UN: Some 120 said to be killed or wounded in attack in Sudan’s Darfur region
More than 60 people were reported killed and nearly 60 others wounded during an armed attack in a village in Sudan’s restive Darfur region on...
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We’ll do all to resolve political crisis in Mali – ECOWAS chairman
Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, President Mahamadou Issoufou, has said the sub-regional organisation will do all it can...
Mali opposition rejects ECOWAS proposals on ending political crisis
An influential opposition group in Mali rejected a proposal by regional mediators on Sunday aimed at ending a political crisis in which at least 11...
Zambia denies accusations President Edgar Lungu bankrolled Rwandan rebels
File Photo Zambia’s government on Tuesday rejected claims that President Edgar Lungu had bankrolled a Rwandan rebel leader accused of orchestrating deadly attacks in his...
Malian jihadist on trial at ICC over Timbuktu destruction, reign of terror
The trial of a Malian jihadist accused of demolishing Timbuktu’s fabled shrines and unleashing a reign of terror begins at the International Criminal Court (ICC)...
UN peacekeeper killed in Central African Republic attack
Militiamen killed a United Nations peacekeeper from Rwanda and injured two others in an ambush on a convoy in northwest Central African Republic on Monday,...
Insurgents kill eight soldiers in Chad
Frontera At least eight soldiers in western Chad were killed and many others wounded when their vehicle struck a landmine laid by suspected jihadists, security...
Zimbabwe nurses detained over pay strike granted bail
Eleven of the 13 striking nurses arrested in Zimbabwe during a protest for higher pay were freed on bail Tuesday by a court in the...
Uneasy calm in Ethiopia after protests, official death toll doubles
More than 166 people were killed during anti-government protests in Ethiopia last week, the government said on Sunday, as the capital and other hotspots remained...
More than 160 killed in Ethiopia protests over singer’s murder
At least 166 people have died during violent demonstrations that roiled Ethiopia in the days following the murder of popular singer Haacaaluu Hundeessa, police said....