Rebels fighters from the FDLR, or the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, have killed at least 50 civilians since the start of May in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN said Wednesday.
UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon condemned aid raids made on South Sudan by its northern rival on Monday, after northern President Omar al-Bashir (pictured) ordered the aerial bombardment of a market and an oil field.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said on Monday there would be "no negotiation" with the South Sudanese regime, who have occupied the oil-rich town of Helgig for 10 days. The governor of South Sudan's Taban Deng state claimed Sudan bombed the area.
Sudanese warplanes killed three people near an oil town in South Sudan Monday, residents and military officials said. A South Sudanese military intelligence official described the attacks as a serious escalation of the recent conflict.
India on Thursday test-fired a long-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and reaching targets in regional rival China. Only the permanent members of the UN Security Council and Israel were believed to have such weapons.
Guinea-Bissau's new military rulers and opposition parties agreed to a two-year transitional period before presidential and legislative elections, excluding the former president and confirming the dissolution of pre-coup institutions.
Guinea-Bissau’s military chiefs closed the country’s air and sea space on Monday, declaring that any violations would be met with military action, but said they would allow a convoy of ECOWAS officials in for talks later in the week.
Guinea-Bissau’s military and the opposition announced Sunday they would set up a National Transitional Council, dissolving all existing institutions. Details are set to be hammered out at a new meeting Monday.
Guinea-Bissau’s military coup leaders laid out plans Friday for the formation of a “national unity” government, despite a growing chorus of international condemnation against their seizure of the capital midway through the presidential election.
Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau reportedly took into custody Friday interim president Raimundo Pereira and prime minister, Carlos Gomes Junior, in what the West African bloc ECOWAS has described as an attempted coup.
