UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says that UN will not end support for Congolese troops, despite a Human Rights Watch appeal
Escalating violence in southern Sudan is not being met with adequate assistance from humanitarian community
Arrest of senior members of South's Sudan People's Liberation Movement triggers unrest, leads to wide-spread protests in Southern Sudan
Secretary general of Sudan People's Liberation Movement, Pagan Amum detained during protest
Charges against Ignace Murwanashyaka and Straton Musoni include war crimes, crimes against humanity, using child soldiers, heading crim
African Union forces, Somali police responded after receiving distress call from ship
World Heritage Sites in danger includes 13 African sites spread among eight countries
Secretary Clinton previews her upcoming stop in eastern DRC city of Goma by saying she will use occasion to denounce violence against w
Kigali offers subdued praise for Finnish trial of former Baptist pastor Francois Bazaramba suspected of genocide crimes
US secretary of state expresses optimism in continent's long-term potential for growth and development
Move comes a few days after elections indefinitely postponed
Kenya's Rift Valley, Mau Forest, has become focus of an intense conservation fight as Kenyan environmental group Green Belt Movement sa
