Africa
At least 16 dead as gunmen storm Ivory Coast beach resort
Heavily-armed gunmen went on a shooting rampage in the Ivory Coast resort of Grand-Bassam on Sunday, killing at 16 people and leaving ...UN adopts measure to tackle sex abuse by peacekeepers
The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution that calls for the repatriation of entire peacekeeping units whose soldiers face allegations ...South Sudan women raped as payment for fighters: UN
South Sudan has encouraged fighters to rape women in place of wages while children have been burnt alive, the UN said Friday, ...South Sudan troops suffocated 60 in church compound: Amnesty
The deliberate suffocating of over 60 men and boys stuffed into a baking hot shipping container in South Sudan is a war ...South African woman convicted of kidnapping baby in 1997
A South African woman was convicted Thursday of kidnapping a newborn baby and raising her for 17 years before an astonishing coincidence ...Death toll from Lagos building collapse hits 34
Thirty-four people died in the collapse of a five-storey building under construction in an upmarket area of Nigeria\'s biggest city, Lagos, a ...19 dead in Tunisia as militants attack barracks near Libya border
Militants attacked a barracks in a Tunisian town near the Libyan border on Monday sparking heavy fighting in which three civilians, three ...Benin votes to elect new president
Benin held an election on Sunday to choose a successor to President Thomas Boni Yayi who is stepping down after two terms, ...Veteran Sudan opposition leader Turabi dead at 84
Veteran Sudan Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi, one of the fiercest critics of President Omar al-Bashir\'s government, died of a heart attack ...Turkey newspaper defiant after raid as police disperse protests
A leading Turkish newspaper opposed to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and seized by authorities warned of the "darkest days" in the history ...




