MILITANTS KILL EGYPTIAN U.N. PEACEKEEPER IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Peacekeeper and wounded three others in an attack in southern Central African Republic on Sunday, the United Nations said in a statement... READ MORE›

WHAT'S THE BEST PASSPORT IN THE WORLD? IT'S NOT THE US

It is the first time an Asian country has had the most powerful passport in the index's history... READ MORE›

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NORWAY IS THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH

The World Happiness Report was released to coincide with the United Nations' International Day of Happiness on 20 March... READ MORE›

THE HAPPIEST COUNTRY ON EARTH THE WINNER IS

That boosted the per person annual income, as measured by economic output, to more than 100,000 -- nearly double that of the United States... READ MORE›

U.S. TROOPS HAVE TURNED TO SOME UNSAVORY PARTNERS TO HELP FIND WARLORD JOSEPH KONY

Military camps are located in the Central African Republic, which is still embroiled in the sectarian civil war sparked by the Seleka rebels... READ MORE›

JOSEPH KONY IS STILL AT LARGE. HERE'S WHY THE U.S. AND UGANDA WERE WILLING TO GIVE UP THE HUNT.

The Ugandan military faced allegations that soldiers committed rape and sexual violence against women and girls in the Central African Republic... READ MORE›

SOUTH SUDAN PLANE CRASH KILLS DOZENS; BABY AMONG SURVIVORS

Ateny Wek Ateny, a press secretary in the South Sudan President's office, said 18 people were aboard the flight 12 South Sudanese passengers and six crew members... READ MORE›

CAR TOPS LIST OF 'WORLD'S MOST NEGLECTED' CRISES

The conflict in the Central African Republic CAR is the world's most neglected displacement crisis, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council... READ MORE›

IN A NAIROBI SLUM THE POPE DENOUNCES A NEW COLONIALISM

After visiting the slum, Francis traveled to a stadium in Nairobi brimming with thousands of young people... READ MORE›

DOZENS KILLED IN CARGO PLANE CRASH IN SOUTH SUDAN ALONG NILE

The flight had been headed to strategic oil fields in the Upper Nile region of the country, where there is a large South Sudanese military presence... READ MORE›

SYRIA NAMED WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRY IN LATEST RESEARCH ON INTERNATIONAL LEVELS OF PEACE AND VIOLENCE

These are the most and least peaceful countries in the world... READ MORE›

MORE THAN 60 MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED BY WAR IN 2015

The United Nations asks the world to turn its attention Saturday to people displaced by war conflict and other crises... READ MORE›

US MILITARY ENDING ROLE IN HUNT FOR ELUSIVE AFRICAN WARLORD JOSEPH KONY

The US service member was escorting a peacekeeper from the CAR-based African Union force when they came upon two LRA fighters... READ MORE›

CENTRAL AFRICA FEARS RETURN OF LRA AFTER HUNT FOR JOSEPH KONY ENDS

Other groups loyal to the LRA, which Kony founded nearly 30 years ago, are scattered across central Africa... READ MORE›

SOUTH SUDAN LEADERS ORDER CEASEFIRE AS CIVIL WAR FEARS GROW

President Salva Kiir is determined to carry on his partnership with Riek Machar... READ MORE›

ON CLIMATE CHANGE NOT A SCIENTIST NOT ENOUGH FOR SOME U.S. REPUBLICANS

The United Nations has estimated that from 1987 to 2012, the Lord's Resistance Army killed more than 100,000 people, abducted 60,000 to 100,000 children and displaced more than 2.5 million civilians... READ MORE›

HUGGING GURU AMMA 'SHOULD JOIN BONO, MICHAEL D HIGGINS IN A PEACE TASKFORCE'

It could be controversial but he's already won the Nobel peace prize, maybe he could start earning it... READ MORE›

UN PEACEKEEPERS ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING STREET CHILDREN IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

The United Nations did not identify which country the troops were from but a UN official said it was an African contingent... READ MORE›

POPE URGES KENYANS TO END TRIBALISM AND CORRUPTION

Pope Francis urges Kenyans to unite and take a stand against the destructive effects of tribalism by asking a stadium of people to hold hands... READ MORE›

POPE FRANCIS ENDS AFRICAN TRIP WITH VISIT TO A MOSQUE

More than two years of sectarian strife has displaced more than 400,000 people in the Central African Republic, the United Nations estimates... READ MORE›

CHAOS IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC IMPERILS AID GROUPS WORK

It said the number of refugees from the Central African Republic in all neighboring countries totals nearly a half million... READ MORE›

ARMIES USED BY UN FAIL WATCHDOG GROUPS TEST

United Nations officials did not dispute the findings but said the study did not reflect steps the organization had taken to prevent corruption by peacekeepers... READ MORE›

AS SUPPLIES DWINDLE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM CUTTING RATIONS TO REFUGEES IN KENYA

The World Food Program is the largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger, assisting 80 million people in 75 countries... READ MORE›

The United Nations has estimated that from 1987 to 2012, the Lord's Resistance Army killed more than 100,000 people, abducted 60,000 to 100,000 children and displaced more than 2.5 million civilians... READ MORE›

THE WORLD'S LARGEST REFUGEE SETTLEMENT YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF

The largest of the settlements hosting refugees from South Sudan is Bidi Bidi... READ MORE›

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC HUNDREDS ESCAPE PRISON AMID DAYS OF UNREST

The unrest erupted as the transitional president Catherine Samba-Panza was attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York... READ MORE›

POLICE OFFICER WITH UN FORCE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC IS ACCUSED OF RAPE

Joanne Mariner, a senior crisis adviser with Amnesty, said that the child had yet to receive health or counseling services from the United Nations... READ MORE›

PANEL TO REVIEW UN RESPONSE TO ALLEGED CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC SEX ABUSE

Former Canadian judge Marie Deschamps heads investigation into how the UN handled allegations that French and African troops sexually abused children... READ MORE›

NEW ACCUSATIONS ABOUT SEXUAL ABUSE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC PROMPT INQUIRY

The United Nations said Wednesday that it was investigating new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by its peacekeepers in the Central African Republic... READ MORE›

FINLAND IS THE MOST SOCIALLY PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, NEW STUDY REVEALS

Finland is the most socially progressive country in the world while the war torn Central African Republic is the least progressive, a new study has found... READ MORE›

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AID GROUPS SEEK BETTER ACCESS TO STRIFE-TORN CAPITAL

Meanwhile the United Nations reported that two of its peacekeepers had been severely wounded as they worked to take down roadblocks that militants had erected... READ MORE›

IN HISTORIC RULING, INTERNATIONAL COURT CITES RAPE IN WAR CRIMES CONVICTION OF EX-CONGO OFFICIAL

In the Central African Republic, Bemba dispatched his forces in a five-month conflict marked by rights abuses... READ MORE›