Thomson Reuters Foundation
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 07:58
France said on Tuesday it would increase its force in Central African Republic to at least 1,000 soldiers once a U.N. resolution is passed next week to try to prevent sectarian violence from destabilizing the entire region.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 07:56
Deep in the bowels of the giant Inga hydroelectric dam that straddles the mighty Congo river stands a fading map named "The motorways of electric power from Inga".
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 07:46
The U.N. Security Council is considering imposing an arms embargo on the virtually lawless Central African Republic as well as putting a travel ban on people undermining the country's stability, fueling violence and abusing human rights.
Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 07:45
The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) has identified three priority areas to which it will help Somali refugees return home from Kenya, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 - 00:00
Nigeria Renteria is expected to leave her current job as the presidential advisor on women's rights within weeks to join nine government negotiators in Cuba.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 07:58
The Congolese government delegation has quit Ugandan-hosted talks with M23 rebels, saying Kampala's support for insurgents was to blame for the failure to sign a document due to officially end Congo's latest rebellion.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 - 07:50
Half a million Somali refugees living in Kenya will return home over the next three years after the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) signed an agreement with the governments of both countries on Sunday.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 07:40
Permanent residents of the disputed Abyei region overwhelmingly voted to join South Sudan on Thursday in a symbolic referendum that could antagonise heavily armed Arab nomads who drive their livestock through the area and claim it for Sudan.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 07:39
Recent military advances by U.N.-backed Congolese troops in crushing a 20-month rebellion in the east are a major step, but it is too soon to say if the M23 rebels are on the brink of defeat, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 07:32
Cameroonian gendarme Gaitan Atouba was stunned when the Nigerian military opened fire on more than 100 Nigerian refugees under his protection, killing 15 and seriously wounding seven in the northeast Nigerian border town of Banki earlier this month.