Africa
Clashes erupt after Burundi coup attempt
Heavy fighting between rival Burundian troops erupted in the capital on Thursday, the day after a top general launched a coup to ...Top Burundi general launches coup attempt against president
A top Burundian general launched a coup attempt against President Pierre Nkurunziza on Wednesday, capping weeks of increasingly violent protests against the ...Moroccan F-16 jet from Saudi-led coalition in Yemen goes missing
A Moroccan F-16 warplane that is part of the Saudi-led force carrying out air strikes in Yemen has gone missing, Morocco\'s military ...Central African Republic militias agree to disarmament deal
Rival armed groups in Central African Republic on Sunday agreed to a peace accord requiring them to disarm and potentially face justice ...Saudi-led warplanes bomb Yemen capital airport
Warplanes from the Saudi-led coalition struck Sanaa\'s international airport on Saturday, shortly after authorities in the rebel-controlled Yemeni capital said it would ...Al Qaeda says prominent member killed by US air strike in Yemen
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula said on Thursday a U.S. air strike had killed the senior figure who issued the group\'s ...WHO figures show Ebola deaths pass 11,000
The number of deaths from the Ebola epidemic now exceeds 11,000, figures from the World Health Organization showed on Wednesday.At least 80 Yemenis killed in Aden violence
At least 80 people, many of them civilians, have been killed in the Yemeni port of Aden as fighting rages between Houthi ...Troops kill 28 suspected militants in central Nigeria
Troops killed 28 suspected militants during a weekend operation in central Nigeria launched in response to an attack last month which saw ...Senegal pledges 2,100 soldiers for coalition against Yemen rebels
Senegal on Monday said it would send 2,100 soldiers to Saudi Arabia to join Riyadh\'s military coalition battling rebels in Yemen, at ...