Conflict
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 11:33
Three days of fighting among army factions in South Sudan is posing the first sustained threat to the newly independent nation and laying bare the ethnic divisions that endanger the long-term stability of a top African oil producer.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 11:28
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the former rebel group known as the M23 Movement signed declarations on 12 December formalizing agreements to end hostilities in eastern DRC.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 08:42
Fresh gunfire erupted overnight in the South Sudanese capital, Juba, a day after the government said it had quashed an attempted coup
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 08:40
South Sudan’s president, Salva Kiir, has accused former vice-president Riek Machar of alleged involvement in Sunday’s attack on a military base in the country’s capital, Juba.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 08:30
France is pushing its European partners this week to create a fund to pay for overseas military interventions, like the operation France is leading in the Central African Republic. Other European governments aren't too excited about the idea.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 08:27
Sectarian conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) has killed hundreds and displaced thousands in recent weeks. But in some parts of the capital of Bangui, Muslim and Christian neighbours still look out for each other.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 08:15
The Pentagon is accelerating its support mission for a French-led peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic, sending in additional aircraft and equipment into the beleaguered African nation.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:58
The U.N. peacekeeping chief says 90 of his colleagues have been killed this year, with 29 of them in “deliberate attacks.”
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:52
Republic of Congo's former deputy intelligence chief was arrested on Monday following an intense gun battle that killed at least seven people in the capital Brazzaville, a senior police official and a witness said.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 07:50
"These meetings are for the sake of unifying the Kurdish house and its political (position)... and preparing for the Geneva meeting, so the Kurdish participation will be strong," Bashir said.