Conflict
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 08:34
Thousands of angry people flooded the runway of the international airport in the chaotic capital of Central African Republic, shouting slogans against the nation's Muslim president, who grabbed power in a coup nine months ago.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 08:16
The eruption of violence inside the world's youngest nation has sparked fears of war. At least 500 people have died and 30,000 displaced in a bout of internal tension in South Sudan. Jeffrey Brown talks to Lesley Anne Warner of CNA Analysis and Solutions, a non-profit research organization, about the conflict's origins.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 08:01
Negotiators from South Sudan’s two warring sides arrived in Ethiopia on Wednesday for peace talks, and a U.N. official urged both teams to bring the world’s newest country “back from the brink.”
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 07:59
On the eve of negotiations to end the conflict in South Sudan, rebel forces on Wednesday seized major sections of the city of Bor, giving them a strategic foothold for a possible march toward the capital and transforming the banks of the White Nile into an impromptu camp for the tens of thousands of people who have fled the fighting.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 07:31
France is to reduce the number of its troops in Mali over the next three months by 60%, the French defence minister has said.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 07:28
Neighbors Press for Quick Cease-Fire Agreement; President Declares State of Emergency
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 07:22
Islamist militants in Somalia said on Thursday that they carried out the triple bombing on a Mogadishu hotel that killed at least 11 people.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 07:16
Humanitarian groups warn of dwindling supplies of clean water, food and shelter, as Oxfam urges warring factions to call truce
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 07:07
Government and rebels teams to meet in Addis Ababa in effort to end conflict in Jonglei that has left thousands dead.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 06:55
The South Sudanese people made extraordinary sacrifices to achieve independence two and a half years ago. That makes their leaders’ abject failure to build a viable South Sudan since then all the more galling. Now, a political crisis imperils the nation. But there is a silver lining: The turmoil could give South Sudan the opportunity to reset the national agenda. The country’s leaders cannot afford to squander this moment, and their first task is a sober appraisal of what has gone so disastrously wrong.