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 »
The Security Council delegation in in Sudan say the upcoming referenda must be on schedule and must respect the provisions of the peace agreement that ended hostilities. Read more »
Areas around the main Maya-Maya Airport are to be demined for the first time since the end of the 1997 civil war. Read more »
Several people including warriors and civilians have been killed and many others wounded in clashes between pro-government forces and insurgents in Mogadishu. Read more »
The rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) announced today they will send a delegation to Doha, official venue of peace process, to meet the Joint Peace Mediator. Read more »
Well-armed criminal gangs in western Côte d'Ivoire subject local residents to a relentless stream of abuses, including assault, robbery, and sexual violence. Read more »
China abstained last week from the United Nations Security Council vote extending the mandate of experts monitoring an arms embargo on Sudan. Read more »
The Security Council today lifted the arms embargo and other sanctions it imposed on Sierra Leone more than 12 years ago during the civil war that left at least 75,000 people dead ... Read more »
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