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An outbreak of violence in central Somalia has forced an estimated 50,000 people from their homes since the end of December...Somalia's Galgaduud region in the center of the country, has made the fragile security situation for the local population and...

Al-Bashir be formally charged by the International Criminal Court (ICC). In mid-July the ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno- Ocampo filed 10 charges against Al-Bashir: three counts of genocide, five of crimes against humanity and two of murder and accused the Sudanese...

Ethiopia has confirmed the arrest of an opposition leader saying she had give a delay to confirm that it had been released after plea for pardon she filed. Last week the ministry of justice gave the 35-year old opposition figure...

The Sudanese government today denied reports that it will impose emergency law following the issuance of an arrest warrant for president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The foreign ministry spokesperson Ali Al-Sadiq said in a statement...

The Lord’s Resistance Army rebels attacked the positions of the Congolese troops in the Garamba National Park the northeast of the country, near the Sudanese border, local officials stated today. This attack comes after reports about the withdrawal of the...

ET Reuters, special to CBC News Congolese Tutsi rebels and government troops exchanged mortar and small arms fire in a clash on Friday in east Congo, a few kilometres from a camp filled with refugees, Congolese and UN officers said....

Sporadic gunfire and explosions echoed Wednesday around this town in eastern Congo, as rebels fought pro-government militiamen for a second day, forcing thousands to flee. A wider cease-fire between the rebels and the government was holding, however, and diplomats scrambled...

The British Foreign Office is seeking clarification about the details of the sentence and where the couple will serve it. One report suggested they could be billeted to work on peanut plantations, where malaria is common. Conditions inside the Mile...