EU hands $50-million security package to Ghana
Accra, GhanaThe European Union on Wednesday handed over a 50- - million-euro ($52-million) military package intended to bolster Ghanaian security forces, as West Africa faces...
Burundi sends extra battalion to DRC conflict
Nairobi, Kenya - Burundi has sent an additional battalion to support the Congolese army against the M23 armed group and Rwandan troops in eastern DR...
Niger orders Red Cross to leave country
Abidjan, Ivory Coast - Niger's ruling military junta has asked the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to leave the country immediately, a source...
Rwandan-backed group declares ceasefire in DRC’s war-torn east
Goma, DR Congo - Rwandan-backed armed group M23 announced a humanitarian "ceasefire" from Tuesday in the Democratic Republic of Congo's perennially explosive east, days before...
DR Congo: near Goma, displaced people begin long journey home
Goma, DR Congo - Once crowded with white makeshift huts, the huge Kanyaruchinya camp for displaced people on the outskirts of Goma, in war-torn Democratic...
