Heidi Vogt
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 06:09
President Barack Obama on Tuesday became the first American president to address the African Union in the institution’s 52-year history.
Monday, July 20, 2015 - 06:42
Kenya aims to project an image of security as President Barack Obama makes his first official visit here this week—in part by reopening the Westgate mall nearly two years after it was the scene of a deadly terrorist attack.
Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 06:36
South Sudan is running out of money, which along with a civil war and mass food shortages is putting the world’s youngest country at risk of becoming its youngest failed state.
Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 05:48
A standoff in Burundi between protesters and a president trying to flout constitutional term limits is threatening to destabilize a precarious part of Central Africa.
Thursday, January 2, 2014 - 07:28
Neighbors Press for Quick Cease-Fire Agreement; President Declares State of Emergency
Thursday, December 19, 2013 - 07:44
Young Nation 'on Cusp of Civil War' A strategic town north of South Sudan's capital fell Thursday to renegade troops who appeared to be mobilizing into a rebel force to challenge for control of the oil-rich African country.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 - 11:33
Three days of fighting among army factions in South Sudan is posing the first sustained threat to the newly independent nation and laying bare the ethnic divisions that endanger the long-term stability of a top African oil producer.