Africa
Central Africa militia kills at least 20, several wounded
Militia fighters in the Central African Republic have killed at least 20 people and wounded several more in attacks in the centre ...South Sudan officials get rich from brutal war: report
South Sudan\'s devastating civil war has enriched senior officials directing the conflict, including the president and his main rival, a report charged ...38 dead, 92,000 left homeless by Niger floods
At least 38 people have been killed and more than 92,000 left homeless since June in disastrous floods in Niger, the United ...Powerful earthquake strikes in New Zealand
Evacuations were under way in New Zealand Friday after a tsunami warning was issued following a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck ...Two killed at opposition HQ in post-election Gabon
Two people were killed and more than a dozen injured as Gabon security forces stormed the opposition\'s headquarters early Thursday, as violence ...Nigerian air force says kills top Boko Haram militants, leader believed wounded
Nigeria’s air force said it had killed some senior Boko Haram militants and possibly fatally wounded their overall leader in a raid ...At least 10 killed in suicide car bomb attack in Somalia
At least 10 people were killed when two suicide car bombers attacked the local government headquarters in Somalia\'s Galkayo town in the ...Three dead in protests after DR Congo massacre
Three people, including a policeman, were killed Wednesday in clashes in a town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after a ...Nearly 1mn South Sudan refugees face dire conditions, says UN
Nearly a million refugees fleeing the brutal conflict in South Sudan, most of them women and children, are suffering dire conditions in ...Nineteen killed in clashes in central DRCongo
Nineteen people have been killed in clashes between police and militia in the centre of the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said.




