Conflict
Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 06:55
Former Nigeria Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has dismissed new accusations of corruption leveled against her.
Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 06:52
The unfolding human tragedy in Burundi needs urgent intervention from the international community before it is too late. The seemingly hands-off attitude by the East African Community, African Union and even the United Nations raises many questions.
Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 06:43
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and the East African Community could share in the blame if full-scale war breaks out in Burundi, a senior U.S. official said on Wednesday.
Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 06:37
The United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Samantha Power, on Wednesday said that Nigeria urgently needed a viable military action to end activities of Boko Haram.
Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 06:35
The United States on Wednesday called for greater transparency into alleged sexual assaults by UN peacekeepers in the Central African Republic, demanding to know the nationalities of the accused.
Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 06:26
The blast ripped through Yahya Asabah’s house, spraying glass from windows and scattering rubble across the upstairs floor where he sat with his wife and daughter. Downstairs, his son, a vegetable-seller in the Old City of Yemen’s capital, San’a, was among at least 12 people killed when the house next door collapsed.
Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 06:18
Iraqi forces backed by U.S.-led airstrikes repelled Islamic State counterattacks here Wednesday, a day after the army gained an important foothold in the city.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 06:40
The defections of two fighters, an American and a U.S. resident, from Somalia's Islamic extremist rebels highlight tensions within al-Shabab over whether it should remain affiliated to al-Qaida or switch allegiance to the Islamic State group, an al-Shabab commander said Tuesday.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 06:39
Two servicemen have told Congress that American special forces called in an air strike on a hospital in Afghanistan because they believed the Taliban were using it as a command center, contradicting the military's explanation that the attack was meant for a different building.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 06:37
Former child soldiers in South Sudan said they took up arms to defend themselves after being beaten and almost drowned by government soldiers, and they might return to the battlefield if their lives do not improve, a UNICEF ambassador said.