September 16, 2008
Sudan: Mbeki Joins Bashir to Reject War Crimes Charges
South African President Thabo Mbeki has backed Sudan’s rejection of an international prosecutor’s bid to indict President Omar al-Bashir on charges of genocide and war… Read more »
September 15, 2008
Zimbabwe: Leaders Sign Historic Pact
Zimbabwe's three principal political leaders signed a power-sharing agreement in Harare on Monday, bringing to an end nearly 30 years of exclusive rule by the Zimbabwe African… Read more »
July 31, 2008
Liberia: U.S. Representative Calls for $225 Million in Funding
Rep. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. (Democrat - Illinois) has proposed legislation in the United States Congress which would authorize U.S. $225 million in assistance to Liberia over the… Read more »
Sudan: World Shamed Over Darfur Helicopters
An international coalition of activists on Thursday set out to name and shame governments around the world for their failure to provide even one of the additional helicopters… Read more »
July 25, 2008
Sudan: Security Council Should Set Govt Benchmarks
The United Nations Security Council is no stranger to intractable international disputes. But soon Sudan will present it with a different kind of problem, one it has not faced in… Read more »
July 10, 2008
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Lays Down Talks Conditions
Zimbabwean political leader Morgan Tsvangirai has characterised Thursday's meeting between representatives of his party and the ruling Zanu-PF as talks about talks. Read more »
June 17, 2008
Africa: History Can Be Cruel for Eritrea, Ethiopia
A decade ago Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki launched a border war in the Horn of Africa that killed 80,000 people. Read more »
June 02, 2008
Somalia: UN Security Council Pushes Peace Process
The United Nations Security Council is beginning a 10-day, five-nation mission to Africa with a drive to support the Somali peace talks being held in neighbouring Djibouti. Read more »
May 29, 2008
Sudan: Abyei Conflict Threatens to Escalate
Sudan could be sliding back into a national civil war. Read more »
February 19, 2008
Sudan: Bush Pledges U.S. $100 Million for Darfur Peacekeeping
President George W. Bush announced in Rwanda Tuesday that the United States would provide African nations with U.S. $100 million for peacekeeping in Darfur, including $12 million… Read more »
February 13, 2008
Sudan: South African Minister Confident on Darfur Helicopters
South Africa's defence minister said today he was confident that countries outside Africa would provide the helicopters and other military equipment needed by UNAMID, the hybrid… Read more »
January 03, 2008
Kenya: Tutu Joins Church Efforts to Resolve Polls Crisis
Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu has flown to Kenya to "assist" in resolving the conflict sparked by President Mwai Kibaki's controversial re-election on… Read more »
December 05, 2007
Sudan: Darfur Peace Efforts Must Embrace New Reality
Darfur has dropped out of Western headlines again for the moment, eclipsed by events in Pakistan, the Middle East and Iraq. But while the erratic attention of the international… Read more »
November 26, 2007
Sudan: Lobby Warns of New Darfur Insurgency
An international lobby group today called for the Darfur peace talks to be widened to include groups such as women and Arab tribal groups, in order to avoid more fragmentation… Read more »
November 20, 2007
South Africa: Govt Presses Major Powers on Darfur Force
South Africa has urged Russia, China, the United States and European Union countries to provide the heavy military equipment necessary to deploy Darfur's new hybrid… Read more »
November 07, 2007
Sudan: South Africa to Boost Darfur Peacekeepers
South Africa will consider contributing helicopters and ground transport to the new hybrid African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force for Darfur, President Thabo Mbeki said… Read more »
November 06, 2007
Sudan: Darfur Peacekeeper Warns of High Expectations
When the new African Union-United Nations hybrid force for Darfur (Unamid) deploys at the end of the year, its commander expects to have only half the 20,000 troops planned for.… Read more »
October 25, 2007
Congo-Kinshasa: Preventing Backslide Into War
Joseph Kabila, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, visits the White House today to discuss challenges to his country's fragile democracy. The last time a… Read more »
October 02, 2007
Sudan: Elders Visit Darfur For First Mission
A group of world-renowned humanitarians is visiting Sudan to address the “immense human suffering” in the Darfur’s ongoing crisis, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the… Read more »
September 20, 2007
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 »
August 24, 2007
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 »
March 19, 2007
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 »
February 18, 2007
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 »
February 14, 2007
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 »
February 09, 2007
South Africa: Mbeki Presses for 'Inclusive' Settlement in Somalia
President Thabo Mbeki described the need for national reconciliation in Somalia as "critical." Read more »