Kano State government has denied any business link with a notorious Ugandan arms dealer, Mr. Emmanuel Katto.

In its edition of 19 May 2008, the leading French newspaper, Le Monde, quoted President Isaias Afwerki as underscoring that Eritrea's political process has been impeded due to the TPLF regime's war of aggression and continued interference on the part

Despite progress, efforts to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers are too little and too late for many children, according to the 2008 Child Soldiers Global Report, launched today by the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child

The fresh outbreak of fighting in Burundi could roll back valuable progress made since a peace agreement was reached in 2000, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cautioned in a new report made public today.

The District Police Command of Andulo, in the central Bié Province, announced this Tuesday the discovery of one more magazine with several war materials.

The Gauteng Executive Council has established an inter-ministerial committee to deal with the violence which has flared up in the province.

Citizens from other countries on the African continent and beyond are as human as we are and deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. Our humanism as a people enjoins all of us to respect, care, co-operate and act

Abuchi Ejinkonye, a seven year old boy, whose two hands were chopped off by his kinsman last year, has just returned to Nigeria from a German hospital with artificial limbs amid the joyful sorrow of several sympathizers who thronged the

Sanniquellie, May 18, 2008 (TRC): A witness told commissioners of Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that former Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) Chief of Staff and then LAMCO's Plant Protection Force (PPF) Chief General Charles Julu executed two prominent

A Catholic church was attacked and looted by government supporters during fierce fighting between the army and soldiers of the former liberation movement, SPLA, in the disputed oil-rich town of Abiyei.

Government is to deploy specialised units to those areas in Johannesburg where attacks on foreign nationals have erupted, Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula said on Tuesday.

South Africa should not forget the support it was given by African countries during apartheid, says Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad.

The top United Nations envoy in Sudan today expressed grave concern over renewed hostilities which have forced up to 50,000 people to flee fighting in the disputed town of Abyei, which lies in an oil-rich area near the boundary between

South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki has condemned as "shameful and criminal" the recent attacks on foreign nationals living in the country.

The international union federation which has been tracking a Chinese arms shipment to Zimbabwe said Tuesday the weapons have not been delivered.

A faith-based media group Christian Media Center has called for a review of Liberia-Libya diplomatic relations in the face of the startling revelations by former president, Moses Blah that Libya trained and financed the rebels of the National Patriotic Front

Members of the Nigerian Formed Police Unit (FPU) serving with the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) was awarded the United Nations medal during a ceremony held recently.

The Global Pan-African Movement (PAM) has added its voice in condemning recent indictments by two foreign judges against senior Rwandan military officers.

Representatives of the United Nations, individual Member States, regional organizations, the private sector and civil society have gathered today in New York to discuss how to increase the level of international involvement in Sierra Leone's efforts to make the transition