South Africa: Army to Combat Attacks on Migrants

South African troops will move into flashpoints in the country's economic heartland to help police end attacks on migrants from other parts of Africa. Read more »

South Africa: Mbeki Condemns 'Shameful' Attacks

South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki has condemned as "shameful and criminal" the recent attacks on foreign nationals living in the country. Read more »

South Africa: Legislators Condemn Attacks on Foreigners

South African legislators from across the political spectrum have unanimously condemned attacks on foreign nationals which are sweeping parts of the country. Read more »

Liberia: President Appeals to Ghana in Refugee Row

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has warned Liberians not to allow a quarrel over Liberian refugees in Ghana to spill across the border. Read more »

Liberia: Emotions Run High Over Refugee Crisis

"Why must our government apologize?" asked one caller on a local radio station in response to news that the Liberian government had sent an apology note to the Ghanaian… Read more »

Chad: Refugees in Cameroon Face Dilemmas

Just three days after moving to her new, permanent home as a Chadian refugee in Cameroon, 55-year-old Esther Deborah walks directly to her tent at the edge of a freshly-erected… Read more »

Sudan: Darfur Crisis Spills Into Chad

Thousands of refugees on the border between Sudan and Chad are becoming the victims of conflict within Sudan and a dispute between the governments of Chad and Sudan. Read more »

Chad: Rebels Pull Out of Capital

Rebel forces pulled out of Chad's captital, N'Djamena, after heavy fighting at the weekend, news agencies report. Read more »

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 »

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 »

Liberia: Profile - Willa Reaves

Willa Reaves fled Liberia as a child of eleven, with her family, after the coup of 1980 ushered in a worsening period of instability and conflict. Among the early groups to leave,… Read more »

Sudan: Food Delivery Drivers Killed in Darfur

Three truck drivers for the World Food Programme (WFP) have been shot dead while working for the United Nations food agency in Darfur, according to a WFP news release issued today. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Children Caught in Crossfire in DRC

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned in recent days that fighting in the eastern Congo is placing children in an increasingly vulnerable position –… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

Sudan: Review of 'All About Darfur'

All About Darfur: Is Sudan in a culture of war? Read more »

Sudan: President Blasts UN, Asserts Sovereignty

Sudan's President Umar el-Bashir reiterated Monday in Khartoum his agreement to an international force in Darfur. Such a force could be composed of African Union (AU) troops or… Read more »

Uganda: Our People Embrace Peace

The world may rest assured that the people of Uganda eagerly embrace the promise of peace and an end to the colonially generated violence, fascism and terrorism orchestrated by the… Read more »

Uganda: Nation in Crisis Thanks to Divisive Regime

The government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have agreed to end two decades of hostilities in the northern part of the country. This is good news. But, only… Read more »

Sudan: Leadership for Implementing the DPA

This is fifteenth and last in a series of articles explaining the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining what lies behind the long and complicated text of the Agreement. As these… Read more »