Eastern African Standby Force gets UK, Denmark boost
United Kingdom and Denmark on Monday unveiled plans to boost the Eastern African Standby Force (EASF). EASF – one of the five regional forces for […]
Burundi
Côte d’Ivoire: Gunmen kill 11 in military camps
Côte d’Ivoire’s army took back control of a village and camps on its southwestern border with Liberia after eleven people, including seven soldiers, were killed […]
Burundi: UN-Chief laid out options to address crisis
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday said deploying peacekeepers to Burundi was an option to quell the violence but recommended that a UN team be […]
Burundi: half-dozen people killed in overnight clashes
At least half-dozen people were killed and others wounded in overnight clashes in Burundi, police said on Sunday. Heavy gunfire and grenade explosions were heard […]
US condemns Rwandan parliament over Kagame’s third term vote
The United States has condemned on Wednesday a vote by Rwanda’s two houses of parliament to approve a change to their constitution that allows President […]
Burundi-Violence: Obama worried, UN could send peacekeepers
U.S. President Barack Obama, in a phone call with South Africa’s President on Wednesday, expressed “deep concern” about the situation in Burundi and urged regional […]
Burundi: Kagame warns of imminent genocide
Rwandan President Paul Kagame, speaking during an awards ceremony in Kigali this weekend, has accused Burundi’s leaders of carrying out “massacres” on their people. At […]
EU to initiate consultation process with Burundi officials to end political crisis
The European Union will initiate a consultation process with Burundi’s government in a bid to find a solution to the political crisis that broke in […]
Somalia: Car bomb attack near presidential palace kills 5
Five people have been killed after a car bomb exploded close to the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, police said. The blast […]
Somalia: Al Shabab militants attack A.U. peacekeepers’ base
Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Shabaab group rammed a suicide car bomb into an African Union army base in southern Somalia, AMISOM, early Tuesday and stormed inside, an […]