South Sudan
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Hunt for Joseph Kony and LRA militants continues
The Lord's Resistance Army is a rebel group infamous for its brutality. Driven out of Uganda nearly a decade ago, LRA militants are now scattered across the Democratic…
Africa News
Famine in South Sudan: 4 million struggling to find enough to eat
Algerian forces keep up the hunt for the militant group responsible for the brutal beheading of French hiker Hervé Gourdel. Nigerian police and parents of schoolgirls abducted by…
SOUTH SUDAN
Rebels 'shoot down' UN helicopter in South Sudan
A South Sudanese rebel commander who warned the United Nations not to fly over his territory shot down a UN helicopter Tuesday, charged a spokesman for a state governor.
THE INTERVIEW
Guillaume Foliot, Deputy Director, World Food Programme in Burma
To mark World Humanitarian Day, the deputy director of the World Food Programme in Burma, Guillaume Foliot, analyses the action taken by this UN agency. South Sudan, Syria, Iraq…
AFRICA NEWS
Ebola virus: Liberia receives experimental drug
Liberia earmarks the last doses of an experimental drug for two doctors suffering from Ebola. This as doctors warn the WHO's decision to greenlight untested treatments is…
AFRICA NEWS
South Sudan : Rebel Riek Machar slams president Salva Kiir
As his nation marks its third year on the map, South sudan's president is calling on rebels to commit to restarting stalled peace negotiations. Swift to respond, Former Vice…
The Interview
Boutros-Ghali: 'I wanted to reform the UN'
Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who was the UN’s 6th Secretary General, comments regional conflicts in Iraq, Syria, Egypt, South Sudan in the light of his experience at the head of the…
The Debate
Africa's Newest Failed State: How to Stop Civil War and Famine in South Sudan? (part 2)
It's the third anniversary of independence for Africa's newest nation, South Sudan. With a brutal civil war now in full swing, the outgoing UN representative has…
The Debate
Africa's Newest Failed State: How to Stop Civil War and Famine in South Sudan?
It's the third anniversary of independence for Africa's newest nation, South Sudan. With a brutal civil war now in full swing, the outgoing UN representative has…
SOUTH SUDAN - ANNIVERSARY
South Sudan independence heroes ‘have lost their way’
Instead of celebrating the third anniversary of its independence, South Sudan has sunk into a fratricidal war, observers say, with rival political factions spreading death and…
SOUTH SUDAN
Warring S. Sudan leaders agree deadline for new govt
At peace talks on Tuesday, South Sudan’s president (pictured right) and rebel chief (pictured left) agreed a 60-day deadline to form a new transitional government, in a bid to…
AFRICA NEWS
Slavery: France prepares to remember victims past and present
This Saturday, French president François Hollande will be taking part in a National Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade. The commemoration was established in 2006 to mark 150…
SOUTH SUDAN