One man accused Laye Sekou Camara — whose nom de guerre was K-1 — of shooting his aunt in the head. Another said that as he begged Camara for mercy, the Liberian rebel general pulled out a gun, pistol ...

With the Combahee River Raid of 1863, Harriet Tubman earned her nickname "Moses" all over again—and became the first woman in ...

The lead up to the Civil War of the 1640s is woven with issues relating to politics, economic and social change, and religion ...

Gen. Rufus Saxton wrote that he bore “witness to the value of her services… She was employed in the Hospitals and as a spy [and] made many a raid inside the enemy’s lines displaying remarkable courage ...

Most of the million people crossing the border are South Sudanese nationals who had previously fled from civil war in the ...

South Sudanese officials announced that they will require telecommunications companies to restrict access to social media for ...

South Sudanese authorities have ordered telecoms to block access to social media for at least 30 days, citing concerns over the dissemination of graphic content relating to the ongoing violence agains ...

Southeast Asian foreign ministers met this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over ...

President Salva Kiir of South Sudan said what happened in Wad Madani was a heinous and "unacceptable" crime. He urged Sudan's ...

South Sudan has ordered a temporary ban on social media for 30 days due to violence against its nationals in Sudan, aiming to ...