West African regional bloc ECOWAS Friday banned the transfer of arms by the 15 member states except for legitimate defence, security and peacekeeping ...
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai left Thursday for North Africa, where analysts said he would meet Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi ...
The UN Security Council has "strongly condemned" the ongoing attacks and acts of violence of Uganda's rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Great Lakes region of Africa. "The (15) members of the Security Council strongly condemned the continued and recently increasing ...
JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Twelve people were killed and a government minister wounded in clashes in south Sudan, which is preparing for a referendum on whether to split off as an independent state. A surge of ethnic violence has killed more than ...
German police arrested two top Rwandan militia leaders Tuesday suspected of atrocities committed in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, prosecutors said. Ignace Murwanashyaka, 46, the leader of Rwanda's Hutu FLDR rebels, was seized in the western city of Karlsruhe on suspicion of ...
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 17: Charles "Chad" Gifford, member of the Bank of America Board of Directors, testifies during a joint hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and its Domestic Policy Subcommittee November 17, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, ...
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, foreground right, listens to his ear piece as his wife Grace is seen in the background, during a plenary session at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO headquarters during a World Summit on Food Security, in ...
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - African leaders agreed on Tuesday on how much cash to demand from the rich world to compensate for the impact of climate change on the continent but kept the figure secret ahead of next month's Copenhagen talks. The ...
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, right, attends the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization FAO headquarters during a World Summit on Food Security, in Rome, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. At left is his wife Grace. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool) Copyright 2009 AP News
US envoy Scott Gration will return to Khartoum and Darfur this week as part of US diplomatic efforts to ease tensions in the region, the State Department said Monday. Gration was expected to meet with members of the National Congress Party (NCP) ...
A UN summit on world hunger drew fire on Monday, even from the head of the UN food agency, for failing to pledge new funds or set a timetable to beat the scourge affecting more than one billion people. While a final ...
Sudanese parties on Monday condemned abuses in voter registrations for the first multi-party elections in 24 years set for April, calling for the enrolment period to be extended. "There are violations in the registrations" of voters, said Yasir Arman of former rebels ...
