Miles explains this by pointing to the dominance of the Ifghoas clan members in the rebellions. Few other Tuareg clans are interested in the desire for an independent state.
Once again Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir waved his walking stick in the air. Once again he spoke of splendid...
Sudan denied carrying out any air raids but its President Omar Hassan al-Bashir ramped up the political...
In a speech before hundreds of people in this capital on Saturday night, al-Bashir noted that his government...
African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki has urged the United Nations Security Council to take action...
What is clear is that the "mess in Mali" might be an opportunity for another intervention, which mainstream media sources are already rationalising.
Move comes amid continuing violence as Khartoum says it is prepared to use "all means necessary" against its neighbour.
Somalia’s Harakat al-Shabaab al-Mujahedeen joined al-Qaeda in February 2012. News of the new union prompted celebrations in southern and central Somalia, areas long controlled by al-Shabaab.
OSLO - Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohamed Ali said Monday he hoped his country would be free of Al-Qaeda allied Shebab fighters...
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.
