* Central Africans to vote in Dec. 30 polls * Elections seen as critical to ending years of violence * Winner will face a host of major challenges By Crispin Dembassa-Kette and Joe Bavier BANGUI, Dec 27 (Reuters) - As General Bala Keita, the military head of Central African Republic's U....

Bangui/Brazzaville, 11 August 2016 – Amid an ongoing complex humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR), the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners are working with the country’s Ministry of Health respond to a cholera outbreak declared on 10 August 2016 with 46 confirmed cases...

MOULMEIN — Burma’s ethnic minorities will not attempt to secede from the union if granted equal rights, according to the ethnic Mon pro-democracy leader Min Ko Naing, who spoke during a landmark Mon peace conference over the weekend. Min Ko Naing, who was born in Mudon Township, Mon State, made t...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Malian army units trying to resupply the remote northern garrison of Tessalit, besieged for weeks by rebels, have been beaten back after days of heavy fighting, rebel, army and local officials said on Monday. Fighting over Tessalit has been fierce as the town is close to the bo...