Sudan’s Bashir Frees Jailed Czech Missionary
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has ordered the release of a Czech Christian aid worker sentenced to 24 years in jail ...
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Fear Hangs Over Busy Uganda-DR Congo Border Post
The jagged, ice-capped Rwenzori Mountains stab at the sky above Mpondwe, a bustling border town in western Uganda. Trucks move ...
Bashir Orders Full Aid Access To S. Sudan Famine Areas
President Omar al-Bashir has ordered Sudanese authorities to assist the delivery of international humanitarian aid to famine-hit South Sudan through ...
UN Envoy Visits Rohingya Camps In Bangladesh
UN human rights envoy Yanghee Lee was Tuesday visiting Rohingya refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh, where thousands have taken shelter ...
How Bad the Civil Unrest Has Gotten
The famine in South Sudan has made it difficult to engage in subsistence and commercial farming especially in the Central ...
Aid For Sudan To Drop Despite US Easing Sanctions
Global financial support for humanitarian work in conflict-riven Sudan is expected to drop this year despite improved aid access and ...
Intel Hub Set Up In Uganda To Fight Shadowy Rebel Group
Countries in Africa's Great Lakes region launched an intelligence nerve centre in Uganda Saturday to better coordinate the fight against ...
Gambia Celebrates Barrow’s Inauguration
Thousands celebrated Saturday as new Gambian President Adama Barrow retook his oath of office, a month after he was sworn ...
Threat To Secede Is Treasonable
The activities of a group of citizens in the Volta Region agitating for the secession of the region from Ghana ...
UNICEF Launches $110 Mln Appeal For Sudan Children
The UN children's agency on Wednesday launched a $110 million appeal to help two million acutely malnourished children across Sudan, ...
South Sudan War Reaches ‘catastrophic Proportions’
A confidential UN report is warning that the war in South Sudan has reached "catastrophic proportions for civilians" and the ...
US To Give Uganda $25 Mn In Aid For Refugees
The United States will give over $25 million in humanitarian aid to Uganda, to help the nation cope with a ...
Kenyan Leader Warns Against Stealing Food Aid
A shortage of grazing and water is leading to large-scale loss of livestock in Kenya Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta has ...
The Gambia Thanks Senegal’s Macky Sall For Post-Election Intervention
The Gambia has expressed gratitude to its only landed neighbour, Senegal, for its intervention in the post election crisis. Senegal’s ...
Sudan Reacts To Trump’s Restrictive Immigration Executive Order
Sudan’s foreign affairs ministry on Sunday summoned United States envoy Steven Koutsis, to protest against Donald Trump’s immigration Executive Order, ...
MPs Fight Over Gambia
There was an interesting debate on the political situation in The Gambia in parliament on Wednesday, with the majority New ...
President Barrow Arrives To Take Power In The Gambia
Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) - President Adama Barrow arrived in The Gambia on Thursday to a jubilant welcome marking the beginning ...
Jammeh Misses Second Deadline To Step Down
A deadline for defeated President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia to leave office or be forced out by UN-backed forces ...
Swearing-In Ceremony of Adama Barrow, President Elect of The Gambia
Adama Barrow who won The Gambia's election is being sworn in as president at the country's embassy in neighbouring Senegal. ...