Associated Press
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 07:58
President Barack Obama says he’s selected his outgoing ambassador to Ethiopia to be the U.S. special envoy to Sudan and South Sudan.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 07:56
The semi-autonomous Somali state of Jubaland agreed Wednesday to ally itself with the national government, in a deal hailed as boosting to efforts to unify the war-torn nation.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 00:00
A Colombian high court has declared constitutional a law the government says is key to its peace process with rebels.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 00:00
The future of broadcast television and other news media in Argentina now rests with its Supreme Court, which began hearing arguments Wednesday over a law the government says will foster competition by breaking up privately held monopolies in the informati
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 11:35
Two former militant groups offered to call off street protests if the government agrees to ease its pressure on Islamists, a move that underscores how a onetime strong Islamist movement is now bowing to an unprecedented crackdown.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 11:17
The Obama administration tried to bolster its case for possible military action against Syria within days, with intelligence agencies preparing to release intercepted communications proving Assad perpetrated a large-scale chemical weapons attack.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:56
In every corner of the Egyptian capital, a bustling city of 18 million that rarely sleeps, people are locked up in their homes at night under a military-imposed curfew that has driven people up the walls, sometimes literally.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:50
The head of the United Nations refugee agency warned Tuesday that Syria could be on the “verge of the abyss” as aid workers brace for a likely increase in the nearly 2 million refugees who have already fled the country’s civil war.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 08:26
A probe into policing in the troubled new nation of South Sudan has uncovered 11,000 fake names on the payroll.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 07:10
Deux attaques attribuées au groupe islamiste Boko Haram ont fait 24 morts dans le nord-est du Nigeria, en représailles à des actions menées par des milices privées, ont rapporté mardi des habitants et des responsables.