Africa
10 UN peacekeepers killed in Mali attack
Jihadist gunmen killed 10 Chadian peacekeepers and injured at least 25 others in an attack on a UN camp in northern Mali ...Regional bloc urges unity government after DR Congo vote
A regional bloc on Sunday called on the Democratic Republic of Congo to form a unity government in the wake of disputed ...Regional powers stick with Bashir as Sudan protests mount
As angry protests pile pressure on Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to step down, key powers are standing by his regime to ensure ...Volatile DR Congo votes after two-year delay
Presidential elections that will shape the future of one of Africa\'s biggest and most unstable countries were underway in the Democratic Republic ...Clashes erupt as Sudanese march on presidential palace
Police used tear gas and fired in the air Tuesday to disperse thousands of protesters attempting to march on the presidential palace ...Suicide attack on Libya foreign ministry kills at least three
Suicide attackers stormed the Libyan foreign ministry in the capital Tripoli on Tuesday, killing at least three people including a senior civil ...Sudan opposition leader says 22 killed in bread protests
Sudan\'s main opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi on Saturday blamed "armed repression" for the death of 22 people in days of protests over ...Congolese doctor, Yazidi activist win Nobel Peace Prize 2018 for combating sexual violence
Denis Mukwege, a doctor who helps victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights ...Anti-graft activists march against Malawi president
Several hundred anti-graft activists took to the streets of Malawi on Friday to protest against alleged corruption in the government of President ...127 dead after Tanzania ferry capsizes on Lake Victoria
The official death toll rose to 127 after a badly overcrowded ferry capsized on Lake Victoria, Tanzanian authorities said Friday, as a ...




