The UN is considering imposing sanctions against Sudan and South Sudan after the African Union mediation team warned that hardliners are gaining ground. Read more »
President Jonathan has been urged by northern leaders and elders to resume talks with Boko Haram. Read more »
While the country has suffered under Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, similar atrocities are a reality in neighbouring countries, says the government. Read more »
As President Omar Al-Bashir says Sudan is not prepared to resume negotiations unless troops are withdrawn from Heglig, South Sudan is reporting the capture of prisoners of war. Read more »
The military in Guinea-Bissau has taken power in a coup ahead of the second round of a presidential election which seemed set to install Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Jr. as head of ... Read more »
Twelve months' worth of "international diplomatic failure and facile moral and diplomatic equivocation" may soon be paid in blood by hundreds of thousands of civilians in Sudan and ... Read more »
Shortly after the U.S. urged the Nigerian government to consider creating a Ministry of Northern Affairs to deal with Boko Haram and its attacks, the sect has released a video with ... Read more »
The situation in Mali continues to deteriorate, as many are trapped and have limited access to food and other basic necessities, while aid operations remain largely suspended. Read more »
The United Nations has intensified military patrols in the areas affected by the Lord's Resistance Army rebels in a bid to arrest leader Joseph Kony and his indicted commanders. Read more »
The media is expected to feature a week-long series of programmes relating to the 1994 genocide attacks, in which over a million citizens lost their lives. Read more »
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