Conflict
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 06:39
Efforts to broker a ceasefire in South Sudan have continued with a US special envoy and other mediators meeting the rebel leader, Riek Machar.
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 06:10
The meeting gave the Ambassador an opportunity to hear each party’s thoughts on developments since the Presidential election, their plans for 2014, and their expectations for the local self-government reform legislation currently before parliament.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 14:31
Mr. President, I have taken the floor of the Senate--and when I was a Member of the House, the floor of the House--to talk about circumstances that are occurring somewhere in the world where people are being killed, displaced; people are being uprooted simply because of their ethnicity.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 14:22
"I remain deeply alarmed about the escalating violence in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.). In the last year, citizens of the C.A.R. have been the victims of an ever increasing level of ethno-religious violence, which started with armed groups attacking civilians, but has worsened as civilians have increasingly taken up arms against each other. Bangui—C.A.R’s capital--has fallen into a state of turmoil with half of the city’s inhabitants, some 513,000 people, being driven from their homes.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 13:47
Convicted of corruption and sexual offences, Zayd Saidov was arrested shortly after setting up an opposition party.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 13:34
Harutiunian launched the hunger strike in December to protest a decision by investigators not to allow his family to visit him.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 13:15
Citing senior U.S. officials, the New York Times reported that Washington could resume its aid even if some of it ends up going to Islamist groups that are allied with the moderates.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 13:05
Turkish police seized two buses packed with weapons and ammunition on Friday in the southern province of Adana near the Syrian border, local media reported.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 12:57
Below is a roundup of some of the top articles and news highlights from around Africa over the last week.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 12:46
Fighting between an al Qaeda-linked group and a loose alliance of more moderate and ultraconservative rebel brigades has killed nearly 500 people over the past week in northern Syria, an activist group said Friday.