Kenyan forces kill 31 Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia
Kenyan troops in Somalia killed 31 Islamist Al-Shabaab militants in a raid on two of their bases in the southern Somali region of Jubbaland, the...
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Rwanda to send troops to South Sudan
Rwanda is planning to send more peacekeepers to South Sudan, as part of the UN Mission (UNMISS) in the country. The acting Defence and military...
UN regional force to arrive in South Sudan in a month
The first soldiers of a United Nations-mandated regional military force are set to be deployed to South Sudan within about a month, the outgoing UN...
UN appeals for assistance as refugees overwhelm Uganda
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is appealing for financial assistance and support as thousands of South Sudanese refugees continue to pour into Uganda. Uganda...
UN Secretary-General Chastises South Sudan’s Leaders for Humanitarian Crisis
United Nations Security Council members have unanimously called on South Sudan’s leaders to prioritize the needs of the South Sudanese people, but disagree over the...
Former South Sudan Official Sues Woman for Slander
Pagan Amum, a well-known South Sudanese politician who lives in the United States, is suing a member of his country’s diaspora for slander. Amum says...
Police: Somali Pirates Take Over Somali Vessel to Use as Floating Base
Pirates have seized control of a Somali fishing boat to use as a base from which to attack larger ships, police said on Friday, a...
Hungry and desperate, thousands of Somalis trek to Ethiopia
Hungry and exhausted, Aisha Yussuf Abdi, 40, and her seven young children finally reached Ethiopia at the end of a desperate three-day trek over the...
Gun pointed at sacked Tanzania information minister
A policeman in plain clothes pointed a gun at Tanzania’s sacked minister of information, Nape Nauye, in a bid to prevent him from holding a...
UN Security Council again eyes sanctions on South Sudan
The UN Security Council voiced alarm about the deepening humanitarian crisis and famine in South Sudan, with the United States, Britain and France raising anew...
