(Reuters)South Sudan’s government has said it is ready to accept the deployment of a U.N. regional protection force at any time, after fighting in the capital in July threatened to plunge the nation back into a full-scale civil war. South Sudan has been under international pressure to accept the force, which will help the existing U.N. mission UNMISS stabilize the… Read more »
(Reuters) South Africa’s ruling African National Congress said on Tuesday its executive committee stood by President Jacob Zuma in a debate about whether he should step down after several officials called for his resignation. The ANC said there had been a call for him to leave his post but did not confirm media reports that this was made by four… Read more »
(BBC News) Miners in Burkina Faso have seized 43kg (94lb) of gold worth about $1.7m (£1.4m), a firm says, and are refusing to return it until they get a pay-off. The gold was seized by a bailiff on behalf of the miners at the main airport in the capital on 7 October. But London-listed Avocet Mining,says it needs the smelted… Read more »
One thing I found very interesting is that the US admits that it was not Al-Shabab that bombed allied forces in Somalia but the US accidentally did this itself. I found this very interesting because I would have thought we would know the exact positions of our allies in other countries. As we know Al-Shabab is allied with Al Queda,… Read more »
At first I thought that doing a blog about Sub-Saharan Africa would be boring. It seemed I would be hearing stories about terrorist attacks mainly since there are two active terrorists groups in Sub-Saharan Africa, Boko Haram and Al-Shabab, but I was very wrong. Sub-Saharan Africa has a lot to offer in terms of great news stories. Just recently, Al-Shabab… Read more »
My peers did warn me that Sub-Sahara was going to be much harder than the Middle East and North Africa was with finding news, but I didn’t have that hard of a problem this week. It’s hard jumping to a different region because I was finally understanding the conflict going on in the Middle East and learning a new regions… Read more »
Nearly a dozen Arab nations accused Iran on Monday of sponsoring “terrorism” throughout the Middle East while increasing support for jihadist groups since signing the international nuclear deal last summer.
(Huffington Post)The world is failing impoverished kids. Although the rate of extreme poverty is declining worldwide, children are disproportionately impacted, according to two new reports. The number of people living in extreme poverty ― or on less than $1.90 a day ― has declined, per a report the World Bank released Sunday. In 2013, the year with the latest comprehensive data, 767… Read more »
Although the situation in Sub-Saharan Africa is improving for many countries and their citizens, the overall situation is still one of widespread poverty and violence. In the news recently, we have seen that an unstable situation has arisen in Ethiopia, due to violent protests against government policies, and leading into the declaration of a state of emergency. While not the… Read more »
(Reuters) Congo’s prime minister and cabinet resigned on Monday as part of a deal that extends the tenure of President Joseph Kabila, who also defended the right of the Congolese people to change the constitution currently barring him from running again. Kabila is supposed to step down when his mandate runs out on Dec. 19, but his ruling coalition and… Read more »