The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan for one year, until 30 April 2011, with the intention to renew it for further periods if ... Read more »
Most NGOs and UN agencies in Niger agree that in 2010 humanitarian actors are better geared to respond to the food security crisis than they were in 2005. Read more »
The UN Security Council has called for tougher legislation aimed at prosecuting and jailing pirate suspects caught off the coast of Somalia. Read more »
Four South African Peacekeepers with the African Union-United Nations force UNAMID in Darfur have been freed after 2 weeks in captivity. Read more »
International organizations and civil society observers have all put forward statements acknowledging the largely peaceful elections in Sudan but mindful of the flaws in the ... Read more »
The ICC has granted an investigation into the post-election violence of 2008 that displaced thousands of Kenyans and left hundreds dead. Read more »
Fear returned to the streets of the capital Bissau after the prime minister and army chief were detained by mutinous soldiers. Read more »
South Africa has no choice but to build new generating capacity relying on its most abundant energy source, says Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan. Read more »
Another rebel group in Darfur has signed an agreement with the Sudanese Government. Read more »
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