Africa
Somali Islamist militants attack hotel in Mogadishu
Somalia\'s al Shabaab Islamist group launched a suicide bomb attack on a hotel in the center of Mogadishu on Saturday before fighters ...5,000 migrants rescued in wave of Med crossings
Some 5,000 migrants were rescued from rubber dinghies in the Mediterranean on Thursday, the Italian coastguard said, averting another potential high seas ...Global migrant tide swells to record 65 million
The number of refugees and others fleeing their homes worldwide has hit a new record, spiking to 65.3 million people by the ...Bashir declares ceasefire in Blue Nile, South Kordofan
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has declared a four-month ceasefire in two states of Blue Nile and South Kordofan, where recent fighting between ...34 migrants, including 20 children, found dead in Niger desert
The bodies of 34 migrants, including 20 children, who were abandoned by people smugglers while trying to reach neighbouring Algeria were found ...Ethiopia warns Eritrea after border clash
Arch-rivals Ethiopia and Eritrea traded blame Tuesday for one of the fiercest border clashes since a 1998-2000 war, with Addis Ababa warning ...African force in Somalia says kills 110 militants when its base raided
The African Union AMISOM force fighting in Somalia said on Thursday its troops repelled an attack on one of its bases by ...Rebels kidnap dozens of civilians in DR Congo
Nearly 100 people have been kidnapped in northeast DR Congo during an attack blamed on Uganda\'s rebel Lord\'s Resistance Army, the United ...South Sudan resumes talks with Sudan on independence issues
South Sudan resumed talks with Sudan on Sunday on a raft of thorny issues, including borders and oil revenues, still outstanding from ...UN seeks 2,500 extra peacekeepers for Mali
The United Nations is seeking 2,500 extra troops and police to shore up its peacekeeping operations in Mali, one of its most ...




