This round of negotiations will attempt to tackle thorny political issue of formation of transitional government of national unity
African Union Commissioner for Trade says more needs to be done to reach goals set in Continental Free Trade Agreement
Nations also aren't on course to halve poverty by next year, and progress in reducing hunger is slow
Leaders say unless member nations provide more support, task force battling Lord's Resistance Army may take decades to find, defeat Joseph Kony followers
Despite recent progress battling the elusive Lord’s Resistance Army, some close to the fighting say it may take years before warlord Joseph Kony and his rebel forces are neutralized. Marthe van der Wolf visited parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and South Sudan to provide this report.
Thousands of South Sudanese refugees remain stuck in flooded camps in Ethiopia. Marthe van der Wolf reports for VOA from a camp in Gambella on the situation.
They prefer flooded camps to possible ethnic violence in southwestern Gambella region
Young South Sudanese refugees in camps in Ethiopia speak their minds about South Sudan government, rebels and their failure to end 10 months of fighting
Ethiopian government is hostile to any kind of dissent, but particularly fears Oromo
Since conflict erupted in Dec. some 245,000 South Sudanese have fled to Gambella, more refugees expected as warring parties continue to be deadlocked in flailing peace talks
US Embassy in Addis Ababa warned Tuesday it had credible reports that Somali militant group may be planning an attack in Bole area of Ethiopian capital
An African Union official says more hospitals, treatment centers and trained medical personnel are needed in West Africa to fight deadly disease
Australian physician and her late husband developed treatment for Fistula, a complication due to childbirth, trained nurses and set up clinics in Ethiopia
More than 160,000 Ethiopians.. working in Saudi Arabia were expelled last year and sent back home due to new stricter labor regulations in the kingdom. Marthe van der Wolf reports for VOA from Addis Ababa that many of those forcibly repatriated are doing their best to adjust, but are having difficulty making ends meet.
Many of the more than160,000 who have returned home are doing their best to adjust, but are having difficulty making ends meet
The report is a combination of 75 studies and surveys taken in countries throughout Africa
This month, officials shut down five magazines - the latest in a series of shutdowns - but move got little attention from outside the country
Opposition forces seized helicopter and monitors when they landed near Bentiu in Unity State during routine visit
Defector, Ezekiel Gatkuoth, is one of 11 former political detainees and former ambassador for S. Sudan to the US and UN
International Organization for Migration concerned about impact of rains, saying transporting refugees is becoming more challenging
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