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As the U.N. Security Council prepared to discuss the situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, gunmen attacked the town of Uvira, near the border with Burundi, and a human rights group criticized the Congolese military's actions in its camp...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 26 June 2007 In eastern India, a two-day strike called by Maoist rebels to protest a government plan to establish special industrial parks on farmland has hit public transportation. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Del...
By Steve Herman New Delhi 20 June 2007 Sri Lanka's military says land and sea clashes in the past day have left about 70 Tamil rebels dead. VOA's Steve Herman reports from New Delhi that the fighting in the east of the country comes before a widely a...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 12 June 2007 Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore traveled to Yamoussoukro, the capital of Ivory Coast, Tuesday to assess a March peace deal he brokered with northern rebels, opposition leaders and President Laurent Gbagbo....
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 24 April 2007 In Sri Lanka, Tamil Tiger rebels have mounted an air strike against a key government military base, killing at least six soldiers. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, it is the second air strike by th...
By Kari Barber Dakar 21 April 2007 In Ivory Coast Saturday, rebels met with supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo to show they are united in backing a peace deal signed last month. The meeting, which took place in Abidjan, is the first of its kind s...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 24 January 2007 Rebels in Chad say their positions near the border with Sudan are being bombarded, and the attacks could derail talks aimed at ending the low-level conflict which threatens to engulf Central Africa in a wider w...
Cathy Majtenyi A senior U.S. official says the Sudanese government and the country's main rebel group could sign a framework peace agreement by this weekend. The US deputy assistant secretary of state...