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Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 12:25
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry strongly criticizes the use of chemical weapons in Syria. He asserts that the regime of Bashar al-Assad is responsible for usage of these weapons in a recent attack and announces that the Obama administration, in conjunction with members of Congress and foreign ministries around the world, are working both to compile and present evidence of the Assad government's guilt as well as to formulate a response.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 12:34
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel spoke with Egyptian Minister of Defense Al-Sisi on the subject of security in the Sinai Peninsula and the overall security situation in Egypt.
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 06:15
On 22 August 2013, the members of the Security Council heard a briefing by Edmond Mulet, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, on the situation in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 07:05
The African Union (AU) has welcomed the agreement between the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) and the Jubba Interim Administration to establish the modalities of administration and governance in three southern regions of the war-ravaged Horn of Africa country.
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 07:08
Fear and hunger threaten to overwhelm one of Africa’s most tragic countries.
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 07:17
The Africa Center for Strategic Studies, a part of the National Defense University in Washington, DC, has published a security brief by Michael O. Sodipo on jihadist radicalism in northern Nigeria. The brief proposes practical suggestions as to how to respond to radicalization.
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 07:23
The M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has said it will stop fighting, following days of clashes with UN-backed forces.
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 07:25
The M23 rebel movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo will be withdrawing troops from the frontline of fighting with Congolese and UN forces, according to the group's chief.
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 07:27
Thousands of civilians have fled to the Central African Republic's main international airport in order to escape from former rebel fighters, occupying the tarmac for 18 hours as a sign of protest, witnesses and officials say.
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 07:29
UN peacekeepers in eastern Congo say they have witnessed shelling into Rwandan territory from positions occupied by M23 rebels.