Conflict
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 08:15
The Sudanese government has said it will do everything humanly possible end the rebellion in west Sudan’s Darfur region by the end of this year, the official Sudan News Agency (SUNA) reported Monday, quoting the country's Interior Minister, Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamid.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 07:33
Puntland president says at least 100 people killed and electricity and phones down in the affected towns.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 07:21
An Armenian political expert downplayed the significance of a planned meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents over the unresolved Nagorno-Karabakh conflict saying it will hardly mark a breakthrough in the stalled peace process.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 07:18
The Armenian press service said on November 12 that Sarkisian would inspect the military forces of the self-proclaimed republic.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 10:55
“We are calling to all brigades from other towns to leave the capital” Elbadri stated. Tripoli would look after its own security in future, he insisted.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 10:36
More than 500,000 Somali refugees in Kenya are to be given the opportunity to return home after the UN refugee agency signed a tripartite agreement with the two countries' governments.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 10:34
A tropical cyclone that hit the north-eastern Somali region of Puntland over the weekend killed up to 100 people, the regional leader has told the BBC.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 10:30
At least 100 people were killed when a tropical cyclone hit Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region at the weekend, the government said on Monday, declaring a state of emergency and appealing for international aid.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 10:18
When Alton Dalasile got his first job as a miner in the late 1980s, he immediately joined the National Union of Mineworkers, a powerful organization that not only fought for workers’ rights but also battled the brutal system of racial segregation known as apartheid. When his union’s political ally, the African National Congress, was on the ballot in 1994 in South Africa’s first fully democratic election, Mr. Dalasile enthusiastically cast his ballot for Nelson Mandela, the country’s first black president.
Monday, November 11, 2013 - 10:09
The delay of polls in Guinea-Bissau signals the likely extension of a transition period currently scheduled to wind down on 31 December. The transition follows an April 2012 coup that has weakened the economy, caused dire food insecurity and repelled major donors.