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In July 1953, the Korean Armistice was signed, effectively ending the three-year war on the peninsula. However, since no peace treaty was ever drawn up, the war between the northern Democratic...
In what has been described as the most pivotal event in Sudan’s history since independence in 1956, the week long referendum will decide whether Southern Sudan secedes from the North. The vote is...
In this report, the International Crisis Group examines the failure of the leaders elected in 2006 to radically change governance and to fulfil the democratic aspirations of their citizens. Nearly...
On 31 December 2009 the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (MONUC) and the Forces armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC) announced that Operation Kamina II,...
In today's podcast, the DA files an application demanding an explanation into the release of Schabir Shaik on medical parole; the IMF and the World Bank are to visit Zimbabwe next week; and a...
The U.N. Security Council is planning to disband its peacekeeping mission to the volatile border between Eritrea and Ethiopia after Eritrea forced out most of the U.N. troops, diplomats said on...
There is a growing danger of a coup by military hardliners in Zimbabwe to prevent opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai from toppling President Robert Mugabe, a leading think tank said on Wednesday....
Heavy fighting erupted between Sudan's army and southern Sudanese forces in the disputed oil-rich town of Abyei on Tuesday, leaving at least 100 injured and an unknown number dead, aid workers...