Africa
Tunisia militants kill four police in checkpoint attack
Around 20 Islamist militants attacked a checkpoint in Algeria\'s central Kasserine region, killing four police officers and stealing their weapons, the government ...Italy warns world time running out to address IS threat in Libya
Italy on Wednesday issued its strongest warning yet about the danger of the Islamic State group establishing a stronghold in Libya that ...British aid worker shot dead in South Sudan
A British aid worker in war-torn South Sudan was shot dead late Tuesday in the capital Juba, the government said.Female suicide bomber kills 10 in Nigerian bus station
A female suicide bomber blew herself up at a crowded bus station in the northeast Nigerian city of Damaturu on Sunday, killing ...Boko Haram launches first attack on Chadian village
Boko Haram fighters attacked a Chadian village overnight, killing several people including a local chief, in the first known lethal attack by ...Sudanese forces rape 221 women, girls in mass attack
Sudanese army troops raped at least 221 women and girls in a Darfur village in a series of organized, house-to-house attacks last ...29 African migrants die of hypothermia off Italian coast
Twenty-nine African migrants intercepted by Italian authorities while trying to reach Europe by boat in rough and icy conditions have died of ...Nigeria delays elections as Boko Haram conflict spirals
Nigeria has postponed its presidential election on security grounds as the Boko Haram conflict intensifies, handing a potential lifeline to the ruling ...Boko Haram kill more than 100 in Cameroon
Boko Haram fighters have killed more than 100 people in the north Cameroon town of Fotokol, murdering residents inside their homes and ...Chadian troops enter Nigeria to battle Boko Haram
Chadian ground troops on Tuesday crossed into Nigeria for the first time as part of an offensive against Boko Haram Islamists, an ...