At least two people have been killed and seven wounded when a bomb ripped through a busy market in the Somali capital, a government official said. It is not clear who carried out Monday's attack but in the past similar explosions in Mogadishu have been claimed by al-Shabab fighters. The group ...

BANGUI, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, 4 May 2015 (UNHCR) – The future of the Central African Republic, and of its people, hangs in the balance as representatives gather this week in the capital, Bangui, to chart a way forward. Over the last two years, the country has descended into chaos, becoming one o...

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...

The United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), a coalition of armed ethnic groups that did not sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement, have called again on the NLD-led Government to make the peace process all-inclusive. In the statement, issued on 13 December, the UNFC says ‘. . . it nec...

Tue Jan 17, 2017 9:38am GMT LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian and other West African countries are preparing a joint force to intervene militarily in Gambia if President Yahya Jammeh does not hand over power, a Nigerian military source said on Tuesday. "A decision has been taken that he will not rema...