East Africa: Tanzanian President Optimistic About Burundi Ceasefire Accord

A ceasefire agreement was signed early Tuesday between the warring parties in Burundi. The peace deal commits the government of President Pierre Buyoya and the rebel Forces for… Read more »

West Africa: Ghana Denies Rebel Allegations Of Military Support To Ivorian Government

A leading Ivorian rebel spokesman has accused the government of Ghana of providing military support to the Cote d'Ivoire authorities and of allowing its territory, at the northwest… Read more »

Nigeria: Newspaper Contrition Fails to Quell Nigeria Violence

Violence in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna continued sporadically Friday, triggered by a furious reaction of Muslims to the suggestion in a leading national newspaper that… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast New Peace Plan, UN Launches Multimillion Dollar Aid Appeal

West African mediators, trying to broker a peace deal between the Cote d'Ivoire government and rebels, handed both delegations in nearby Togo a fresh draft peace plan Thursday to… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone's Special Court: Will it Hinder or Help?

Post-war Sierra Leone is being used as a kind of guinea-pig. Following in South Africa's footsteps it will have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission which is intended to allow the… Read more »

Sierra Leone: The Killing House of Kailahun

Earlier this year in Sierra Leone, photojournalist Ben Phillips came across a building which had all too obviously been the site of gross violence and cruelty during the years of… Read more »

Sudan: Khartoum, Rebels Extend Ceasefire Until March

The Khartoum government and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement and Army (SPLM/A) agreed Monday in Nairobi, Kenya, to extend a Memorandum of Understanding on the delivery… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast Peace Talks on Hold as Rebels Consult

Ivorian rebel representatives left the Togolese capital, Lome, to return to their stronghold in Cote d’Ivoire's central city of Bouake , to consult their colleagues and supporters… Read more »

Liberia: Embargo on Taylor Must Continue, Says UN Panel

A UN panel of experts established to probe the supply of weapons that fuels the Liberian conflict has just submitted its latest report to the UN Security Council in New York. Read more »

Djibouti: More U.S. Troops En Route To Horn

The number of United States troops in Djibouti may soon number more than 2,000 with the announcement, Tuesday, by General Tommy Franks, commander of the U.S. Central Command, that… Read more »

Africa: 'Blood Diamonds' Talks Underway

As the World Diamond Council (WDC) began meeting in London, Monday, to finalize their plans for stamping out the flow of 'conflict' or 'blood' diamonds mined in African war zones,… Read more »

Angola: 'Humanitarian Crisis Hidden by War,' says Aid Official

"A large number of Angolans are still in a precarious situation... starving, not because of natural disaster, drought or crop failure, but as a direct result of how the war was… Read more »

West Africa: West African Envoys Optimistic Ahead Of Scheduled Truce in Ivory Coast

As they set off on their latest journey to Cote d'Ivoire's central rebel-held town of Bouake, West African peace mediators said they were optimistic they would return with an… Read more »

West Africa: Ivory Coast Loyalist Forces Recapture Cocoa Capital, Rebels Lay Out Demands

After four days of fighting, in which loyalist and rebel troops traded control of Cote d'Ivoire's cocoa capital, Daloa, the town was reported to have been recaptured by government… Read more »

West Africa: Ivory Coast Rebels Pull Out Of Peace Talks, Demand President's Resignation

Rebel commanders in Cote d'Ivoire's second city, Bouake, pulled out of regionally brokered negotiations Monday, accusing the government of President Laurent Gbagbo of recruiting… Read more »

West Africa: Ivory Coast Rebels Seize Key Cocoa Town As Mediation Hopes Increase

Rebels in Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) claimed they captured the country's key cocoa producing town of Daloa on Sunday, as West African envoys reported progress in their efforts to… Read more »

West Africa: Thousands Flee as Diplomatic Mediation Renewed in Ivory Coast

As the Senegalese foreign minister began efforts to jumpstart West African mediation Saturday to end the three-week conflict in Cote d'Ivoire, there were reports of heavy gunfire… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Civilians Flee Rebel Stronghold in Ivory Coast, Despite Fresh Regional Mediation

Reports from central Cote d'Ivoire Thursday said thousands of people behind rebel lines were streaming out of the city of Bouake, fearful that dissident troops would make good on… Read more »

Liberia: Liberia's Story Needs Telling, Says Film Producer

Part of what her television film "Liberia -- America's Stepchild" portrays, says producer Nancee Oku Bright, is that Liberia's "usefulness" to the United States ended, in the eyes… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast Announces Imminent Recapture of Rebel-Held Bouake

"Bouake is liberated," was a triumphant announcement on Cote d'Ivoire state radio on Monday evening, prompting some Ivorians to break into a victory dance featured on national… Read more »

West Africa: Rebels Agree to Ceasefire After Two-Week Uprising

It took an hour and a half, and a long wait under a tree in a French schoolyard, for West African mediators to get agreement from Cote d'Ivoire's rebels to an immediate ceasefire… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Cocoa Price Hits 16-Year High Amid Ivorian Unrest

The price of cocoa, Cote d'Ivoire's primary export, jumped to its highest level in 16 years this week in a clear indication that the current crisis in the world's leading producer… Read more »