A United States ship carrying military weapons belonging to Kenya is still being held in Angola, since the beginning of March, the U.S. has revealed. Read more »
U.S. Army General Carter F. Ham assumed command of U.S. Africa Command from General William E. Ward during a ceremony March 9, 2011, at the Stadthalle in Sindelfingen, Germany, on ... Read more »
As Colonel Muammar al-Gadaffi vows a fight to the death, and his opponents put up a strong attack, the country faces a slide into a long, multisided civil war and widespread ... Read more »
Cameroon and Gabon have put in place a Permanent Joint Commission on security issues as a way of solving cross-border problems and have also sought ways of reactivating an ad hoc ... Read more »
Somalia's pro-government forces with the help of the Ethiopian military have seized the control of Bula Hawa town in southern Somalia from hard-lines after fierce fighting that ... Read more »
Fears of attack from the ongoing war between Somali forces and Alshabab militias in Mandera has forced the Government to increase the security budget in the supplementary budget to ... Read more »
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for full compliance with the arms embargo placed on Côte d'Ivoire in the wake of reports that Belarus has provided attack helicopters to ... Read more »
A former aide to Muammar al-Gaddafi says mercenaries from Kenya, Chad, Niger and Mali are helping to prop up the Libyan leader, while speculation that Zimbabwe soldiers are in the ... Read more »
Amnesty International has reported that Côte d'Ivoire became a "human rights black hole" after the disputed November 2009 presidential elections, with both sides carrying out rapes ... Read more »
From Cairo, Eva Haroun reports on the euphoria of the moment and the hopes and concerns for the future. Read more »
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