This past Saturday, the results of the Ugandan presidential election were released. The incumbent, President Yoweri Museveni, won just over 60 percent of the vote, beating opposition leader Kizza...

Burundi, the landlocked African country, now finds itself on the brink of descending back into civil war and, as a result of this, has been labeled as an “extraordinary threat to the national security...

  Last Friday, the White House announced that it would be sending US Special Forces troops to Syria to assist moderate rebel groups in northern Syria combat the Islamic State (IS). This is a sharp...

This week, the United Nations General Assembly reconvened in New York City.   Of the many high-profile speakers presenting and topics discussed on Monday, President Obama with his call for reinforcing...

It appeared in late August that the end was nigh for the South Sudanese Civil War. South Sudanese President Salva Kiir signed the latest in a long line ceasefires that have attempted to quell the 21-month...