia’s military on Thursday left two guerrillas dead and six injured, according to the military. Following the face-off that started Wednesday morning in the small town of Caceres, Antioquia in northern Colombia, six alleged ELN fighters were taken into custody, three of whom were underage.
Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 06:19
Nigeria needs to step up security to stem a rise in incidents of piracy and communal clashes, as well as the continued threat from Boko Haram insurgents, Defence Minister Mansur Muhammad Dan-Ali said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, April 27, 2016 - 07:38
A top member of a group seeking independence for Western Sahara warned Tuesday that war is possible over the disputed territory annexed by Morocco if the U.N. Security Council fails to set a timetable for a vote on self-determination.