Africa

Addis Ababa– The UN has launched an investigation into claims that three Eritreans escaped across the contested border into Ethiopia, hidden among its peacekeeping personnel. Major General Robert Gordon, the force commander of the UN’s […]

Accra/Monrovia– Hundreds of civilians began flooding across two battle-scarred bridges that divide the government-held city centre of Monrovia from the rebel-held port as the guns fell silent on Tuesday following the arrival of Nigerian peacekeeping […]

New York– With the first contingent of Nigerian peacekeepers now on the ground in Liberia, United Nations and other relief agencies are taking advantage of a lull in the violence to rush food and medical […]

Nairobi– The first commercial cargo convoy since the installation of a national transition government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reached the northeastern city of Kisangani on Sunday following a one-month voyage up […]

Abidjan– The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced that a specially-chartered supply ship will sail from Abidjan today destined for Liberia, where it will play a crucial role in efforts to avert a humanitarian […]

Monrovia, 4 August– Almost 200 Nigerian troops arrived at Liberia’s international airport on Monday as the vanguard of a West African peacekeeping force, but their commander warned that it would be “a couple of days” […]

Monrovia, 4 August– The first Nigerian troops arrived in Liberia on Monday as the vanguard of a West African-led peacekeeping force that will try to enforce a ceasefire between the government and two rebel groups, […]

Nairobi, 4 August– The authorities in the self-declared republic of Somaliland in northwestern Somalia have reiterated their rejection of attempts to bring them into the ongoing Somali reconciliation talks in Kenya. According to a statement […]