Africa
South African riot police clash with students outside parliament
South African riot police used stun grenades to disperse protesting students outside parliament in Cape Town on Wednesday, as demonstrations against rising ...Guinea opposition leader vows protests against Conde re-election
Guinea\'s opposition leader Saturday called for demonstrations against the "serious denial of democracy" in the first round of presidential elections won by ...South Sudan civil war worsening: aid agencies
War in South Sudan is worsening despite a faltering peace deal, with thousands of women and girls raped, killed or abducted in ...Turkey suspends Ankara police, intelligence, security chiefs after bombing
Turkey\'s interior ministry said it had removed the police, intelligence and security chiefs of Ankara from their posts in an effort to ...Police raid Save the Children offices in Nauru
The offices of Save the Children workers helping asylum-seekers on the Pacific island of Nauru have been raided by police, the aid ...Suspected Boko Haram suicide bomb attack kills 38 in Chad
Thirty-eight people, including five attackers, were killed and another 51 were wounded on Saturday in a series of suicide bombings in a ...UN envoy proposes Libya unity government
The UN envoy for Libya proposed the members of a unity government Friday aimed at ending years of conflict, but the plan ...Iran Revolutionary Guards commander killed in Syria
Islamic State group jihadists have killed a senior commander in Iran\'s Revolutionary Guards in Syria, the elite branch of the Iranian military ...60 mn people in sub-Saharan Africa risk famine: Red Cross
Some 60 million people across sub-Saharan Africa are already going hungry and the situation could deteriorate dramatically as climate phenomena hike the ...7.5 million going hungry as Ethiopia crisis worsens
The number of hungry Ethiopians needing food aid has risen sharply due to poor rains and the El Nino weather phenomenon with ...




