Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The ceasefire deal struck in Ethiopia Friday night by the warring parties in South Sudan has taken effect as of Saturday night, according to South Sudan's Defence Minister Kuol...

(Source: UNECA - United Nations Economic Commission for Africa) Joint MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: High-Level Panel Discussion Towards Eliminating Child Stunting for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in Af...

[Ethiopia Government]President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya said he was encouraged by the commitment of the South Sudanese armed opposition leader, Riek Machar, to achieve a better system of governance in t...

[Ethiopia Government]The Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) of Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, Brigadier General Samuel Omar Williams arrived in Mogadishu for his first visit to Somalia on Saturday (M...

South Sudan's top UN aid official has hailed a new peace deal and called for food aid to flow to counter the risk of mass hunger. A military spokesman said a cease-fire would take hold, but wary skepti...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - South Sudanese rivals have signed a midnight accord to end the nearly six-month long war in their country and work on the formation of an interim government within a mont...

UN chief Ban Ki-moon, on a day's visit to the country, says Riek Machar has agreed to meet President Kiir in Ethiopia.

[Ethiopia Government]President Omer Al-Bashir met and held talks on Wednesday (March 19) with South Sudan's Defense Minister, Kuol Manyang Juuk who was on a visit to Khartoum. Discussions covered bilat...

[Ethiopia Government]Nicholas Kay, the United Nations Envoy for Somalia, in a statement on Wednesday (March 19) appreciated the substantial contribution made by the joint forces of the Somali National ...

US Secretary of State John Kerry has vowed that Washington will do everything possible to help Nigeria deal with the armed group Boko Haram, following the kidnapping of scores of schoolgirls. Let me be...