Sudan forces Eritrean refugees out
Khartoum - Sudan is forcing Eritrean refugees to return to their home country, the UN said on Friday, warning that their lives and liberty...
Ethiopian Muslims protest demanding the release leaders
Addis Ababa - Hundreds of Muslims protesters demonstrated in Ethiopia on Friday, demanding the release of 17 of their leaders jailed under terrorism charges...
Teen killed in pro-Mohammad Morsi protest clashes
Cairo - An Egyptian teenager was killed in clashes between supporters of the ousted Islamist president and security forces Friday, a security official said,...
South Sudan denies imposing media ban on federalism debate
JUBA - The South Sudanese government on Wednesday responded to a letter from media seeking clarification on reports that it was censoring public debate...
Details of US military presence in Somalia
The United States has for the first time in recent years given details of its military presence inside Somalia.US officials told Reuters news agency...
Uganda’s Karamoja region making best of disarmament
The Karamoja region of north-eastern Uganda has faced years of insecurity, first from rebellions and then from decades of cattle rustling.Livestock are stolen by...
No major scaling down at US embassy in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya – US Ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec on Thursday sought to dispel fears that the US embassy in Kenya was significantly scaling...
Nigerian villagers plead for United Nations protection
Abuja - Villagers from a north-east Nigerian town where Boko Haram Islamists abducted more than 200 schoolgirls, on Friday appealed to the United Nations...
Ethiopia facing flood of refugees from South Sudan
Ethiopia is facing a huge wave of refugees from South Sudan, where the spectre of famine threatens to heap further misery on a people...
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe tells white farmers ‘to go’
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has called on the country's remaining white farmers to cede land to black people."We say no to whites owning our...