Middle East US to give Tunisia $60m in military aid
The US is to give Tunisia $60m of military aid to help it fight armed groups who threaten to destabilise the country's democracy, a...
Libya ambassador warns of looming civil war
Libya's ambassador to the United Nations has warned of "full-blown civil war" if the chaos and division in the North African country continue.Ambassador Ibrahim...
US holds Egypt and UAE responsible for Libyan airstrikes
Both the United States Pentagon and State Department said on Tuesday that Egypt and the United Arab Emirates are behind recent foreign attacks in...
Canada’s team fighting Ebola evacuated from eastern Sierra Leone
At the Ebola treatment centre in eastern Sierra Leone, a recent August day saw more than 60 patients that needed tending to.Among them were...
Ebola travel bans threaten Ivory Coast cocoa crop forecasts
Abidjan, Ivory Coast - International cocoa exporters in Ivory Coast are restricting staff movements due to the worsening Ebola outbreak on the top grower's...
Ebola outbreak: Nigeria closes all schools until October
All schools in Nigeria have been ordered to remain shut until 13 October as part of measures to prevent the spread of the deadly...
Boko Haram Attacks Nigerian Soldiers in Cameroon
Yaounde, Cameroon - Cameroon says its military has killed some 30 suspected Boko Haram militants who attacked areas where 480 Nigerian troops had crossed...
Namibia fisheries director investigated for alleged corruption
Namibia’s Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating corruption allegations surrounding a director from the country’s Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, reported The Namibian.The commission confirmed...
Mozambique rebels and government sign truce
Mozambique's former rebel group Renamo and the Frelimo-led government have signed a ceasefire deal, ending two years of armed conflict, ahead of a presidential...
Lesotho defends Guptas’ diplomatic status
Maseru - Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has strongly defended his decision to issue diplomatic passports to members of the Gupta family and rejected...