The White House has announced that five U.S. military officers will join the United Nations Mission in South Sudan. Thousands of South Sudanese have been displaced, and 3000 have ... Read more »
Rats are being trained to sniff out and detect landmines and TB because of their keen sense of smell. Read more »
A United Nations "group of experts" has issued its final report on the security of the Democratic Republic of Congo, dealing with a range of threats in the DRC and surrounding ... Read more »
The International Conference of the Great Lakes region designated two major Darfur rebel groups as negative forces that should be combated. Read more »
Clashes in the west of the country between youths and government forces has reportedly resulted in six deaths. Read more »
The Security Council expanded the mandate of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Abyei, an area contested by Sudan and South Sudan. Read more »
President Barack Obama has written to nine African leaders stressing the high priority the United States gives to a successful independence vote for the south. Read more »
The deadline for Madagascar's new consensus Prime Minister, Omer Beriziky, to form a government has passed without a deal, as the Indian Ocean island's institutional limbo drags ... Read more »
A report from the International Crisis Group says that violence and repression continually undermine the progress of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) signed by Zimbabwe's main ... Read more »
Founded in 1983, the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) set out to construct peace and security structures that would bring lasting stability to the region. Yet ... Read more »
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