Conflict
Monday, December 7, 2015 - 06:03
Heroin traffickers linked to the abduction and disappearance of 43 students a year ago are battling over millions of dollars paid by Canadian mining giant Goldcorp to a village in Mexico's southern gold belt, leading to a wave of murders.
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 09:30
Panel One
The Honorable Linda Thomas-Greenfield
Assistant Secretary, Bureau Of African Affairs
U.S. Department of State
Washington , D.C.
Panel Two
Dr. Josh Siegle
Director Of Research, Africa Center For Strategic Studies
National Defense University
Washington , D.C.
Mr. Thierry Vircoulon
Central Africa Project Director
International Crisis Group
Nairobi , Kenya
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 09:27
Panel One
The Honorable Donald Booth
Special Envoy To Sudan And South Sudan
U.S. Department of State
Washington , D.C.
Mr. Robert Leavitt
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau For Democracy, Conflict, And Humanitarian Assistance
U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington , D.C.
Panel Two
The Honorable Princeton Lyman
Senior Advisor To The President, Former Special Envoy To Sudan And South Sudan
U.S. Institute of Peace
Washington , D.C.
Mr. Adotei Akwei
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 06:49
Months after the Obama administration declared combat operations over in Afghanistan, the CIA continues to run a shadow war in the eastern part of the country, overseeing an Afghan proxy called the Khost Protection Force, according to local officials, former commanders of that militia and Western advisers.
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 06:47
The opposition has asked regional bloc Igad (Inter-Governmental Authority on Development) and an international troika (United States, Norway and United Kingdom) to put pressure on president Kiir to reverse his stand on the re-division of South Sudanese states.
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 06:36
Germany's parliament has voted to send military support to the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria.
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 06:27
Strong actions are needed, but they should be part of a coherent institutional framework.
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 06:23
Street demonstrations erupt as National Assembly passes constitutional amendment that paves way for Rafael Correa to be re-elected indefinitely.
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 06:22
Burundi is on the brink of civil war and will need regional mediation to establish a peace process between the government and opposition to avert a new conflict, a U.S. envoy said on Thursday.
Friday, December 4, 2015 - 06:19
The Somali army said the U.S. carried out an air strike on a southern Somalia town where a resident said Islamist-militant fighters from the al-Shabaab group are active.