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President Yoweri Museveni won the election on 18 February. He has not been accused in connection with the alleged child sacrifice cases Getty Images/AFP


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South Sudan’s Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin. (Reuters/Thomas Mukoya)


South Sudan FM: More dialogue with rebels needed

South Sudan FM: More dialogue with rebels needed

Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat—South Sudan Foreign Minister Barnaba Marial Benjamin said that dialogue between Sudan’s central government and rebels loyal to former vice-president Riek Machar have made significant progress, but stressed that more dialogue is still...

Heavy fighting erupts near Congo-Uganda border

Kinshasa, AP—Heavy fighting erupted on Wednesday as the Congolese army attacked one of the last remaining strongholds of the M23 rebels near the Ugandan border, forcing more than 10,000 Congolese to flee into Uganda, officials and humanitarian workers said. Among...
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A refugee family from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) walks on July 13, 2013 at the Busunga border in western Uganda. (AFP Photo/ Isaac Kasamani)


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A refugee family from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) walks on July 13, 2013 at the Busunga border in western Uganda. Source: AFP Photo/Isaac Kasamani


60,000 Congolese flee to Uganda after rebel attack

60,000 Congolese flee to Uganda after rebel attack

Kampala, AP—More than 60,000 Congolese have fled to Uganda after a rebel attack on a town near the border in a continuing influx that is stretching humanitarian capacities, an aid group said Sunday. The Uganda Red Cross has already registered 41,000 refugees and that...