Ebola spreads to three countries
The World Health Organization has confirmed that an outbreak of the ebola virus that has killed 70 people in Guinea has spread to Liberia....
Cameroon tightens border over diamonds
Yaounde - Cameroon is tightening border security to halt the illegal flow of diamonds from neighbouring, conflict-torn Central African Republic, the government said Monday....
Amnesty International: 1,500 Nigerians Killed in Boko Haram Violence in 2014
ABUJA — Amnesty International said 1,500 people have been killed this year in an escalating armed conflict between Boko Haram insurgents and Nigerian security...
E.U. to Send Troops to Central African Republic
The proposed deployment was authorized months ago but delayed as the bloc struggled to secure the troops and equipment it had pledged for the...
Liberia confirms Ebola’s arrival from Guinea
Liberia has confirmed two patients have tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus, which is already believed to have killed at least 70 people...
Nigeria ‘attempted jailbreak’ leaves more than 20 dead
Twenty-one people have been killed in an attempt to escape from detention at the headquarters of Nigeria's secret police in the capital, officials say....
Kenyan tourism sector tumbles
Nairobi - Kenya's vital tourism sector is "on its knees" after attacks by al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants carried out in retaliation for its intervention...
Ozzie Saffa: Zimbabwe Gives Remaining White Farmers Ultimatum
The first thing I noticed when I read this article (below), was the language used to describe the remaining White farmers in Zimbabwe -...
Deadly Ebola virus spreads from rural Guinea to capital
A deadly outbreak of the Ebola virus suspected of killing at least 63 people has spread from rural Guinea to the capital Conakry, authorities...
EU hopes to launch delayed Central African Republic mission soon
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments are expected to pledge soldiers and equipment on Friday allowing the EU to launch its delayed peacekeeping mission...
Should the United Nations Wage War to Keep Peace?
The French director brought the meeting to an end. The women clapped as Power and the others got up to leave. Outside, I turned...
Zimbabwe won’t retrench to solve debt crisis
HARARE - Zimbabwe's finance minister on Wednesday ruled out cuts in the number of civil servants as the country struggles to bring its mounting...
