Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osibanjo this week announced plans by the government to allocate funds to support families of fallen troops and to increase the allotment to veterans and those …
Human Rights
Ethiopia PM Sidesteps Trump’s Head Scratching Nobel Prize Comments
Ethiopians and U.S. foreign policy observers are trying to unravel a comment made by President Donald Trump last week where he claimed to have "saved a country" and implied he …
DR Congo Army says ADF Rebels Killed 30 Soldiers
KINSHASA - Islamist rebels killed 30 soldiers and wounded another 70, some seriously, during fierce fighting last week in eastern DR Congo, army officials said.
They suffered the losses during …
Starvation Stalks Counties in South Sudan Cut Off by Floods, Insecurity
In many homes around Jebel Boma County, dinner consists of bitter-tasting leaves that can be picked off the bushes outside. The leaves are neither filling nor nutritious, but in South …
2 Zimbabwe Park Rangers Drowned by Poachers in Lake Kariba
HARARE, ZIMABABWE - Zimbabwean authorities say they have retrieved the bodies of two park rangers who had arrested four poachers but were then thrown into Lake Kariba by the suspects.…
Ivory Coast President Plans Constitutional Revision Before Election
ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said Monday he intends to modify the constitution ahead of an October presidential election seen as a test of the country's stability.
A …