The UN-backed government in Libya has suspended peace talks in Geneva, following an attack on a strategic port in Tripoli. The attack came as senior officers from the army and ... Read more »

The U.S. Africa Command (Africom) announced an air strike that killed two al-Shabaab members in Somalia, described as "an individual associated with the attack on Manda Bay and his ... Read more »

The World Health Organization is urgently appealing for U.S.$40 million to salvage its operation to bring the Ebola epidemic to an end in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. It ... Read more »

A deal between the transitional government and rebel groups in Sudan may lead to ousted leader Omar al-Bashir facing war crimes charges at the International Criminal Court. At ... Read more »

How do you prep for heading the world's largest private philanthropy, aimed at significantly reducing poverty and disease? In the case of Mark Suzman, the path began as a working ... Read more »

United Nations investigators are accusing South Sudan's government and opposition forces of deliberately starving their citizens. Commission member Andrew Clapham, says more than ... Read more »

On the first anniversary of the Khartoum peace agreement on the Central African Republic, a human rights expert has said that for it to be effective, all parties must sincerely ... Read more »

A UN-backed report assessing the capacity of 180 countries to ensure that their youngsters can survive and thrive highlights numerous "immediate" threats to children's health, ... Read more »

A second round of UN-brokered talks aimed at achieving a ceasefire between the rival governments in Libya has resumed in Geneva Switzerland, with the chief UN mediator expressing ... Read more »

Late 2019, Guinea Bissau went to the polls to decide who would replace José Mário Vaz as president. Decades of instability and military intervention came down to this ... Read more »