South Sudan’s Kiir Agrees to Meet Rival as UN Weighs Options
(Nicole Gaouette, William Davison and Sangwon Yoon) South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir agreed to hold talks with rebel leader Riek…
Sunday, May 4, 2014 @ 1:23 am
Security
EU says African force only way to stop South Sudan killing
(William Davison) An East African force charged with preventing fresh fighting in South Sudan could have its first troops in…
Friday, May 2, 2014 @ 1:22 am
Djibouti’s President to visit White House next month
Press release The White HouseOffice of the Press SecretaryFor Immediate ReleaseApril 15, 2014 Statement by the Press Secretary on the…
Friday, April 25, 2014 @ 6:59 pm
Sudan’s President to form an interim government: Opposition leaders
An opposition party revealed that president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir agreed to form a transitional government to implement a national political…
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 @ 11:59 pm
Egypt to receive new U.S. Apache attack helicopters
(Eman El-Shenawi) Egypt is expecting to receive new U.S. Apache attack helicopters, after American officials on Tuesday announced that a…
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 @ 11:13 pm
Somaliland apologizes after detained Ethiopian ‘spies’ said to be diplomats
Somaliland officials apologized for the detention of Ethiopian government personnel, who were previously deemed spies turned out to be "diplomatic…
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 @ 9:24 pm
Egypt bans transaction with Sudanese banks
Egyptian banks are refusing to receive wire transfers from Sudanese and Libyan companies in line with instructions issued by the…
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 @ 8:15 pm
What is it like to be Somalian in Kenya?
Twitter is abuzz and Somalis are trending in Kenya, not for reasons of their own, but rather impositions beyond their…
Monday, April 14, 2014 @ 1:21 am
Sudan and “the Iranian, Muslim Brotherhood or Qatari axes”
(Asmaa al-Husseini) Khartoum recently hosted Wagdy Ghoneim, a leading member of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, at the invitation of the…
Sunday, April 13, 2014 @ 1:54 am
South Sudan’s rebels “mobilizing” to attack major oil fields
(William Davison) Conflict broke out on Dec. 15 after South Sudan President Salva Kiir accused former Vice President Riek Machar…
Monday, March 31, 2014 @ 11:50 pm
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