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U.N. Security Council Ends More Than a Decade of Sanctions, Arms Embargo on...
The United Nations Security Council voted on Wednesday to end sanctions and an arms embargo on Liberia, citing the West African country’s successful stabilization more than a decade after a 14-year...
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Nigeria Plans Talks with Niger Delta Militants- Oil minister
Nigeria will talk with the Niger Delta Avengers militant group which has claimed a string of attacks that cut crude output sharply, its oil minister said. The southern Delta swamps, where many...
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Nigeria Agrees One-Month Ceasefire with Niger Delta Militants, Official Says
Nigerias Minister of Petroleum and Opec President Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu attends a news conference after the 168th Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) conference in Vienna, Austria, on...
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The Orlando Shooting and Security Challenges in Africa
Image: www.tourismtattler.com By: Eruke Ojuederie. Since the world woke up to the shocking news of the Orlando shooting in the early hours of Sunday 12 June, 2016, a lot of questions have...
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Ghana Police Vow to Remain Neutral During Polls
Ghana’s Inspector General of Police John Kudalor says officers will be ”positively neutral” in the upcoming November general election. Kudalor’s spoke at the official opening of the recently held...
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Ethiopia to Support Somalia in Building Capacity of its Military
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said Ethiopia will consolidate the support for the government of Somalia so as to improve the capacity of the military of the Horn of African nation to safeguard...
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Ethiopia and its Quest towards Global Peace and Development in Africa
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a Group Photo with participants of the 24th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union.H.E. Mr. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister of Ethiopia. By...
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Vatican Envoy Urges Peace in South Sudan
A top Vatican envoy is urging South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar to peacefully end the wave of recent violence that gripped the capital, Juba, for four days...
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Somalia: Forces Foil Suicide Attacks in Mogadishu – President
The president of the federal republic of Somalia HE Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said the country’s security forces have successfully thwarted suicide attacks in Mogadishu by Al Shabaab. “The security forces...
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Why Obama Supports Libya’s Fight with Islamic State
President Barack Obama said it is in the U.S. national security interest to support Libya’s emerging government’s fight against Islamic State, a day after his administration said it launched air...
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Ethiopia’s battle for land reforms could lead to civil war: opposition leader
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Mass street protests that saw dozens of people shot by Ethiopian security forces over the weekend could spill into civil war if the government fails to reform...
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U.N. Security Council Ends More Than a Decade of Sanctions, Arms Embargo on...
The United Nations Security Council voted on Wednesday to end sanctions and an arms embargo on Liberia, citing the West African country’s successful stabilization more than a decade after a 14-year...
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S.Sudan: UN Authorises Deployment of 4,000 More Troops to Juba
The United Nations Security Council on Friday authorized the deployment of a 4,000-strong protection force in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, as part of the U.N. peacekeeping mission and threatened an...
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South Sudan’s President Says Will Consider U.N. Troops
By Denis Dumo South Sudan will consider a United Nations plan to send in troops and stop the country’s episode of violence, President Salva Kiir said on Monday, confirming a softer stance towards a...
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Al-Shabab Is Now a “Transnational” Organization- IGAD
The militant group al-Shabab, once a threat primarily in Somalia, has grown and expanded its aspirations, operations and aims, and is preparing to wage a long war in East Africa, according to analysts...
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Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism in East Africa
By: Wanjala Danson Members of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) are retooling its counter-terrorism measures against a backdrop of grave threats from Somalia-based militant...
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Kerry Announces New Aid for S. Sudan and Kenya
By Mark Caldwell U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry has recently announced new aid packages for Kenya and South Sudan, while on an official visit to Nairobi. Additional aid will be directed toward...
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Nigeria: Air Force Says Top Boko Haram Fighters Killed
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is seen on arrival at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Nigeria, August 23, 2016. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde By Lesley Wroughton Nigeria’s air force said it had killed a...
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Libya: ISIS All But Defeated in Moammar Gadhafi’s Hometown
ISIS is on the brink of being kicked out of the coastal Libyan city of Sirte — the extremist group’s most significant stronghold outside Syria and Iraq. Forces loyal to the the U.N.-backed Government...
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SADC Summit Looks to Consolidate Peace in Lesotho
Consolidating peace and security in the kingdom of Lesotho is high on the agenda as Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders meet Tuesday in Mbabane, Swaziland. Lesotho has witnessed...
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