YANGON—U Min Thu, minister for the Office of the Union Government, has urged General Administration Department (GAD) staff to change their mindset and shed old habits when carrying out their duties, according to the Ministry of Information. The minister held a meeting on Wednesday with GAD staff ...

I crouched on the make-shift tent floor across from Fane Abdelkkarim Arame, a 70 year old grandmother sheltering at L’ Ecole Liberty in the town of Bossangoa, Central African Republic. She recounted the atrocities she had seen pass in the final months of 2013. She talked and cried surrounded by h...