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The leaders of the Somali regions of Puntland and Galmudug have agreed an immediate ceasefire and committed to a peaceful end to a dispute that has killed at least 27 people in the past week, the...
Scores of Libyan army vehicles have crossed the desert frontier into Niger in what may be a dramatic, secretly negotiated bid by Muammar Gaddafi to seek refuge in a friendly African state, military...
Liberians will head to the polls on 23 August to vote in a Constitutional referendum called for by the Government of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. The Referendum aims to amend four articles of...
The government of Muammar Gaddafi denied a rebel report on Friday that a NATO air strike had killed the Libyan leader's powerful son Khamis, commander of one of the government's most loyal and...
The humanitarian crisis unraveling in southern Somalia, which the United Nations says is the worst famine in the area for 20 years, has been compounded by political instability that is nearly...
A UN envoy will seek to persuade warring parties in Libya to accept a plan that envisages a ceasefire and a power-sharing government - but with no role for Muammar Gaddafi, a European diplomat said.
Since the previous meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee, the global economic outlook has deteriorated. Events in the eurozone appear to have entered a new phase, with the focus moving from...
African leaders plan to launch a fund this year to help the continent access and manage its share of money from the global UN Green Climate Fund, a UN official said. Climate negotiators have yet to...