Africa

After a promising discovery, endemic corruption causes hope to fade.

Many people seem not to understand that more than half of Somalia consists of the seas around the country. This makes the oceans vital to the survival of the Somali people.

Nyandwi Philemon, a resident of the Burundian Peace Village, said “Here all ethnic groups live in harmony."

"With the referendum on South Sudan yet to be conducted, it is essential that the government provide an environment conducive to the exercise of political rights," warned Mohammed Chande Othman, a UN expert on Sudan.

Exhausted by the 110-degree temperature, Loochi Kidewa walks beside his cattle and goats with the rest of his tribe toward an underground spring.

A coalition of 50 non-governmental organizations claims a consortium of international oil companies may have been complicit in the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan during the country’s two-decade long civil war.