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Clashes between Yemen rebels, president allies kill 21
Clashes between Shiite rebels and pro-president forces in southern Yemen overnight left 21 dead, on the fourth week of a Saudi-led air ...Former president defiant as humanitarian toll mounts in Yemen war
Yemen\'s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh said on Friday he would not leave the country, dismissing reports in the Gulf Arab media ...UN chief calls for immediate ceasefire in Yemen
Intense bombing by a Saudi-led coalition hit Yemen Friday, three weeks into an air war against Iran-backed rebels as Al-Qaeda seized more ...Al-Qaeda seizes airport in southeast Yemen
Al-Qaeda militants Thursday seized a provincial airport in southeast Yemen while tribal forces took over an oil terminal, as the war-wracked country ...UN peace envoy to Yemen resigns amid crisis
The United Nations envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, resigned on Wednesday, according his official Facebook page, signaling the failure of U.N. efforts ...Migrant boat travelling to Italy capsizes off Libya killing 400
About 400 migrants died in a shipwreck after leaving Libya in an attempt to reach Italy, Save the Children reported on Tuesday, ...Nigeria marks first anniversary of Boko Haram schoolgirl kidnappings
Nigeria\'s president-elect Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday cautioned he could not make promises on the return of 219 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram, ...Fresh aid reaches Yemen capital as clashes rage in south
The Red Cross on Saturday delivered a second planeload of aid to war-battered Yemen in as many days, as the Saudi-led coalition ...71 Chadian soldiers killed fighting Boko Haram militants
Seventy-one Chadian soldiers have been killed and 416 injured in two-and-a-half months\' fighting Boko Haram, the Chadian army said on Friday.International pressure mounts to end South Sudan war
Heavyweight international powers will pressure South Sudan\'s leaders to end civil war, diplomats said Thursday, with the African Union, United Nations, United ...