September 22, 2009
Congo-Kinshasa: End Resource War, Urge Congolese Activists
One hundred years ago, a global outrage surrounding the death of an estimated ten million Congolese resulted in the end the rule of King Leopold II of Belgium over the Congo.… Read more »
September 18, 2009
Congo-Kinshasa: Peace Campaigners Turn up Heat on Apple, Intel Over Conflict Minerals
The Enough Project, a leading Washington, DC-based advocacy group focusing on genocide and crimes against humanity, is stepping up efforts to end conflict in the Democratic… Read more »
September 09, 2009
Sudan: Obama Envoy On The Road Again
President Barack Obama's special envoy to Sudan, Major-General Scott Gration, headed Wednesday for South Sudan, Darfur and Khartoum, where he will discuss issues ranging from… Read more »
August 24, 2009
Sudan: U.S., Africa Step Up Darfur Peace Drive
Diplomatic efforts by both African and Western nations to bring peace to Darfur are intensifying as President Barack Obama's special envoy for Sudan comes under increasing domestic… Read more »
August 06, 2009
Somalia: Clinton Calls Eritrea's Interference 'Unacceptable'
United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged strong support for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG), while vowing to take action against Eritrea's… Read more »
August 04, 2009
Madagascar: Rivals to Meet in Top-Level Summit
Preparations are on the way in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, for a summit on Friday that will for the first time bring together all four previous heads of state of Madagascar… Read more »
August 03, 2009
Sudan: More Than 150 Die in Ethnic Violence in South
Gunmen have killed more than 160 people, mostly civilians, in a pre-dawn attack on a camp in South Sudan, news agencies are reporting. Read more »
Africa: Clinton Visits Seven Countries to Highlight Africa as Policy Priority
Hillary Clinton, making her first journey to Africa as U.S. Secretary of State, begins a seven-nation visit Monday with a stop in Kenya to take part in a forum on trade and… Read more »
July 20, 2009
Sudan: Court Ruling Will Test Peace Prospects
A small piece of land in Sudan and one of the international tribunals based in the Netherlands are about to have a large impact on Sudan's present and future. Read more »
June 20, 2009
Madagascar: Region Appoints Chissano as Mediator
Southern African leaders have responded to the deadlock in talks over Madagascar's future by appointing former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano as a mediator to lead an… Read more »
May 23, 2009
Sudan: Obama Envoy Heads to China to Pursue Darfur Peace
President Barack Obama's special envoy for Sudan, Major General J. Scott Gration, will hold a series of talks in the next week with a range of countries including China in an… Read more »
Madagascar: Rival Parties Agree on New Elections
International mediators negotiating a resolution to the crisis in Madagascar have announced that the rival parties have agreed on an election within 14 months in which both the… Read more »
May 20, 2009
Congo-Kinshasa: New Civilian Catastrophe Looms in East
A new offensive by the Congolese army, backed by United Nations peacekeepers, against Rwandan rebels ensconced in the lush forests of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)… Read more »
May 01, 2009
Sudan: Civil Society Urges Obama to Adopt New Peace Strategy
Three prominent American civil society advocacy groups have marked President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office by issuing an open letter calling on him to build a coalition… Read more »
April 13, 2009
Somalia: U.S. Congressman Sees Signs of Hope Despite Mortar Attack
Donald Payne, a veteran Democratic Congressman from New Jersey, has landed safely in Nairobi after his plane drew mortar fire while departing Mogadishu, Somalia. Read more »
March 30, 2009
Kenya: Annan Scolds Coalition Government
Kenyans are frustrated by infighting in the country's coalition government and by its failure to bring to justice those responsible for last year's post-election violence, former… Read more »
March 09, 2009
Cote d'Ivoire: Peace Deal Runs Into Dead End
Two years after a peace deal ended the bloody five-year civil war in Côte d’Ivoire, the country is once again at risk of crumbling apart. Slowly recovering from… Read more »
February 26, 2009
Africa: Getting the Continent on the Obama Agenda
George Clooney's meeting to discuss Darfur with Vice President Joe Biden and with President Barack Obama Monday night at the White House provided one of the first glimmers of… Read more »
February 13, 2009
Sudan: Sorry Tale of Darfur's Helicopters
More than a year after the deployment of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur (UNAMID), the UN is still begging the international community for the… Read more »
January 09, 2009
Sudan: Country in Danger of Splitting, Warns Report
Southern Sudan might break away from the north if the "troubled relationship" between Sudan's dominant centre and regions on its periphery are not resolved, a new report has… Read more »
January 05, 2009
Sudan: Bush Approves Darfur Air Lift
United States President George W. Bush on Monday authorized an immediate airlift of equipment and supplies to the international peacekeeping force in the troubled Darfur region of… Read more »
December 26, 2008
Somalia: New U.S. Moves Ill-Advised, Counter-Productive
The last-minute attempt by the Bush administration to force through a United Nations Security Council resolution authorizing a new peacekeeping mission in Somalia is both… Read more »
November 28, 2008
Congo-Kinshasa: Lifting a Nation From Its 'Heart of Darkness'
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will not lift itself out of its “heart of darkness” until it addresses the human rights violations of its brutal past, writes… Read more »
November 12, 2008
Congo-Kinshasa: 100,000 Cut Off By Fighting, Says UN Chief
October 03, 2008
Nigeria: Rewarding Non-Violence in the Niger Delta
At a time of historically high oil prices, a model has emerged in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta that could allow more than a million barrels per day of production to come back… Read more »