Ongoing conflict, faltering peace process prompts concern about the country's political future
Doctors Without Borders says at least 58 people have been killed on hospital grounds since conflict broke out late last year
This year's AU summit focused on tackling issues of agriculture and climate change as part of the continental body's overall development goals to create jobs and to improve food security
Mombasa court charged Issa Timamy following this month's coordinated attacks in Mpeketoni that have left at least 60 people dead
New president wants humanitarian corridors in country's east to allow people to escape fighting between Ukrainian forces, pro-Russian separatists
Central issue is price Ukraine should pay for Russian gas - after Moscow nearly doubled it to $480 per 1000 cubic meters
Ukraine's Petro Poroshenko is sworn in as the country's new president Saturday and offers to hold negotiations to end a pro-Russian insurgency in the east. VOA's Gabe Joselow reports from Kyiv.
Billionaire businessman Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine's fifth president since the 1991 breakup of the Soviet Union, says he will not accept Russia's annexation of Crimea as he takes oath of office Saturday
Nation is working to recruit and mobilize local, regional militias to boost under-powered armed forces
As a crisis heats up in eastern Ukraine, the country is working to recruit and mobilize local, regional militias to boost the under-powered armed forces. VOA's Gabe Joselow reports on the effort on the ground in central Ukraine.
To fight growing threat Interior Ministry adviser says National Guard needs as many volunteers as it can get
Several hundred separatist fighters attack Ukrainian border guard detachment in outskirts of Luhansk as Russia requests 'humanitarian corridor' in east
Even with new president elected, some activists refuse to leave public square where protests toppled pro-Moscow government
Ukrainian activists who fought for change in their capital's Independence Square are refusing to leave the public space that became the focal point of protests in February. VOA's Gabe Joselow reports on what the future might hold for Kyiv's Maidan, and those who occupy it, as a new government takes charge.
Some lawmakers were inside of the building at the time of the attack; members of parliament tell VOA at least three colleagues were wounded
Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia Phillippe Lazzarini says current situation has 'troubling similarities' with conditions seen in country before 2011 famine
HRW says since the anti-gay bill passed, people have been ignored, harassed, and arrested for alleged homosexual behavior
Small Arms Survey documents evidence Sudan has been primary supplier of mostly Chinese-made weapons to insurgents dating back to 2011
South Sudan's military spokesman says the armed forces are ready to implement a cease-fire deal signed late Friday, to end months of fighting with anti-government forces; World leaders welcomed the deal
Car bombings, harassment, and other terror activities are reasons why some are returning to their homeland
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