A recent resurgence of violence in the capital city Tripoli, means the country is in "a race against time" to reach peace. However agreeing on the way forward to ending the ... Read more »

At a meeting in Nairobi, President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somali counterpart Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo have said they are "defending the relations between the two countries", ... Read more »

In the suit filed at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Gambia has requested that the court condemn Myanmar for violating the Genocide Convention with its campaign of ... Read more »

Miss South Africa Zozibini Tunzi has launched the #HeForShe campaign to mobilize men to stand together with women in the struggle against gender-based violence and the creation of ... Read more »

The cost of the drug, rifapentine, will be cut from U.S.$45 to $15 dollars for a recommended three-month course of treatment in 100 nations - including 48 in Africa - where TB is a ... Read more »

Mauritania does not have a law to prosecute gender-based violence and rape. In the past, almost all cases of sexual violence have gone unpunished. In a surprising turnabout, a ... Read more »

Dis-interested and ill-prepared health-care personnel, alongside poorly maintained facilities and out-of-stock medications, threaten fragile progress towards universal health care ... Read more »

Bosco Ntaganda, whose armed groups terrorized the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, has been sentenced by the International Criminal Court to 30 years in prison for war crimes ... Read more »

The Forces for Freedom and Change, Sudan's main opposition coalition and major player in the December Revolution, wants ousted president Omar Al Bashir transferred to the ... Read more »

The aim of the visit is to assess UN support to the peacebuilding priorities in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire, as well as to explore opportunities for enhanced ... Read more »