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The government of the much-beleaguered country of Zimbabwe has been in a power-sharing agreement between the two opposing factions of Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party and Tsvangirai’s MDC party. People hoped that such a much-awaited turn of events not too long ago will mean that the country would be able to surmount its massive economic woes, health crisis, [...]

According to BBC breaking news, ‘Guinea’s vice-president has returned from business abroad to take charge of the country after an attempted assassination on the president. President Moussa Dadis Camara was flown to Morocco, where a spokesman said he underwent a “minor operation” after being shot on Thursday. Vice-President Sekouba [...]

Sudan is the largest country in Africa. Some say it is the most beleaguered country in the continent. It is also on the verge of yet another north/south civil war. Peace negotiators have failed. With the incoming and impending referendum that can give opportunity for south Sudan to claim self-determination and separate itself from the rest of the country, [...]

The UN is said to be ‘devoting special energy to the displaced Tamils, most still interned in camps, because the issue was critical for the country’s future.’ Assessing the condition that the internally-displaced Tamils are in, the UN believes that the Tamil refugees’ situation is ‘putting reconciliation at risk.’ This is because the [...]

Central America’s political climate is not unique. Wherever there is a leader that aspired to be a dictator, there always seems to be a military coup fashioned to topple him, and whenever there is insurmountable civil oppression due to abuses of power, there always seems to be a resulting civil war. Confrontations in Central America are caused by [...]

A few hours after announcing the ban on three UN agencies working in Somalia for being “enemies of Islam and Muslims,” hardline Somali Islamists of the al Qaeda-inspired Shebab insurgency attacked the agency’s offices. They divested the premises of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the United Nations Political Office for [...]

Sri Lanka army troops continued to make progress in its offensive against the last strip of territory occupied by Tamil guerrillas in the north. Despite the offensive, the rebels ignored an ultimatum by the government demanding their surrender before noon on Tuesday. According to the Defense Minister, his troops have succeeded in breaking into the [...]