The United States and South Africa struck a deal Thursday to allow the release of $1.5 billion in frozen Libya funds for humanitarian aid and other civilian needs, UN diplomats ...

The CBC reports that Moammar Gadhafi has called on Libyan forces loyal to him to "destroy" the rebel forces who have driven him into hiding.

Libyan rebels claimed to be in control of most of Tripoli Monday after their swift advance on the capital heralded the fall of Moammar Gadhafi's 42-year regime.

Libyan rebels have moved into the capital Tripoli and are nearing the city centre as Muammar Gaddafi's defenders melted away.

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces have been weakened and his days appear to be numbered, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Tuesday.

Thousands of sacks of food aid meant for Somalia's famine victims have been stolen and are being sold at markets in the same neighbourhoods where children in refugee camps can't ...

Food aid is reaching tens of thousands more Somalis than a month ago after Islamist insurgents pulled out of Mogadishu, the UN said.

UNHCR airlifts drought supplies into Mogadishu for first time in five years after fighters abandon capital.

Libyan rebels say the gunmen who shot dead their military chief were militiamen allied in their struggle to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi.

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Famine in Somalia will soon expand to more areas as insecurity in the Horn of Africa country has prevented aid from reaching more than 2 million Somalis in need, the ...

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The world’s newest country will soon have its newest currency. South Sudan announced Monday that the South Sudan pound will replace the Sudanese pound as the country’s currency.

The head of the UN refugee agency said Sunday that drought-ridden Somalia is the “worst humanitarian disaster” in the world.

Photo: The Guardian South Sudan is about to turn the newest independent nation in the world. It will happen Saturday, July 9th, they perform their Independence ceremony with dignataries of ...