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Senegal set to host Feb. trial of ex-Chad dictator
Senegal's justice minister says former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre will go on trial next month for alleged crimes against humanity. The trial got ...
Obama signs bill expanding State Dept. rewards
President Barack Obama signed legislation into law Tuesday expanding the State Department's Rewards for Justice program aimed at capturing the world's ...
A look at what countries are contributing to Mali
Here's a look at what countries are providing to help Mali's battle against armed Islamic extremists who have occupied the country's north since March
C. African Republic prime minister pick announced
Rebels from Central African Republic and the country's political opposition have agreed on a candidate for prime minister. Under the terms of a ...
Ugandan, US forces hunting LRA welcome CAR truce
Ugandan soldiers and U.S forces who are pursuing the leader of the brutal Lord's Resistance Army in the jungles of the Central African Republic say ...
France chooses Africa intervention carefully
France has a history of intervention in Africa, where it was a colonial power for decades and still maintains several military sites and has hundreds ...
Peace deal announced for C. African Republic
Central African Republic President Francois Bozize and the rebels who sought to overthrow him have reached a deal that will allow him to stay in ...
Talks on Central African Republic begin in Gabon
Talks on the crisis in Central African Republic began Wednesday with representatives of the government, rebels and other groups gathering in this ...
C. African Republic leader calls rebels terrorists
The embattled president of Central African Republic on Tuesday accused the rebels who have seized the northern half of the country of being backed by ...
M23 rebels want Congo to agree to cease-fire
A top official with a rebel group in Congo says the group is demanding a cease-fire with the Congolese army, but says it will continue with peace ...
Rebels, Central African Republic to hold talks
Talks between Central African Republic's government and the rebels who now control much of the country's north are set to get under way no later than ...
S. Africa sends troops to Central African Republic
The South African presidency announced Sunday that is sending 400 army troops to Central African Republic to help the country's army as it faces a ...
Rebels in C. African Republic seize another town
Rebels in Central African Republic seized control of another town on Saturday, just days before they are to begin negotiations with the government in ...
New child soldier fears in C. African Republic
The U.N. children's agency says it's concerned about a growing number of children being recruited by armed groups in Central African Republic as ...
Different challenges in Central African Rep., Mali
Two land-locked, desperately poor African countries are gripped by rebellions in the north that have left huge chunks of both nations outside of ...
C. African Republic leader fires son from post
Facing an insurgency by a new rebel coalition, the president of Central African Republic consolidated military power under his control Thursday after ...
C. African Republic capital fears rebel attack
Kpademona Marcel and other residents of the capital of Central African Republic have watched in fear as rebels from the country's north seized control ...
Central African Republic rebels ignore negotiation
President Francois Bozize's government came under growing threat Monday as rebels vowing to overthrow him rejected appeals from the African Union to ...
Nigeria president likens nation's unrest to Syria
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has likened attacks by a radical Islamist sect in his West African nation to the ongoing civil war in Syria, an ...
African Union head visits Central African Republic
The leader of the African Union, Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi, has proposed a government of national unity to resolve the rebel conflict in ...
US troops sent to aid African diplomat evacuation
President Barack Obama says 50 U.S. troops have deployed to the African country of Chad to help evacuate U.S. citizens and embassy personnel from the ...
Central African Republic rebels take another city
Rebels continued their advance on Saturday, seizing the city of Sibut, 185 kilometers (114 miles) from Bangui, the capital, a government official ...
C. African Republic neighbors to send help
Central African Republic's neighbors agreed on Friday to dispatch a contingent of soldiers to intervene in the troubled country, where a coalition of ...
US shuts embassy in Central African Republic
The State Department has closed its embassy in the Central African Republic and ordered the ambassador and his diplomatic team to leave the country ...
Traditions in Chad harm, kill underfed children
On the day of their son's surgery, the family woke before dawn. They saddled their horses and set out across the 12-mile-long carpet of sand to the ...