Uganda Weighs Privacy Rights vs. Crime Uganda is installing thousands of closed-circuit television cameras in public areas throughout the country in an effort to fight rampant… 10/15/2018 Aimaf
ICRC Urges Nigerian Militants to Free Abducted Healthcare Workers The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is making an urgent appeal to Islamic State's West Africa affiliate in… 10/14/2018 Aimaf
Children in Ebola-Affected DRC Return to School The U.N. children's fund reports the vast majority of children living in Ebola-affected areas of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo… 10/14/2018 Aimaf
Somalia Marks One Year After Deadliest Terrorist Attack Hundreds of mourners and government officials in Somalia gathered Sunday at K-5 junction, where a year ago a truck bomb… 10/14/2018 Aimaf
Somalia Marks 1 Year Since Devastating Mogadishu Bombing Somalia is marking the first anniversary of one of the world's deadliest attacks since 9/11, a truck bombing in the… 10/14/2018 Aimaf
Battles Over Safe Ebola Burials Complicate Work in DRC A runaway hearse carrying an Ebola victim has become the latest example of sometimes violent community resistance complicating efforts to… 10/14/2018 Aimaf
Two Blasts in Somali Town Kill at Least 15 Two blasts in the Somali town of Baidoa on Saturday killed at least 15 people and injured more than 30… 10/13/2018 Aimaf
UNICEF: Armed Militia in NE Nigeria Releases 833 Child Soldiers The U.N. Children’s Fund reports a local militia fighting Boko Haram Islamists in northeast Nigeria has released 833 child soldiers.… 10/13/2018 Aimaf
WFP: Climate Change to Accelerate World Hunger The World Food Program warns climate change will have a devastating impact on agriculture and the ability of people to… 10/13/2018 Aimaf
US Pledges $90 Million as World Leaders Tackle Illegal Wildlife Trade The United States and dozens of other countries have pledged to work together to tackle the illegal wildlife trade and… 10/13/2018 Aimaf
UN Worker Among Sharp Increase in DRC’s Ebola Caseload A U.N. employee in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has tested positive for Ebola, the first such incident during… 10/13/2018 Aimaf
Nigerian Militia Group Released 833 Youths, UN Says A militia fighting against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria has released 833 youths from its own ranks, some… 10/12/2018 Aimaf
Protesters’ Arrests Seen Fueling Zimbabwe Crisis Zimbabwe's growing economic crisis, which has sent consumer prices spiraling upward and created shortages of everything from gasoline to medication to fried… 10/12/2018 Aimaf
Insecurity Undermining Ebola Control Efforts in DRC The World Health Organization said that insecurity in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu Province is undermining Ebola control… 10/12/2018 Aimaf
Kenyan Banks, Military Implicated in S. Sudan Money Laundering A new documentary has implicated Kenyan banks in money laundering for corrupt South Sudanese leaders. Protesters in Kenya took to… 10/12/2018 Aimaf
Human Rights Concerns Persist in Eritrea, Months After Peace Deals In signing a historic peace deal with Ethiopia and cooperation agreements with Djibouti and Somalia earlier this year, long-isolated Eritrea… 10/12/2018 Aimaf
NGO Launches Campaign to Empower South Sudanese Girls As the world marks the International Day of the Girl on Thursday, girls in South Sudan are calling on their… 10/12/2018 Aimaf
Haley Gets Praise for South Sudan Arms Embargo When she announced her resignation Tuesday, outgoing U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley ticked off a list of… 10/11/2018 Aimaf
African Billionaire Abducted in Tanzania Police have tightened borders in and around Tanzania's economic capital, Dar es Salaam, while investigating the abduction of a man… 10/11/2018 Aimaf
Researchers: Human Toll of South Sudan War ‘As Bad As Iraq or Syria’ Close to 400-thousand people have been killed in the civil war in South Sudan, half through violence – making the… 10/11/2018 Aimaf