By Cathy Majtenyi At a regional summit meeting in Kenya Friday, African leaders postponed upcoming elections in Burundi and extended the life of the t...
By Lisa Schlein The U.N. refugee agency says its program to repatriate thousands of Liberian refugees after many years of exile is gathering momentum....
By Carrie Giardino Just hours before the deadline, a main opposition leader in Cameroon has broken ranks with the opposition coalition to stand as a c...
By Cathy Majtenyi An international conference to press for the eradication of female genital mutilation in Africa and around the world opened in Kenya...
By Delia Robertson A one-day nationwide strike of civil service workers in South Africa has brought education to a standstill and affected many other ...
By Carrie Giardino Peace talks on Sudan being held in Abuja, Nigeria have been suspended. The parties failed to reach agreement on issues of security ...
By Cathy Majtenyi Foreign ministers gathered for the African Union's Peace and Security Council meeting in Addis Ababa are examining the deteriorating...
By Raymond Thibodeaux The African Union's peacekeeping mission in Sudan is one of the organization's largest and most ambitious, with 3,300 troops to ...
By Carrie Giardino The leader of the northern rebels in Ivory Coast is traveling to South Africa to meet with President Thabo Mbeki to discuss the pea...
By Joe De Capua A new initiative has been launched to strengthen the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Africa, making them better able to respon...
