Africa

Kinshasa, 17 July– The four vice-presidents for the two-year transitional government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) took their oath of office on Thursday in the capital, Kinshasa. Kabila ally and former Foreign […]

Nairobi, 17 July– South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma arrived in the Burundian capital, Bujumbura, on Thursday to discuss the peace process in the country, two days after the UN began withdrawing non-essential staff from […]

Accra, 17 July– Thirty days after securing a fragile ceasefire amongst Liberian warring factions in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, West African mediators were still in the preliminary stages of securing a comprehensive peace agreement. The […]

Kinshasa, 16 July– The leader of the Mouvement de liberation du Congo (MLC), Jean-Pierre Bemba, who is also one of four vice-presidents designate of the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), […]

Abidjan, 16 July– About 2,000 gunmen who formerly fought for both government and rebel forces in the west of Cote d’Ivoire are still at large, preying off the civilian population and preventing relief agencies from […]

Nairobi, 16 July– Mogadishu-based faction leader Muse Sudi Yalahow rejected a peace agreement signed earlier this month by delegates to the peace talks in Nairobi, saying it was ”flawed”. ”We are for peace but this […]

Addis Ababa, 16 July– Ethiopia is launching a strategy of peaceful containment of Eritrea, according to a national foreign policy document being drawn up by the prime minister’s office. The widely-circulated draft document, entitled ’Ethiopia’s […]

Johannesburg, 15 July– A disagreement over official crop forecast figures has been identified as the reason why the government of Zimbabwe has delayed making a formal appeal for food aid. The latest crop and food […]