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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›
HUGGING GURU AMMA 'SHOULD JOIN BONO AND MICHAEL D HIGGINS IN A PEACE TASKFORCE'
The suggestion of creating a rapid response, diplomatic mission was first mooted by Concern during the World Humanitarian Summit last May... READ MORE›
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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›
MALI GUNMEN WERE HUNTING FOR AIR FRANCE STAFF AT RADISSON HOTEL
Security guards say attackers were looking to kill french citizens in retaliation for the country's military campaign in mali... READ MORE›
DOZENS KILLED IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC MASSACRE
Violence pitting the mainly Muslim Seleka fighters against rival Christian anti-Balaka members started on Friday in Ndomete, before spreading to Kaga-Bandoro... 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›
IRISH TROOPS SET FOR AFRICA TO EASE BURDEN ON FRANCE
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said all 27 of France's EU partners responded positively at an EU defence ministers' meeting... READ MORE›
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: 20,000 STRANDED AT UN BASE
Kaga Bandero has been hit by a barrage of attacks by armed groups since September... 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›
FIGHTING IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC KILLS 30
Hundreds of former Seleka fighters have regrouped in Kaga-Bandoro, along with Muslim civilians, after fleeing the capital, Bangui, two years ago... 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›
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›
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›
POPE FRANCIS ARRIVES IN CONFLICT ZONE CAR AFTER UGANDA
Pope Francis arrives in the Central African Republic, a country wracked by religious violence, on the last leg of his African tour... READ MORE›
UN OFFICIAL IN PEACEKEEPER SEX ABUSE CASE RESIGNS
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed a panel to review how the United Nations system as a whole handles allegations of sexual abuse against peacekeepers... 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›
DR CONGO WARLORD BEMBA JAILED OVER WAR CRIMES
Congolese ex-rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba has been jailed for 18 years following a landmark conviction at the International Criminal Court ICC for war crimes and sexual violence... READ MORE›
ONE OF AFRICA'S LONGEST-RULING DYNASTIES HAS WON AGAIN. BUT THE POST-ELECTION CRISIS IN GABON MAY BE MORE INTENSE THIS TIME.
He's just representative of a different individual, said Eric Benjaminson, who was U.S. ambassador to Gabon from 2010 to 2013... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS SPEAKS TO THE ROOTS OF TERROR IN AFRICAN VISIT
Pope Benedict, Francis' predecessor, visited Africa twice, in 2009 and 2011... READ MORE›
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHILDREN 'ABUSED BY EU TROOPS'
The UN says it has new allegations of child sex abuse by European troops in the Central African Republic CAR ... READ MORE›
IN AFRICA POPE FRANCIS MAKES HIS FIRST VISIT TO A WAR ZONE
The stop in the Central African Republic was the last and most closely watched leg of the pope's three-country tour of Africa... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS NAMES 13 NEW CARDINALS, INCLUDING PAPAL ENVOY TO SYRIA
New cardinals also include archbishops of Chicago and Indianapolis in move sending signal pope 'values pastors focused more on mercy than morals'... 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›
HEAD OF CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC ARMED FORCES ASSASSINATED
Marcel Mombeka was shot twice in his car in the PK5 neighborhood, said his sister Kevine Mombeka... 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›
4 KILLED AND 14 INJURED IN ANTI-UN PROTEST IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Were injured in anti-UN violence Monday in the Central African Republic, according to a statement from the stabilization mission in the country... READ MORE›
POPE CATASTROPHIC IF CLIMATE DEAL DERAILED
The pope arrived in Kenya on Wednesday as part of a six-day visit to the continent that includes stops in Uganda and the Central African Republic... 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›
AT LEAST 55 KILLED IN OVERLOADED TRAIN DERAILMENT IN CAMEROON
The Camrail inter-city train was travelling from the capital, Yaounde, to the port city of Douala when the accident occurred around 6 a.m... 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›