Jun 30 At Summit, African Leaders Call on Zimbabwe to Settle Post-election Crisis By PBS News Hour African Union leaders gathered in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday with Zimbabwe's election top on the agenda a day after Robert Mugabe claimed the country's presidency in a disputed runoff election. Continue reading
Jun 23 Tsvangirai Withdraws from Zimbabwe Runoff, Seeks Refuge in Dutch Embassy By PBS News Hour Police in Zimbabwe raided the opposition party's headquarters and took away about 60 people Monday, a party spokesman said. The raid came a day after the party's presidential candidate withdrew from a runoff against longtime President Robert Mugabe. Continue reading
Mar 26 Somali Islamists Capture Town; Aid Agencies Call for Action By PBS News Hour Islamist fighters took control of the town of Jowhar, Somalia, on Wednesday in an ongoing insurgency against the Western-backed government that has gathered steam in recent months. Continue reading
Jan 31 Watch Kenyan Peace Talks Delayed After Death of Second Opposition Legislator Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan postponed talks between rival leaders in Kenya Thursday after an opposition lawmaker was killed -- the second in three days. L.A. Times Nairobi Bureau Chief Edmund Sanders discusses the prospects for an end to the… Continue watching
Jan 18 AU Head Calls for Peacekeepers to Stay in Somalia By PBS News Hour African Union Commission Chairman Alpha Oumar Konare called Friday for peacekeeping troops to remain in Somalia for an additional six months amid near daily clashes in the capital, Mogadishu. Continue reading
Jan 08 Joint U.N.-AU Convoy Comes Under Attack in Darfur By PBS News Hour Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a United Nations-African Union supply convoy in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, the first attack on the newly formed peacekeeping force, officials said Tuesday. Continue reading
Jan 02 Death Toll Passes 300 in Kenya's Election Violence By PBS News Hour Dozens of Kenyans were burned alive in a church on Tuesday and more than 300 have been killed in a wave of violence since last week's controversial re-election of President Mwai Kibaki. Continue reading
Oct 29 Rebel Groups Boycott Darfur Peace Talks By PBS News Hour Three main Darfur rebel factions boycotted peace talks with the Sudanese government over the weekend in Libya, throwing into doubt that any substantive progress would be made at the summit. Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch Tensions Among Troops, Insurgents Fuel Further Violence in Somalia Unrest in violence-plagued Somalia continues amid tensions over the presence of Ethiopian troops who entered the country last year to oust an Islamic government. Independent Television News reports on the military and humanitarian situation in the East African nation. Continue watching
Oct 01 AU Peacekeepers Killed in Rebel Attack in Darfur By Admin, PBS News Hour At least 10 African Union peacekeepers were killed and more than 20 declared missing after rebels overran their base in northern Darfur over the weekend, in the worst attack on AU forces since they were deployed in 2004. Continue reading