Terrorism, Ebola are impeding development, DR Congo chief tells UN
25 September 2014 – President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) warned the United Nations today that global development was threatened...
South Sudan Hangs on Rebel Chief’s Next Move
Riek Machar earned a doctorate from a British university and in 2011 became vice president in South Sudan's first democratic election. He now commands...
Somalia’s Shebab stone woman to death for polyandry
MOGADISHU: A Somali woman has been stoned to death in an Islamist Somali woman has been stoned to death-controlled part of the country for...
U.S. Ambassador to Botswana: Who Is Earl R. Miller?
On July 29, 2014, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on the nomination of Earl Robert Miller, a career Foreign Service officer,...
Anger over land grab by Mugabe’s daughter
Harare - Reports that a white family was thrown off their farm to make way for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's 24-year-old daughter have angered...
IMF says no new cash until Zimbabwe pays debts
The International Monetary Fund has scotched suggestions that cash-strapped Zimbabwe could get fresh financial aid, saying it must first service old debts.Domenico Fanizza, a...
Elephant slaughter industrialised in Mozambique
Maputo - Poachers slaughtered 22 elephants in Mozambique in the first two weeks of September, environmentalists said on Monday, warning of killing for ivory...
Al-Qaeda Tunisia offshoot offers backing to ISIS
Tunis - An Al-Qaeda-linked Tunisian group has offered backing to ISIS, becoming the third jihadist group to do so this week, a U.S.-based monitor...
UN proposes Libyan ceasefire and talks
The UN, EU and a group of 13 nations have called for "an immediate, comprehensive ceasefire" in Libya, after the UN mission there proposed...
Ethiopia hands Egypt safety studies of main dam
Cairo - Water ministers of Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia have adopted the criteria and conditions under which an international consultancy will be formed to...