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Kenya’s Kenyatta, S. Sudan’s Kiir, Discuss Shaky Peace Accord
South Sudan President Salva Kiir (L) and Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta (AP/Ali Ngethi) The South Sudanese President, Salva Kiir and his Kenyan counterpart, Uhuru Kenyatta met on Tuesday to discuss...
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Nigerian Army Commander Says Only Weeks Left For Boko Haram
By Ulf Laessing and Lanre Ola Nigeria’s army expects to seize Boko Haram’s last few strongholds in the northeast over the next few weeks, the commander in charge of crushing the jihadist group’s...
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Zambia Church Groups Call for Peace Ahead of Friday’s Election Petition Ruling
By Peter Clottey Three Zambian church groups have called for peace ahead of an anticipated court ruling on the opposition’s challenge to the results of the August 11 presidential election. The...
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S.Sudan Agrees to New UN-Backed Peacekeeping Force
By Lou Lorscheider Facing intense international pressure, South Sudan has recently agreed to the deployment of a 4,000-member regional protection force approved last month by the United Nations...
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Security Beefed Up as Mogadishu Hosts IGAD Summit
Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, which only a few years back was categorized by many as the most dangerous capital on Earth, is preparing to host the 53rd summit of the Intergovernmental Authority on...
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U.S. Military Says Conducted Strikes against Somalia’s Al Shabaab Early This...
Fadumo Dayib, Somalia Elections 2016 Presidential Candidate By Phil Stewart The U.S. military conducted two strikes in southern Somalia early this week that killed four al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab...
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Ghana Police Ready Special Measures to Avert Election Violence
By Peter Clottey Police in Ghana say they have identified over 5,000 “hot spots” where violence is possible ahead of the December 7 elections, and they have begun special measures to avert clashes....
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Nigeria Army Chief: Boko Haram Capabilities ‘Virtually Eliminated
By James Butty The Nigerian military has made tremendous progress against the Boko Haram terrorist group, the country’s chief of army staff told VOA Daybreak Africa. Visiting our Washington studio,...
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Ethiopia, UK to Strengthen Peace, Security Cooperation
By Henok Tibebu Ethio-UK relations would be further enhanced as their UNSC membership takes effect. Foreign Affairs State Minister Ambassador Taye Atskesilassie and Sir Simon McDonald, Permanent Under...
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Kenya: World Court Has No Jurisdiction in Somalia Dispute
Kenya says that the International Court of Justice has no jurisdiction in a case filed by Somalia covering a dispute over potentially oil-rich seabed off the two countries’ Indian Ocean coasts....
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Nigerian Army Clashes with Boko Haram in Northeast-Spokesman
Nigerian army soldiers stand guard as they cordon off a road leading to the scene of a blast at a business district in Abuja June 25, 2014. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde Nigerian troops have been fighting...
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Nigerian Leader Asks UN to Help Free Abducted Chibok Girls
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has invited the United Nations to help negotiations to exchange the kidnapped schoolgirls from Chibok for detained leaders of Boko Haram, a government statement...
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Libya PM Calls for National Reconciliation in Splintered Country
Prime Minister of Libya’s unity government Fayez Seraj speaks during an interview with Reuters in his office at the naval base of Tripoli, Libya, June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny By Yara Bayoum...
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U.S. Condemns South Sudan Opposition Leader’s Call for Renewed War
Riek Machar (L), flanked by South Sudan President Salva Kiir (C) and other government officials, addresses a news conference at the Presidential State House in Juba, South Sudan, July 8, 2016....
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U.S. Security Advisor Rice Meets S. Sudan’s First Vice-President
US national security advisor Susan Rice The United States security advisor, ambassador, Susan Rice has expressed grave concern about the prevailing humanitarian conditions and continued fighting in...
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UN Says It Alone Cannot Remove S. Sudanese Rebels from DRC
By Nick Long The U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo said Wednesday that it could not take sole responsibility for removing 750 disarmed South Sudanese fighters from the...
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Libyan Forces Push into Last Islamic State Area in Sirte
An armoured vehicle of Libyan forces allied with the U.N.-backed government is pictured during a battle with Islamic State militants in neighbourhood Number Three in Sirte, Libya October 9, 2016....
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U.N. Chief: Little Action on South Sudan Pledge to Allow More Peacekeepers
United Nations peacekeepers control South Sudanese women and children before the distribution of emergency food supplies at the United Nations protection of civilians (POC) site 3 hosting about 30,000...
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Ghana Police Ready Special Measures to Avert Election Violence
By Peter Clottey Police in Ghana say they have identified over 5,000 “hot spots” where violence is possible ahead of the December 7 elections, and they have begun special measures to avert clashes....
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Nigeria Army Chief: Boko Haram Capabilities ‘Virtually Eliminated
By James Butty The Nigerian military has made tremendous progress against the Boko Haram terrorist group, the country’s chief of army staff told VOA Daybreak Africa. Visiting our Washington studio,...
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