Libya’s deputy industry minister has been shot dead during a visit to his hometown of Sirte, east of the capital Tripoli. Local media quoted officials as...
N’DJAMENA (Reuters) – Central African Republic’s interim President Michel Djotodia has resigned, according to a statement issued after a two-day summit in neighbouring Chad. Talks to...
By Ebubedike Akabuwa “Out of Africa”, wrote Pliny about two thousand years ago, “always something new”. Perhaps Pliny had the GEJ administration in mind when he...
(Reuters) – The colonel in charge of military operations against insurgents in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was killed on Thursday in an ambush by the...
(Reuters) – South Sudanese President Salva Kiir declared a state of emergency in two states on Wednesday as his negotiators prepared for peace talks with rebels...
Reuters Gunmen attacked the airport and seized control of the state television headquarters in Kinshasa on Monday, in what appeared to be an attempt to seize...
By Sunday Oliseh “Being a pro footballer without playing at the World Cup is like going to school without graduating”, said my friend, football legend Teofillus...
By Tunde Leye It is important we tell ourselves some truths as a nation and remove our rose tinted glasses. And one of the first truths that a...
By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi The month of July, 2011 marked a turning point in the history of South Sudan. Not only did it eventually come out of...
By Edwin Nwachukwu African leaders have been urged to bolster military support for the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and give the country the political...
By Carl Odera and Ben Makori (Reuters) – Fighting spread in South Sudan and the U.N. said it was trying to move more peacekeeping forces there...
Four US service personnel on an evacuation mission have been wounded after their aircraft were shot at in South Sudan, the US military says. The three...