Conflict
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 08:07
As the violence in the Central African Republic reaches unprecedented levels, aid organizations say the number of internally displaced people edges toward a million, further hampering humanitarian relief efforts.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 07:43
International efforts have tightened the noose on Somalia's infamous pirates, but the scourge is alive in West Africa and could well return to the country
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 07:29
While hopes for peace blossomed after M23 rebel surrender, much work remains after 20 years of war.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 07:24
The South Sudanese army has expressed concern over reports that several army commanders at various levels are defecting to former vice president Riek Macher's rebel forces.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 07:07
UN officials are warning the Security Council that Central African Republic is on the brink of a catastrophe, with half the population made homeless since ethnic warfare broke out.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 07:06
Peace talks between South Sudan's government and rebels started in Ethiopia on Monday, as key power China added its weight to efforts to end weeks of fighting in the world's youngest nation.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 07:01
The United States has demanded negotiations. Uganda has threatened to intervene. China has called for an immediate cease-fire.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 06:10
The role of Iran is one of many obstacles that have bedeviled efforts by Ban and UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to organize the conference.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 05:57
The killings in the Jabal al-Zawiya region appeared to be part of the wider confrontation by an alliance of rebels against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), across rebel-held territories of northern and eastern Syria.
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - 05:54
Syrian rebels have ousted a hardline al-Qaida group from the provincial capital of Raqqa, freeing more than 50 hostages in a fourth day of clashes across the north of the country.