WASHINGTON— U.S. lawmakers examining the threat that terrorism poses in Africa expressed concern Tuesday that the United States may be overlooking human rights and governance abuses by regional leaders who provide assistance on counterterrorism issues. Assistant Secretary of State for African ...

9 March 2017 – Highlighting the multifaceted nature of the crisis in Africa's Lake Chad Basin, the deputy United Nations chief underlined the need for a holistic approach that includes responding to the Boko Haram as well as closing the gap between humanitarian assistance and development interventio...

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The United States announced on Wednesday plans to spend $110 million a year over the next three to five years to help African nations develop peacekeeping forces that can be rapidly deployed to head off militant threats and other crises. President ...

The teachers are returning to school in Bangui PK5 area on Wednesday, after two years of absence. Some activities have been held during these two years but with no official teachers and no standard curriculum. The schools have been closed mainly because of unstable security situation and the fact...

MANDALAY — the vice-chairman of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party said on Thursday that the party is planning to expel members of Parliament who they deem to be inactive and lacking empathy for their people. U Zaw Myint Maung, who is also chief minister of Mandalay and one of the NLD’...

To address the shortage of 30,000 teachers in Basic Education Schools nationwide, the government will train 10,000 teachers a year starting in the next academic year, said U Win Maw Tun, deputy minister of Education. Research shows that 33,681 new teachers are needed throughout the country, inclu...

Kayin armed groups will submit the provisions they want to amend in the 2008 Constitution to the Kayin Solidarity and Peace Committee before submitting them to the government, according to a member of the committee. "They are planning to submit the issues including the ones in the constitution to...

The meeting to amend the 2008 Constitution is expected to kick off in May, says Upper House MP Dr. Aye Maung on April 9. Dr Aye Maung is also the member of Constitution Amendment Committee formed on February 3. “At present, the committee has no ongoing work assigned under the previous parliame...