Mali ‘at war’ with Tuareg rebels after intense battles
Mali's prime minister, Moussa Mara, has said his country is now "at war" with Tuareg separatists , following a battle between government forces and...
Nigerian Boko Haram crisis: Kano suicide attack
A suicide blast in a street full of bars and restaurants in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has killed four people, police say.
One...
US to cut Nairobi embassy staff levels over terror threats
Nairobi: The United States said Saturday it was preparing cut staff levels at its Nairobi embassy because of the mounting threat of attacks in...
Mugabe on his way to another ‘routine eye check-up’ in Singapore
Barely a week after official threats to criminalize any discussion on President Robert Mugabe’s health, the ageing leader has flown out to Singapore with...
Boko Haram believed to be behind Cameroon attack
Yaounde - A Chinese national was killed and 10 others were feared kidnapped after an overnight attack in northern Cameroon believed to have been...
Fierce clashes in Libya’s Benghazi city
Benghazi - Fierce clashes erupted in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi Friday between Islamists and forces led by a retired general seeking to purge...
Zimbabwean woman brutally beaten in attack near Guruve farm
The death of a young Zimbabwean woman, who was brutally beaten in an attack on her and her father near their Guruve farm, has...
Ten confirmed dead, more than 70 wounded in Gikomba blasts
Nairobi - Ten people have been killed and over 70 wounded in two explosions at the busy Gikomba market area in Nairobi, a hospital...
Slain French journo’s body repatriated from CAR
Paris - The body of French photojournalist Camille Lepage, who died in a shoot-out in the Central African Republic, was flown back to France...
‘Liberian gunmen’ seize Ivorian village, kill 8
Abidjan - At least eight people, including five civilians, were killed when gunmen believed to have come from Liberia seized a border village in...
Tanzanian ‘witch doctors’ charged for albino murder
Tanzanian police have arrested two alleged witch doctors after an albino woman was hacked to death for body parts, a rights group says.
Munghu Lugata,...
Nigerian villagers fight off attacks by Boko Haram
Hotoro, Nigeria -- Residents of three villages in northeastern Nigeria took security into their own hands this week, repelling attacks by Boko Haram...
