Conflict
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 09:15
The commander of the rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) said on Tuesday his group would not join a planned peace conference in Switzerland in January and would pursue its fight to topple President Bashar al-Assad regardless.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 08:31
Kampala city councilors have voted to dismiss the city's mayor, a major opposition figure, sparking protests and accusations of interference from the president.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 08:22
The forces of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) are working to unify themselves to and to transform their alliance into a political party, the alliance’s deputy leader said on Sunday.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 07:57
The teeming hospital grounds in Bossangoa, a northwestern town in the Central African Republic (CAR), offers a glimpse into the worsening crisis the country has faced since a rebel alliance known as Seleka took power by force in March 2013.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 07:51
While security in some northern Mali towns has improved, continued sporadic attacks by militant groups in Timbuktu and Gao, as well as fighting between separatist Tuareg groups and Malian forces in Kidal, are still hampering some aid operations and keeping refugees from returning home.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 07:38
Commenting on the upcoming meeting between the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia Daniel Baer said that he didn’t want to prejudge what the content of their conversation would be.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 07:15
Supporters of arrested former parliament speaker Akmatbek Keldibekov removed their cars from a major highway in Kyrgyzstan's southern region of Osh overnight after blocking it for 24 hours.
Tuesday, November 26, 2013 - 05:02
The OSCE remains this unique platform that cuts across all aspects of what within the OSCE is called comprehensive security, but meaning what we traditionally call hard security or political-military security, economic and environmental security, and human security, including human rights.
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 10:20
In October, Dofio Rodriguez fled the town of Bossangoa, roughly 300 kilometers northwest of the capital, Bangui, after seeing his country's new security forces — a loose band of ex-rebels who go by the name "Seleka”, or alliance — slit his brother's throat at the local police station, then throw his body into a river.
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 10:11
U.S. Department of State spokesperson Jen Psaki on the recent reports that Joseph Kony and the LRA are in surrender talks.