Africa

Monrovia– Nigerian peacekeeping troops moved into the city of Monrovia on Thursday and received a rapturous welcome from tens of thousands of people who lined the streets chanting ”We want peace! No more war!” The […]

Washington– Air Force Lieutenant General Norton Schwartz says the small team of U.S. Marines that arrived in Monrovia August 6 will provide logistical support as needed for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) […]

CRAWFORD, Texas– The United States sent a small team of U.S. Marines into Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, August 6 to help West African peacekeepers with their plans to bring humanitarian relief to that troubled […]

KYAKA II SETTLEMENT/Uganda– Stephen Ngule is the pathfinder for his family of Congolese refugees. Braving wild tales of poisonous snakes, man-eating lions and blood-sucking insects, he recently made the journey to UNHCR’s Kyaka II settlement, […]

New York/Nyanda– The United Nations mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a contingent of the UN-authorized peacekeeping force in the country have dispatched a joint assessment team to Nyanda to investigate […]

Monrovia– The streets of Monrovia filled with crowds of hungry but happy people on Wednesday as the guns remained silent for the second day running, but military sources said a battle raged between government and […]

Nairobi– South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma ended on Wednesday a visit to the Tanzanian commercial capital, of Dar es Salaam, where he presided over talks between the transitional government of Burundi and the Conseil […]

Nairobi– Prominent Mogadishu-based faction leader Muse Sudi Yalahow walked out of the Somali peace talks in Nairobi on Wednesday, saying he was unhappy over the draft charter and lack of reconciliation among leaders. ”We want […]