On a dusty training ground in Niger, U.S. Special Forces officers teach local troops to deal with suspects who resist arrest. “Speed, aggression, surprise!” an instructor barks as two Nigeriens wrestle a U.S. adviser out of a car. The drill in the border town ...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recommended Monday deploying nearly 12,000 peacekeepers in Central African Republic to re-establish order in a country that has erupted in chaos and sectarian killing. The former French colony was thrown into turmoil after rebels from the mainly Muslim Seleka group ...
The nation’s official development assistance to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations has been an effective “investment in the future” for the 10-nation region and Japan, bolstering development and prosperity for both, according to a government paper released Friday. The ODA White Paper for ...
Israel has begun sending dozens of African migrants to Uganda, an Israeli official said Wednesday, a move that has sparked concerns that they are being coerced into going to a country that may not keep them safe. The resettlement of people in Uganda, and ...
Japan is vowing to increase official development assistance to Africa, especially for education and development in the sub-Saharan areas, according to the latest version of the ODA white paper. The aid report for fiscal 2013, to be released by the Foreign Ministry later this ...
Scientists have been able to fill in a blank in the history of Central Africa’s pygmies, whose past is one of the most elusive of any community in the world. At a key period in human migration, these hunter-gatherer tribes shunned interbreeding with Bantu-speaking ...
Africa is getting tougher in its fight against poaching. New laws with stiff penalties, more military training for rangers and new technology like drones with thermal cameras are all helping to protect rhinos and elephants. A new law in Kenya that increases penalties for ...
The U.N. Security Council has targeted illegal wildlife traffickers for sanctions in a pair of resolutions against African armed groups, a step that conservationists called unprecedented and a major shift on a problem that has morphed from an environmental issue into a security threat. ...
Conservationists are capturing and relocating elephants in Cote d’Ivoire forced out of their traditional habitat by encroaching humans, in the first such operation attempted in Africa’s forests. The International Fund for Animal Welfare this week began tranquilizing elephants outside the western town of Daloa, ...
South Sudan’s government and rebels signed a ceasefire deal Thursday that leaders hope will put a pause to five weeks of warfare that has killed thousands of soldiers and civilians. The peace deal represents the first real progress since political friction turned violent Dec. ...
France will broaden its military presence in Africa’s turbulent Sahel region with specialized new outposts to better fight the terrorism threat from extremist groups such as al-Qaida, the defense minister said Tuesday. Jean-Yves Le Drian said in an interview that France is moving toward ...
South Sudanese government forces, backed by Ugandan troops, on Saturday recaptured the strategic town of Bor, defeating an army of thousands of rebels, officials said. Army spokesman Philip Aguer said soldiers entered the town, capital of Jonglei state and situated about 200 km north ...
