Associated Press
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 08:21
Central African Republic on Wednesday launched a program to collect unauthorized weapons in response to rampant violence and petty crime in the chronically unstable nation.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 08:07
Defence chiefs and foreign ministers from Africa's Great Lakes region met on Wednesday in the latest bid to end fighting in resource-rich eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 07:34
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, warning that Somalia could slide back into being a failed state, called Tuesday on countries around the world to provide the African Union-led peacekeeping force there with attack helicopters and armored troop carriers to take the fight to Al-Shabab militants in the field.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 00:00
Peru has in the past two years overtaken Colombia as the No. 1 source of counterfeit U.S. dollars, says the U.S. Secret Service.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 00:00
Romano is accused of committing almost 100 human rights crimes while working as a prosecutor during Argentina's 1976-83 military dictatorship.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 00:00
A June Gallup poll gave Santos 48 percent approval.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 00:00
Pena Nieto said that "if proved ... it is an act outside the law." He said he may discuss the issue with President Barack Obama at the summit.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 00:00
Maduro claimed sabotage by "the extreme right-wing" was the cause, but did not present any evidence.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 00:00
That's been a main demand from anti-government protesters who've taken to streets since June.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013 - 13:11
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir arrived in Khartoum on Tuesday for a summit aimed at averting a shutdown of oil pipelines vital to both stricken economies, an AFP reporter said.