Congo-Kinshasa: Taking Pity on a Teenage Mother

Amidst stories of terror and suffering from people fleeing fighting in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Unicef correspondent Sarah Crowe heard an… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Plans No New Bases on Continent, Says Official

The United States' new African military command structure – Africom – will neither base nor deploy U.S. forces on the African continent, Deputy Assistant Secretary… Read more »

Ethiopia: UN Report Warns of Food Crisis in Ogaden

Parts of eastern Ethiopia could face a major food crisis if the shortage in the region is not immediately addressed, an inter-agency United Nations report released Wednesday… Read more »

Sudan: Group Calls for Armed Protection of Darfur Civilians

Human Rights Watch has urged the African Union and the United Nations to give their joint Darfur peacekeeping force "rapid response" capabilities, with enough attack… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Crisis Group Backs SADC Talks

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) initiative to promote a negotiated political solution in Zimbabwe offers the only realistic way out of the current crisis, and the… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: End Sexual Violence in Eastern Region

In this statement, former UN Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa and current Co-Director of AIDS-Free World Stephen Lewis calls for a new UN initiative to end sexual violence in the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ogaden Leaders Accuse Govt of 'Genocide'

Leaders of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (OLNF), a rebel group fighting against the Ethiopian government, have accused the Ethiopian army of committing crimes… Read more »

Africa: Violence in Developing Countries

As violence and war grip societies all over the world, social scientists, economists and scholars are rushing to answer the question "why?" Several explanations of the… Read more »

Somalia: Crisis Among World's Worst, Says Rights Expert

The scale of human rights abuses and the displacement of people in Somalia has made it among the world's worst situations of its kind, a rights expert has told a meeting in… Read more »

Sudan: Can Europe and China 'Save' Darfur?

After all the U.S. government's rhetoric about Darfur's genocide, and all its finger-wagging over the inaction of other nations, it is an instructive irony that the forces… Read more »

Sudan: Govt Accused of Breaking Darfur Arms Embargo

The human rights group, Amnesty International released photographs Friday showing the Sudanese government continuing to deploy offensive military equipment in Darfur in what the… Read more »

Nigeria: Security Challenges Yar'Adua Administration

After nearly three months in office, President Umaru Yar'Adua is promising big improvements for Nigeria's economy, but growth has been hampered by a crippling strike and… Read more »

Liberia: Taylor Trial Adjourned to 2008

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor’s war crimes trial in The Hague, Netherlands was adjourned until January 7, 2008 at a hearing Monday. Read more »

Sierra Leone: Elections Bring Hope for a Former Failed State

It all seems almost too normal to be newsworthy. On August 11, Sierra Leone goes to the polls to choose a new president among three candidates, all pledging to reform government,… Read more »

Liberia: Goodwill May Yield Tangible Dividends for Old Ally

Thanks to widespread support for Liberia's fledgling post-conflict democracy in the U.S. Congress and within the Bush administration, several thousand Liberians living in the… Read more »

Rwanda: Can Art Bring Peace?

Simon Bikindi is currently standing trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), facing charges for war crimes committed during the country's 1994… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Secretary of State Postpones Visit

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has postponed a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The visit was originally scheduled for next week. Read more »

Chad: No Special Court for Habré, Says Senegal

The Senegalese government on Thursday announced that the trial of former Chadian President Hissene Habré will not take place in a special court as initially suggested. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Secretary of State to Visit Next Week

United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will stop in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as part of a trip next week to the Middle East,… Read more »

Liberia: Charles Taylor Appears at Trial

Former Liberian President Charles Taylor made his first appearance for his war crimes trial at a hearing at The Hague today. However, the trial’s proceedings were postponed… Read more »

Sudan: African Celebrities Appeal to Heads of State on Darfur

African leaders are meeting in Ghana, the land of Kwame Nkrumah, this week to discuss the future of the African Union. Their summit is dedicated to a single subject: the project of… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Prime Minister Survives Rocket Attack

Three people were killed on Friday when Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro's plane was hit by a rocket. Soro survived the attack, said Forces Nouvelles, Soro's former… Read more »

Africa: Panel Urges More Help For Education in Conflict Areas

Activists, academics and authors have urged the United States Congress to put more attention on universal basic education for children in areas of conflict. Read more »

Guinea: Soldiers Guilty of Torture, Rape and Executions - Report

Guinea's security forces have illegally executed civilians and used deliberate and excessive force, according to a new report from Amnesty International. Read more »

Liberia: Taylor Trial Delayed Again

The trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor on war crimes charges was again delayed today by wrangles over his legal representation. Read more »