Khartoum's national ruling party has spelled out its view of the options facing Sudan's parties as a result of a deadlock over a referendum to decide whether the Abyei region will ... Read more »
An embattled Somali radio station has received an international press freedom award at a ceremony held in Paris, France. Read more »
Thousands of people who fled a 24 November rebel attack in the town of Birao, Vakaga Province, urgently need humanitarian assistance, says a UN official. Read more »
Former South African president Thabo Mbeki is mediating in Cote d'Ivoire's growing political crisis after both candidates in the disputed election said they were president. Read more »
The Security Council has imposed sanctions including a travel ban and asset freeze on an army colonel in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on charges of killing and maiming ... Read more »
Rising civilian casualties in Mogadishu's latest round of fighting has led some civil society organizations to accuse the African Union mission in the country of indiscriminate ... Read more »
The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Dr. Jean Ping, has underscored the importance of good governance for development, while addressing delegates at the Forum on ... Read more »
Burundi is cracking down on civil society, media, and opposition parties in the wake of troubled local and national elections from May through September 2010, Human Rights Watch ... Read more »
The third round of informal talks on the dispute over Western Sahara has ended with Morocco and the Frente Polisario agreeing to continue their discussions next month. Read more »
As talks in Ethiopia continue on setting the stage for the successful holding of a referendum on southern Sudan independence, a senior UN official says progress has been made. Read more »
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