Ex-rebels took 16 UN staff members hostage at the Munigi base in Congo's North Kivu province, demanding they be sent to another East African country to avoid their forced return. Read more »
The UN has started supplying food assistance by road to South Sudan using a new humanitarian corridor opened by Sudan earlier in March. Read more »
President Salva Kiir has received offers from agents of established companies, organizations and financing groups worth billions of dollars, that critics warn will mortgage the ... Read more »
Refugee Law Project, a Kampala-based NGO, explains that refugees get assistance when they are in settlements but the moment they choose to move to urban areas they are expected to ... Read more »
Witnesses say that government forces are targeting residents based on their ethnic group. Read more »
Hundreds of locals have fled into Uganda following violence targeting civilians at the border town of Parjok by what witnesses say are members of the South Sudan army. Read more »
The Sudan People's Liberation Movement in Opposition says the government is using oil revenue to purchase weapons to kill civilians. Read more »
The bodies of three Kenyan aid workers arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport after a funeral service was held at Tearfund near Juba hospital in South Sudan. Read more »
South Africa will appear before the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court to argue why the Hague should not make a finding of non-compliance against the country ... Read more »
The UN has ordered the deployment of a 4,000-strong protection force, a move that has been resisted by Juba for the past six months. Read more »
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