Africa
Malian rebels sign landmark peace deal with government
Mali\'s Tuareg-led rebel alliance signed a landmark deal on Saturday to end years of unrest in a nation riven by ethnic divisions ...UN says South Sudan children raped, castrated, thrown into fires
Warring forces in South Sudan have carried out horrific crimes against children, including castration, rape and tying them together before slitting their ...Chad warplanes bomb Boko Haram after attacks
Chad said Thursday its warplanes bombed Boko Haram positions in neighbouring Nigeria to avenge twin suicide bombings in the capital this week ...Bodies of 30 more migrants found in Sahara
The remains of 30 migrants who died crossing the Sahara have been found in Niger, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday, ...Court gives South Africa seven days to explain why it let Bashir go
The South African government has a week to explain to judges why it defied a court order barring the Sudanese President Omar ...Al-Qaeda in Yemen confirms leader killed in drone strike
Al-Qaeda in Yemen confirmed the death of its leader Nasir al-Wuhayshi, number two in the global jihadist organisation, in a US drone ...23 killed in suicide bombings on Chad police
Twenty-three people were killed on Monday in suicide bombings targeting police in the Chadian capital that the government said was the work ...World leaders accused of shameful failure over refugee crisis
Rights group Amnesty International on Monday slammed world leaders for "condemning millions of refugees to an unbearable existence" and demanded they work ...Algerian jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar killed in US air strike
A veteran Islamist militant blamed for masterminding an Algerian gasfield attack and running smuggling routes across North Africa, has been killed in ...Child sacrifice for wealth and power in Uganda
Kanani and Sylvia, brother and sister aged nine and eight, were grazing the family cattle in rural Uganda when they were approached ...