A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar on Friday, causing extensive damage across a wide swath of one of the world’s poorest countries and prompting officials to warn that the...
As the electoral campaign for the presidential election in Gabon begins on Saturday, March 29, several civil society organizations, political parties, and other groups continue to...
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, alerted the press Friday morning to what he is calling a, “dramatic and dire situation,” in South Sudan....
Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro hit out at U.S Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday, calling him an “imbecile” following the American official’s visit to neighbouring...
A German nurse kidnapped while working in Somalia seven years ago has called on the German government to secure her release, as security in the country...
Another blow to the Kenyan-led multinational security support mission, or MSS, which has been deployed to Haiti to combat gang violence. The MSS says a Kenyan...
Rwandan-backed rebels now control large parts of eastern Congo and threaten to expand their offensive west into two neighboring provinces, the top U.N. official in the...
French prosecutors on Thursday requested a seven-year prison sentence and a 300,000-euro (around $325,000) fine for former President Nicolas Sarkozy, in connection with allegations that his...
There are concerns that South Sudan is on the brink of a renewed civil war following the arrest of the main opposition party leader, Riek Machar....
Six people died and nine were injured when a tourist submarine carrying 45 passengers sank off the Egyptian coast Thursday, said provincial officials. They spoke on...