Lra: Congo town mounts own force against rebels

Rebels from the Lord’s Resistance Army sent torture victims — including a man whose back was sliced with a machete — to warn the people of Bangadi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) they would be next.

Sudan to release 24 Darfur detainees before talks

The Sudanese government will release 24 detainees involved in the Darfur conflict as a goodwill gesture before planned peace talks with rebels, the country's justice minister said Saturday.

Darfur: former Sudanese child warrior speaks up

Written by Meaghan McAvoy

Dinner and a movie is so cliché.

On Feb. 14, an audience gathered at Miami University's Hall Auditorium for a nontraditional Valentine's Day evening.

Reformist blasts Iran's president over international isolation amid warnings of economic woes

The top reformist candidate in Iran's presidential race blamed incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the country's isolation, while a leading global energy watchdog warned Thursday that the hard-line leader's policies are worsening Iranian economic woes.

Zimbabwe 'unity' cash appeal poses dilemma for West

Morgan Tsvangirai will use his inauguration as Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister this week to appeal to the West to fund the rebuilding of his shattered country even though Robert Mugabe remains the President.

Darfur's main rebel group to meet Sudanese government officials in Qatar

A spokesman for Darfur's chief mediator says a major rebel group and Sudanese government officials will meet in Qatar.

Pakistan frees nuclear smuggler and disgraced scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan

DISGRACED Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan has been freed after spending five years under house arrest for selling atomic secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya in the world's biggest nuclear proliferation scandal.

Zimbabwe - the Cholera death toll is set to double, but Mugabe insists: it is under control

THE toll from Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic will almost double in the next few months as up to 55,000 more people contract the disease, the World Health Organisation predicts.

Sudan accuses Chad of supplying Darfur rebels

Chad accused of sending troops across their border to deliver supplies to Darfur rebel group