A journalist was on Wednesday morning was beaten to death by unknown assailants wielding metal bars in Mukono district, just three days after another scribe was mobbed to death by boda boda cyclists in Rakai district. According to Human Rights Network...

“I am Sister Christine Nanyanzi Nakuwam, a trained social-worker, posted to Karamoja (Kaabong District) five years ago. In 2005, the fighting with warriors played out here like music – it was constant that we used to call it ‘popcorn’. One...

Uganda’s rebel Lord’s Resistance Army has abducted more than 697 people in a largely unreported campaign in the Central African Republic and northern Congo over the past 18 months, a rights group said Wednesday.

Tens of thousands of people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have fled their homes amid an army offensive against Ugandan rebels, presenting fresh impetus to humanitarian agencies’ efforts to adapt their response mechanisms to sudden...

At least one person has been killed in clashes between the government and secessionist rebels in southern Yemen. Government forces tried to recapture a municipal building occupied by separatists, reports said.

Half a million people will need to be moved from their homes in mountainous areas of Uganda because of the risk of mudslides, the government has said. Hundreds are believed to have died last week when mud enveloped communities on the slopes of Mount...

“I did unimaginable things, dancing around a graveyard at night, drinking all sorts of herbs but nothing helped, so maybe that’s what God wants me to be – without children. What hurts most is the people close to you; your immediate family talk...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has granted asylum to the 12 members of the National Football (Soccer) Team of Eritrea that defected in Kenya on Sunday.

This Sunday “60 Minutes” will present an investigation into how the global gold industry is helping fuel violence and chaos in the Congo. CBS reporter Scott Pelley’s investigation found that conflict in the region was often to do with...

Guinea’s government said Tuesday it would investigate why troops opened fire on protesters at a pro-democracy rally. A human rights group said 157 people were killed and more than 1,000 were injured. While saying it would investigate, the...