Sudan: U.S., France, and China Meet Over Darfur Crisis

An international meeting on Darfur called by newly-elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy ended Monday with parties agreeing to continue to support current efforts to bring peace… Read more »

Africa: Africom Can Help Governments Willing to Help Themselves - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Since the announcement of the creation of Africom, a new unified American combatant command responsible for Africa, there has been much skepticism over its intent and what it will… Read more »

Comoros: African Union Flies in to Demand Elections

An African Union ministerial delegation has flown on a mission to the Comores to demand that the authorities on the island of Anjouan hold new free and fair presidential elections. Read more »

Comoros: African Union Cracks Down on Illegal Election

The African Union has strongly condemned authorities on the island of Anjouan in the Comoros for holding an election in defiance of both the archipelago's federal government and… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Govt to Burn Weapons in 'Flames of Peace'

Prime Minister Guillaume Soro of Côte d'Ivoire wants to begin disarmament in the north of the country with a high-profile ceremony at which weapons would be burned in the… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: New Government Disappoints

Voters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) voted last year in their first multiparty elections since 1965. Incumbent Joseph Kabila, who had assumed the presidency in 2001… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Opposition Leader's Fate Not in My Hands, Says Kabila

President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo says the future of opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, who left the country for Portugal two months ago, is in the… Read more »

Guinea: PM Committed to 'Free and Fair' Elections in December

Guinea's recently appointed Prime Minister, Lansana Kouyaté, has committed himself to holding "free and fair" elections in December this year, but has stressed the… Read more »

Sudan: Bush Imposes New Sanctions Over Darfur

The United States has stepped up its sanctions against Sudan and announced that it will press the United Nations Security Council to adopt a new package of international sanctions,… Read more »

Africa: Hundreds of Thousands Evicted Across Continent

Hundreds of thousands of Africans in many different countries were deliberately rendered homeless last year, Amnesty International has reported. Read more »

Guinea: Armed Soldiers March Through Capital

Conakry slowly returned to normal late Friday as soldiers agreed to return to barracks. Read more »

Ethiopia: Reflection of a Refugee's Life in America

A new novel by Ethiopian author Dinaw Mengestu tells the story of one Ethiopian refugee's struggle for self-definition and motivation in a world of competing demands and… Read more »

Zimbabwe: "We Have Reached the Tipping Point"

Democracy advocates in southern Africa have been posing the question recently: When does Zimbabwe reach a "tipping point", where popular opposition to the regime of aging… Read more »

Somalia: International Community Responsible for Lawlessness and Slaughter

This is the most lawless war of our generation. All wars of aggression lack legitimacy, but no conflict in recent memory has witnessed such mounting layers of illegality as the… Read more »

Sudan: 'Last Chance' on Darfur, Warns U.S. President

U.S. President George W. Bush has expressed skepticism over Sudan's announcement this week that it will accept United Nations personnel as part of a "hybrid"… Read more »

Rwanda: Former President Pardoned

Pasteur Bizimungu, the former president of Rwanda, has been released from prison after receiving a pardon from current President Paul Kagame. Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: New Accord Signals Peace

In a nationwide address on Friday March 9, 2007, Ivoirian President Laurent Gbagbo profusely thanked his colleague from Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré for successfully… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Police Prevent Medical Evacuation of Tortured Leaders

Two women severely assaulted by police in last weekend's beating of opposition leaders in Harare, Zimbabwe, were prevented Saturday from traveling to South Africa for medical… Read more »

Uganda: U.S. Congress to Discuss Call to Resume LRA Peace Talks

United States Congressman Donald Payne (Democrat-New Jersey) has announced the introduction of a House of Representatives resolution urging the Ugandan government and rebel Lord's… Read more »

South Africa: Cabinet Condemns Violence Against Somalis

The South African Cabinet has condemned the recent violence perpetrated against Somali shop owners in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. Read more »

Guinea: The Case for U.S. Action

While the United States government plans to send an additional 20,000 troops to shore up a flawed military strategy in Iraq, it has failed to support the people of Guinea, where… Read more »

South Africa: Army Offers to Train Somali Troops

South Africa's defence minister, Mosiuoa Lekota said today that although the deployment of the country's troops as peacekeepers in Somalia was "improbable," the armed… Read more »

Guinea: Conté Declares 'State of Siege'

President Lansana Conte of Guinea has declared a "state of siege" and instituted martial law after bloody nationwide demonstrations in which 23 people are reported to… Read more »

Liberia: Shorten Road Between Commitment and Cash, Sirleaf Says

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Monday called for debt cancellation and increased development assistance for the country. Read more »

Guinea: Insurrection As Strike Resumes

On the evening of January 27, when the government and the unions signed an agreement suspending a bloody general strike, Guineans took to the streets of Conakry, the capital city… Read more »