Unspoken history, attempts at denial, and historical smokescreens systematically orchestrated by those...
Coordinated attacks claimed by a radical Islamist sect have killed at least 120 people in north Nigeria's largest city, hospital records show, as gunfire still echoes around some areas of the sprawling city.
MORE THAN 3,000 villagers were massacred in the recent burst of communal violence in South Sudan,...
NAIROBI, Kenya — More than 3,000 villagers were massacred in the recent burst of communal...
Nigeria's militant Islamist group Boko Haram - which has caused havoc in Africa's most populous country through a wave of bombings - is fighting to overthrow the government and create an Islamic state.
Kenya Defence Forces now control most of the strategic Gedo region in Somalia after Al Shabaab militia fled, according to Kenyan and Transitional Federal Government officials in the northern sector.
The assault on the Catholic church left 35 dead in Madalla, near the Nigerian capital. A failed bombing...
President of Côte d'Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo who had been displaced as a result of the French intervention...
When the great Arab explorer Ibn Battuta landed on Mogadishu's shores in 1331,...
Kenya went ahead with an invasion a month ago, saying it was a response to a recent series of kidnappings...
Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering The Truth explores the role that the United States allies, Rwanda and Uganda, have played in triggering the greatest humanitarian crisis at the dawn of the 21st century.
That means that even though this famine had been predicted since last August...
But even with Edesia's expanded hours, churning out what is essentially peanut butter pumped full of nutrients, there isn't enough...
The image is haunting, and her words keep coming back, though they were broadcast on the BBC...
The notorious Somali paramilitary warlord who goes by the nom de guerre Indha Adde, or White Eyes,...
Though much of the attention on land grabs in Africa has focused on Asian and Middle Eastern buyers,...
Beyond the consequences of the famine, the New York Times described the multiple and diverse...
Droughts are common in the Somali peninsula, but only an exceptional one produces famine.
Through its partners, the UN refugee agency on Wednesday distributed emergency assistance...
Aid agencies warn the drought is regional — affecting Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia — and the hunger that now stalks the land may become famine.
The original crime – the one from which all the other horrors flow – was the theft of Somalia’s government,...
South Sudan is being baptized in blood. On Saturday, July 9, when the south formally...
A poor rainy season coupled with rising food prices have led to severe food shortages in countries including Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Uganda.
When selective reporting due to lack of interest leads to the portrayal of the internationally supported...
Last week, the U.N.'s human rights office in Sudan produced an internal memo concluding...
In the Somali capital Mogadishu, more and more children are becoming victims of the fighting between pro-government forces and the Islamist militia al Shabab.
(Conakry) - President Alpha Condé, who took power in December 2010, should address the profound human rights...
He said Gbagbo, his wife Simone and the former president's entourage would be investigated by Ivorian authorities.
