Africa
Mozambique declared free of landmines
Mozambique\'s government announced Thursday that the country was free from the threat of landmines more than 20 years after its civil war ...Burkina Faso military confirms coup and dissolves government
Burkina Faso\'s military said on Thursday it had stripped interim President Michel Kafando of his functions and dissolved the government, seizing power ...New human species found in South African cave
The fossilised bones of 15 members of a previously unknown branch of the human family tree have been discovered in a cave ...Morocco votes in test for Islamist government
Some 15 million Moroccans go to the polls Friday for local elections seen as a gauge of the popularity of the government ...At least 14 killed as boat capsizes off Malaysia
A boat believed to be carrying dozens of Indonesian illegal immigrants capsized off the coast of Malaysia on Thursday, killing at least ...Chad sentences 10 Boko Haram members to death
Chad, a leading country in a military task force against Boko Haram, has sentenced 10 members of the Islamist militants to death ...Sudan arrests 17 opposition activists amid dialogue call
Sudan\'s security forces have arrested at least 17 opposition activists this month, Human Rights Watch said Friday, as President Omar al-Bashir urges ...Hundreds feared dead as migrant boats capsize off Libyan coast
A boat packed with mainly African migrants bound for Italy sank off the Libyan coast on Thursday and officials said up to ...South Sudan signs peace deal with rebels
South Sudan President Salva Kiir on Wednesday signed a peace deal with rebels, more than 20 months after the start of fighting ...Spain, Morocco arrest 14 suspected of recruiting for IS
Spain and Morocco arrested fourteen people on Tuesday suspected of recruiting fighters to join Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq, the Spanish ...