EX-MILITIA LEADER WINS TOP FOOTBALL POST

Central African Republic Ex-militia leader wins top football post... READ MORE›

U.N. SOUNDS ALARM ON SOUTH SUDAN AS AFRICA'S BIGGEST REFUGEE CRISIS LOOMS, PLEAS FOR $3.2 BILLION

One in 3 South Sudanese have fled their homes -- almost 90 percent of them are women and children... READ MORE›

CHINA'S REGIONAL JETS RECEIVE FIRST ORDER FROM AFRICA

The China-developed twin-engine regional jet ARJ21 has just received its first order from Africa, according to Chinese news site ThePaper.cn... READ MORE›

CASE DISMISSED AGAINST FRENCH TROOPS ACCUSED OF CHILD RAPE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

EYE ON AFRICA A case is dismissed against French troops accused of raping children in Central African Republic two years on, Ouagadougou residents rem..... READ MORE›

ENDING CHILD MARRIAGE IN EGYPT - FRANCE 24

Also, how an international outcry forced the Sierra Leone government to reverse its ban on pregnant teenagers receiving an education... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE PEACE DIAMOND NETS $6.5 MILLION IN AUCTION TO RAISE FUNDS FOR WEST AFRICAN NATION

The United Nations lifted a ban on diamond exports from Sierra Leone in 2003, though the 113 million sector is plagued by smuggling... READ MORE›

ONE OF WORLD'S LARGEST DIAMONDS FETCHES $6.5 MILLION TO DEAL WITH SMUGGLERS IN THE WEST AFRICAN NATION

The United Nations lifted a ban on diamond exports from Sierra Leone in 2003, but the multi-million dollar sector is still plagued by smuggling... READ MORE›

GIANT 'PEACE DIAMOND' SELLS FOR $6.5M

A giant 709-carat diamond unearthed in Sierra Leone has sold at auction in New York for 6.5m ?4.8m ... READ MORE›

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›

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›

SIERRA LEONE: DEATH TOLL FROM LANDSLIDE NEARS 500

READ MORE Sierra Leone mudslide What, where and why?... READ MORE›

WHO DECLARES OUTBREAK IN DR CONGO

The World Health Organization WHO has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE APPEALS FOR URGENT HELP FOR FLOOD VICTIMS

Paolo Conteh, the interior minister, told Sierra Leone's state broadcaster that thousands of people remained missing... READ MORE›

EBOLA OUTBREAK DECLARED IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO AFTER THREE DIE

Thousands more survivors have been left with long-term health problems and Liberia was only declared free of active Ebola virus transmission last June... READ MORE›

CINCINNATI ZOO KILLS GORILLA TO SAVE CHILD

In the wild, they can be found in Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Equatorial Guinea... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS

In Sierra Leone, the hardest hit of any nation during the Ebola outbreak, nearly 4,000 people died from the disease altogether 14,000 were infected... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF DISEASE

Dr Oliver Johnson, from the King's Sierra Leone partnership, worked at an Ebola clinic in Freetown, and has strong links with medical professionals there... READ MORE›

DR CONGO LANDSLIDE DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 200

In May 2010, a mudslide swept over the eastern Congo village of Kibiriga and killed 19 people... READ MORE›

UN PROPOSES STEPS TO CURB SEX ABUSE BY PEACEKEEPERS

Guterres also called for appointing a special human rights expert who would report directly to the UN chief to be a victims' rights advocate... 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›

U.N. SAYS SOME OF ITS PEACEKEEPERS WERE PAYING 13-YEAR-OLDS FOR SEX

As the United Nations maintains nine peacekeeping operations in Africa, employing over 100,000 people on the continent, the abuses threaten to erode the organization's legitimacy... READ MORE›

CONGO PEACEKEEPERS ACCUSED OF SEX ABUSE TO LEAVE CAR

About 600 Congolese soldiers to be pulled out of Central African Republic after allegations of sexual misconduct... READ MORE›

CLASHES WITH POLICE, CONCERT HALL 'UNDER THREAT' IN PARIS OVER CONGOLESE ARTIST PERFORMANCE (VIDEO)

Clashes with police, concert hall 'under threat' in Paris over Congolese artist performance VIDEO -- RT News... READ MORE›

DR CONGO LANDSLIDE KILLS DOZENS IN NORTHEAST

In May 2010, a mudslide swept over the eastern DRC village of Kibiriga and killed 19 people... READ MORE›

UN OFFICIAL RESIGNS AMID ACCUSATIONS OF SEX ABUSE BY PEACEKEEPERS

For years, the issue of how to stanch sexual abuse in its ranks has bedeviled the United Nations... 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›

NUMBER OF HOMELESS TOPS RECORD IN CAR

CAR has been beset with conflict since Seleka coalition rebels marched into the capital, Bangui, and deposed of former President Francois Bozize... READ MORE›

EBOLA IS ALL BUT OVER, BUT THE POSTMORTEM IS JUST GETTING STARTED

But because of the extreme inadequacies of healthcare and surveillance systems in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, Ebola was first diagnosed only in March 2014... 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›

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›

EBOLA OUTBREAK IS DECLARED IN CONGO WITH AT LEAST 3 DEAD

Ebola Outbreak Is Declared in Congo, With at Least 3 Dead... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS

WHO commends the government and people of Sierra Leone for the significant achievement of ending this Ebola outbreak, he said... READ MORE›

One volunteer, Dr Geraldine O'Hara, an infectious diseases specialist from Huddersfield, has recorded a series of audio diaries while she is in Sierra Leone... 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›

AS EBOLA FEARS RETURN, CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE STEPS UP FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL BUSHMEAT

As Ebola fears return, Congo-Brazzaville steps up fight against illegal bushmeat... READ MORE›

SIERRA LEONE DECLARED FREE OF EBOLA TRANSMISSIONS

Nearly 4,000 people have died in Sierra Leone of Ebola since the outbreak began in late 2013... 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›

EBOLA OUTBREAK IN CONGO FORCES RESIDENTS TO FLEE

The World Health Organization said Ebola has killed three and sickened 20 people in the Congos north since late April... READ MORE›