Conflict
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 09:58
West Africa is experiencing an increase of piracy attracted by its burgeoning oil and gas fields while policies aiming to prevent its spread seem to be failing.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 09:28
A Libyan hospital official says seven protesters have been killed when militiamen opened fire on peaceful protesters demanding the removal of armed groups in the capital.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 09:16
More than a thousand students, teachers, doctors and activists — even mosque imams — have been hauled in for questioning for their role in the civic unrest.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 08:47
The last members of a group of Somali pirates convicted in the deaths of four Americans have been sentenced to multiple life terms.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 08:41
The U.S. has national interests in the region, as it supports integration on the EuP members into the greater Euro- Atlantic area. Washington has not provided sufficient support to the Vilnius process and needs to do so in the remaining two weeks.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 08:34
The United States will not have a seat at the table at this summit. However, its results will have enormous strategic consequences for US interests. Therefore, I am here to urge your backing for a clear US strategy in support of the EU’s Eastern Partnership. In short, we need a US strategy for Europe’s East.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 08:31
Online and diaspora activists should be recognised as the important early stages of a revolutionary movement, not a distraction.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 08:19
UN says as many as 30,000 people may need aid after floods triggered by cyclone wash away roads and kill at least 300.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 08:15
Figure is larger than previous two years combined, says body, citing inter-tribal violence as the main reason.
Friday, November 15, 2013 - 08:10
While the six Eastern Partnership countries have responded in various ways to the EU’s offer to integrate into Europe’s common structures, the United States strongly supports the process as a key ingredient in our effort to cement a “Europe whole and free and at peace” – a shared policy goal of the United States and EU member states since the Berlin Wall fell almost 25 years ago.